IRS Official: Crypto Is Here to Stay and ‘Becoming More Legitimate’
A top Internal Revenue Service (IRS) official says, “Cryptocurrency is here to stay,” and “it’s becoming more legitimate.” The official added that the U.S. tax authority is looking to partner with crypto companies, noting: “I don’t see how we can operate in this space without it.” Top IRS Official Says Crypto Is Here to Stay Thomas Fattorusso, acting special agent-in-charge of the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation...
Chinese Researchers Claim Success in Breaking RSA Encryption With Quantum Computer, Experts Debate Veracity of Discovery
According to reports circulating on the web, 24 Chinese researchers have reportedly succeeded in breaking RSA encryption using a quantum computer. This would be a significant achievement, as RSA encryption is widely used in current security practices. However, a number of experts, computer scientists, and cryptographers do not believe the researchers have made a significant discovery, based on the scientific paper published in Dec....
YouTube Wins Partial Summary Judgment in Maria Schneider Copyright Lawsuit
A 2020 class action lawsuit filed by musician Maria Schneider accused YouTube of mass copyright infringement, failing to suspend ‘repeat infringers, and restricting access to anti-piracy tools, among other allegations. Despite YouTube’s findings that at least one member of the putative class acted fraudulently (Pirate Monitor) to fabricate ‘evidence’ of YouTube’s alleged shortcomings in support of the lawsuit, litigation continued....
Anti-Piracy Group Warns of a Problematic Textbook Piracy Culture Among Students
Free access to information is a broadly held ideal, but when students have to pay for their textbooks, it’s far from reality. Getting a proper education certainly isn’t cheap. As a result, many students have found shortcuts in pirate sites such as Libgen and Z-Library. In addition, pirated books are also regularly shared between students or resold through online marketplaces. The latter can lead to a lucrative revenue stream, but...
Unlock academic research with this open source open access tool for librarians
Unlock academic research with this open source open access tool for librarians jmpearce Sat, 01/07/2023 – 03:00 I have always liked librarians. Since ancient Greece, long before the first open source code was shared, librarians have been championing the democratization of knowledge. Modern librarians are no different, whether they are recommending good books to get kids hooked on reading or acting as the leaders of Open Access...
