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Enlarge / An AT&T store in Chicago. reader comments 71 with 57 posters participatingShare this storyAT&T charged customers in Portland, Oregon for a corporate tax that AT&T doesn't actually have to pay. AT&T has agreed…

Enlarge / An artist's rendering of Sikorsky's proposed Raider X attack-scout helicopter. reader comments 16 with 11 posters participating, including story authorShare this storyAs the Association of the US Army (AUSA) kicks off its…

Permitting falsehood in political advertising would work if we had a model democracy, but we don’t. Not only are candidates dishonest, but voters aren’t educated, and the media isn’t objective. And now, hyperlinks turn lies into donations…

There’s a strategic cost to the defection of Visa, Stripe, eBay, and more from the Facebook-led cryptocurrency Libra Association. They’re not just names dropping off a list. Each potentially made Libra more useful, ubiquitous, or reputable.…

reader comments 12 with 10 posters participatingShare this storyMobile phones of two prominent human rights activists were repeatedly targeted with Pegasus, the highly advanced spyware made by Israel-based NSO, researchers from Amnesty…

Getty Images | Aurichreader comments 5 with 5 posters participatingShare this storyTelecom companies like AT&T love creating new fees to tack on customer bills, and they really love raising those fees after customers sign…

Enlarge / A Heidar-1 UGV gets busy with its assault rifle in a demonstration by the Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces (NEZAJA).Islamic Republic of Iran Army Ground Forces (NEZAJA)reader comments 137 with 71 posters participating…

Getty Images | SOPA Imagesreader comments 59 with 46 posters participatingShare this storyAdobe has reversed itself on a curious decision that would have denied refunds to customers in Venezuela whose accounts are being canceled…

Enlarge / FBI agents ran queries across thousands of US individuals, including potential sources and anyone with access to FBI facilities, against raw metadata from FISA-authorized bulk collection databases.Bloomberg via Getty Images…

reader comments 23 with 20 posters participatingShare this storyIf ever there was a surefire way to sour users against a two-factor authentication system that was already highly flawed, Twitter has found it. On Tuesday, the social…