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KI-Streaming-Betrug: Einem US-Amerikaner drohen nach Geständnis fünf Jahre Haft
Ein Mann aus North Carolina hat gestanden, mit KI-generierten Songs und Bot-Accounts Millionen von Streaminganbietern erbeutet zu haben. Nun droht ihm Haft.

A federal judge slows Voice of America return-to-work order and eliminates the March 23 deadline, now ordering 70 people due back each week (Chris Geidner/Law Dork)
https://www.lawdork.com/p/judge-slows-voice-of-america-return-to-work

Federal judge slows Voice of America return-to-work order
Judge Royce Lamberth issued the order Friday night, eliminating the Monday morning deadline he had set for the Trump admin to bring all affected employees back to work.

The Dutch government entrusted a company called Solvinity with hosting our digital ID system DigiD. Now that's in the process of being sold to an American company, Kyndryl, handing the Trump regime a unique tool to apply pressure. Parliament wants the contract to be dissolved when that happens.

Bij overname van bedrijf achter DigiD wil Tweede Kamer af van contract
Als het bedrijf dat achter DigiD zit, Solvinity, inderdaad in Amerikaanse handen komt, moet het contract met dat bedrijf zo snel mogelijk worden opgezegd. Dat vindt de Tweede Kamer. Kamerleden zijn bang dat gevoelige gegevens anders in verkeerde handen vallen.

The U.S. Economy Is Insulated From High Oil Prices.
-- Americans Aren’t.
The overall economy has proved resilient in recent years,
even as many households have struggled.
The war with Iran is following the same pattern.
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The U.S. Economy Is Insulated From High Oil Prices. Americans Aren’t.
The overall economy has proved resilient in recent years, even as many households have struggled. The war with Iran is following the same pattern.

"According to a new study, construction was impacted more than any other industry studied, with American-born workers losing more jobs than immigrants as a result of the deportations."
Trump’s Deportations Are Costing Americans Jobs, Study Finds - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/19/realestate/trumps-deportations-are-costing-americans-jobs.html

from my link log —
Uber's path of destruction.
https://americanaffairsjournal.org/2019/05/ubers-path-of-destruction/
saved 2019-09-10

Uber’s Path of Destruction - American Affairs Journal
Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross passenger revenue, and it has seized a major share of the urban car service market. But the widespread belief that it is a highly innovative and successful company has no basis in economic reality. An examination of Uber’s economics suggests that it has no hope of ever earning sustainable urban car service profits in competitive markets...

Tweede Kamer wil af van DigiD-contract bij Amerikaanse overname
#Solvinity #DigiD

The Dutch tax authority, after advice by McKinsey, is in the process of outsourcing the collection of VAT (€1.5 billion per week) - a core activity - to a US company called Fast Enterprises, handing the Trump regime another unique tool to apply pressure.
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Eerenberg drukt Amerikaanse aanbesteding btw-systeem door, ondanks waarschuwingen experts
Het kabinet wil de uitbesteding van de software achter de btw-inning aan een Amerikaans bedrijf doorzetten. Dat schrijft staatssecretaris van Financiën Eelco Eerenberg (D66) in een brief aan de Kamer. Eerder uitten techexperts kritiek op de aanbesteding, omdat hiermee het innen van miljarden euro’s aan belasting in gevaar zou kunnen komen.

In a strongly worded decision this week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America
— its mission to provide news for countries around the world largely shut down for the past year by the Trump administration
— come roaring back to life.
Whether or not that actually happens is anybody’s guess.
The government filed notice Thursday to appeal U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth’s order two days earlier to put hundreds of VOA employees who have been on paid l…

Can Voice of America be put back together again?
A judge this week ruled that Voice of America's employees — and the news organization itself — get back to work. Whether that actually happens is anybody's guess. The government-run agency that broadcasts news around the world has been limping along with a skeleton staff for the past year, largely shut down by the Trump administration. But twice in the past two weeks, U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth has ruled in favor of lawsuits designed to keep it alive, saying that its overse…

Americans' Junk-Filled Garages Are Hurting EV Adoption, Study Says - Slashdot
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/22/0020202/americans-junk-filled-garages-are-hurting-ev-adoption-study-says