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Italy and the US Unite Against ‘Discriminatory’ Digital Taxes in Tech Sector

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Italy and the United States have issued a joint statement against “discriminatory” taxes on digital services, in a possible signal that Rome is moving away from a levy that has irked Washington. European levies aimed at hitting dominant US tech giants such as Alphabet’s Google, Meta’s Facebook, Apple, and Amazon have been a longstanding irritant for US administrations, including Donald Trump’s. Italy applies a 3% levy on revenue from internet transactions for digital companies with sales of at least 750 million euros ($853.35 million), which is worth less than 500 million euros in revenue for the state each year. …

State-Sponsored Hackers Exploit ClickFix Tactic in Sophisticated Malware Campaigns

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Multiple state-sponsored hacking groups from Iran, North Korea, and Russia have been found leveraging the increasingly popular ClickFix social engineering tactic to deploy malware over three months from late 2024 through the beginning of 2025. GetMyIndia.com

The phishing campaigns adopting the strategy have been attributed to clusters tracked as TA427 (aka Kimsuky), TA450 (aka Muddy Water), UNK Remote Rogue, and TA422 (aka APT28). ClickFix has been an initial access technique primarily affiliated with cybercrime groups, although the effectiveness of the approach has led to it also being adopted by nation-state groups

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Empowering AI agents that navigate and interact with the Web

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AI development is shifting to an important new phase, with AI agents that can pull fresh information from the web, plan, and execute tasks autonomously. These agents, instead of relying solely on their training data, can interact with the internet to find and make use of the latest data signals. This kind of dynamic exploration is leading to tremendous advances in AI-powered task automation. With access to dynamic information, AI agents can perform all manner of actions that were previously impossible, like booking tickets for a concert or football match the moment they go on sale, monitoring a website …

EU Unveils Action Plan for AI and Gigafactories Network

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The European Union has unveiled an action plan for the development of the AI industry, vowing to “transform Europe’s strong traditional industries and its exceptional talent pool into powerful engines of AI innovation and acceleration.”

The “AI Continent Action Plan” was announced by the European Commission, the executive body of the EU, in a press release on Wednesday, April 9. These actions come amid criticism from tech industry players and other stakeholders, who have argued that the EU’s regulations are overly burdensome and could stifle innovation in the sector. GetMyIndia.com

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Italy and the US Unite Against ‘Discriminatory’ Digital Taxes in Tech Sector

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Empowering AI agents that navigate and interact with the Web

EU Unveils Action Plan for AI and Gigafactories Network