El Salvador Eliminates All Taxes on Technology Innovations, AI, App Programming
El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, has enacted a law that eliminates all taxes on technology innovations, software and app programming, AI, computer, and communications hardware manufacturing. The law is expected to boost the country’s technology sector, generate more jobs for its population, and attract foreign investment. Bukele Signs Law to Boost Technology Industry in El Salvador The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele,...
The Battle Plan For Combating IPTV Piracy in Europe Has Arrived
After protest, disappointment, hand-wringing, and at times, sheer frustration, the European Commission has officially unveiled its full recommendation for combating piracy of live sports and musical events. The Recommendation The European Commission begins with a broad overview of the value of live events and the problems faced by rightsholders when tackling pirate IPTV and similar unlicensed streaming services. From a reference...
Spinrilla Will Shut Down and Pay $50m Piracy Damages to Music Labels
Music fans love to share mixtapes and have done so for decades but sharing these ‘tapes’ over the Internet is not without risk. Popular hip-hop mixtape site and app Spinrilla has millions of users and is well aware of the pitfalls. In 2017, the company was sued by several RIAA-backed labels, including Sony, Warner, and UMG, which accused the company of massive copyright infringement. “Spinrilla specializes in ripping off music...
Google Is Rolling Out Passkeys, the Password-Killing Tech, to All Accounts
The tech industry’s transition to passkeys gets its first massive boost with the launch of the alternative login scheme for Google’s billions of users. Powered by WPeMatico
Ukraine, US Shut Down 9 Cryptocurrency Exchanges
Supported by U.S. law enforcement, police in Ukraine have disrupted a network of crypto exchange services suspected of laundering criminal proceeds. The platforms were allegedly processing dirty money obtained from ransomware attacks and various fraud schemes. Cyberpolice, US Investigators Bust Crypto Exchanges in Ukraine Officers from Ukraine’s Cyberpolice unit and Main Investigative Department, working with the Prosecutor General’s...
