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A US Agency Rejected Face Recognition—and Landed in Big Trouble
In January that year, an Internal Revenue Service contract for online account verification with startup ID.me, which uses selfies and…
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What to Do When Your Boss Is Spying on You
You’re not being paranoid. If you always feel like somebody’s watching you, as the song goes, you’re probably right. Especially…
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The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat
On the chilly, clear afternoon of February 24, 2022—the day Vladimir Putin’s forces launched their full-scale invasion of Ukraine—a handful…
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Can I Pay My Wife So She Can Get Bigger Social Security Checks?
Dear Penny, I’ve earned more than the Social Security income limit for more than 35 years. I own my own…
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Big Tech Is Playing it Safe on Iran. Workers Are Taking Charge
But in a previously unreported response, Google’s US public policy head Mark Isakowitz wrote back a month later saying that…
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How Airports Catch Illicit Radioactive Cargo
Arktis’ detectors can also be installed in doorways or used in luggage-handling locations. They work entirely passively but are different…
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Encryption Faces an Existential Threat in Europe
That’s a lot of lawyers. They [Big Tech] are throwing literally hundreds of millions of euros at this problem. And…
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How Does SSDI Work? A Guide to Social Security Disability
Someone born in 2000 has about a 1 in 4 chance of becoming disabled before they reach their full retirement…
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I Lost $17,000 in Crypto. Here’s How to Avoid My Mistake
In 2014, I bought 25,000 dogecoin as a joke. By 2021, it was briefly worth over $17,000. Problem was, I…
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Risks Big Fines From US Regulators
The FTC’s treatment of Facebook helps illustrate the danger to Musk and Twitter. In 2019, following a complaint alleging violation…
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