Enlarge / Internal Revenue Service (IRS) headquarters building on January 30, 2024, in Washington, DC. Getty Images | J. David Ake reader comments 49 The Internal Revenue Service’s free tax filing service, Direct File, is now available in 12 states for taxpayers with simple tax returns. The service available in English and Spanish underwent “weeks ..
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Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 83 Apple will let European app developers distribute iPhone and iPad applications to users directly from a website, instead of through an app store. It’s the latest app-installation option announced by Apple as it seeks to comply with new European rules, but this one will only be available to ..
reader comments 74 Late Monday, The New York Times responded to OpenAI’s claims that the newspaper “hacked” ChatGPT to “set up” a lawsuit against the leading AI company. “OpenAI is wrong,” The Times repeatedly argued in a court filing opposing OpenAI’s motion to dismiss the NYT’s lawsuit accusing OpenAI and Microsoft of copyright infringement. “OpenAI’s ..
Enlarge / A LATAM Airlines Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxiing at Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Chile on March 20, 2019. Getty Images | SOPA Images reader comments 80 About 50 people were injured on a LATAM Airlines flight today in which a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner suffered a technical problem that caused a “strong shake,” ..
reader comments 51 Airbnb, like hotels and rival vacation rental site Vrbo, will no longer allow hosts to record guests while they’re inside the property. Airbnb previously allowed hosts to have disclosed cameras outside the property and in “common areas” inside, but Airbnb’s enforcement of the policy and the rules’ lack of specificity made camera ..
Getty Images | PA Thompson reader comments 113 Texas can enforce a law requiring age-verification systems on porn websites, the US Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit ruled Thursday. The appeals court vacated an injunction against the law’s age-verification requirement but said that Texas cannot enforce a provision requiring porn websites to “display health ..
Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images reader comments 127 Two teenage boys from Miami, Florida, were arrested in December for allegedly creating and sharing AI-generated nude images of male and female classmates without consent, according to police reports obtained by WIRED via public record request. The arrest reports say the boys, aged 13 and 14, created the ..
Enlarge / Tesla Superchargers. Getty Images | NurPhoto reader comments 52 Tesla drivers who say the carmaker “grossly” exaggerated the ranges of its electric vehicles have lost their attempt to sue Tesla as a class. They will have to pursue claims individually in arbitration, a federal judge ruled yesterday. Two related lawsuits were filed after ..
Getty Images | Bloomberg reader comments 411 The House Commerce Committee today voted 50-0 to approve a bill that would force TikTok owner ByteDance to sell the company or lose access to the US market. The Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act “addresses the immediate national security risks posed by TikTok and establishes ..
Enlarge / A promotional image for a Roku TV. reader comments 110 Roku customers are threatening to stop using, or to even dispose of, their low-priced TVs and streaming gadgets after the company appears to be locking devices for people who don’t conform to the recently updated terms of service (ToS). This month, users on ..
