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Photo: Getty Your Newegg purchases are likely to get a little bit more expensive in the near future. On Thursday, the Supreme Court ruled against the online retailer in what’s been called the “tax case of the millennium.” The five-to-four decision found that states are allowed to collect sales tax from online purchases even if…

Photo: Samuel T. Turvey A certain Chinese noblewoman—potentially Lady Xia, grandmother to the first emperor of China—had a menagerie buried with her in her tomb: a leopard, a crane, an asiatic black bear, a lynx, and, most notably, a gibbon. That gibbon was part of newly identified, now-extinct genus and species, researchers reported Thursday. The…

Jeff Bezos, center, the CEO and founder of Amazon.com, laughs as he talks with Ron Gagliardo, right, the lead horticulturist of the Amazon Spheres, following the grand opening ceremony for the plant-filled geodesic domes built for Amazon.com employees.Photo: Ted S. Warren (AP Images) Following employee protests at Google and Microsoft over government contracts, workers at…

The Instagram and Facebook logos are displayed at the 2018 CeBIT technology trade fair on June 12, 2018 in Hanover, GermanyPhoto: Getty Facebook, in attempts to crack down on fake news and other content, has somehow made news organizations its enemy. Just one day after Facebook was criticized for rejecting a promoted post from the…

Google has announced the launch of a new interface of the Google Account (Google Account). Today features will be available on all Android devices in the near future they will also appear on iOS and PC. The interface includes new features that will make it easier to navigate the account Upgraded security settings and privacy,…

Team social network Facebook announced the launch of new features for groups. Administrators of some groups can now assign paid access with an exclusive membership. Informed group in Facebook was free, and paid membership may contribute to the feeling of “chosenness” and “exclusive.” At the same time, the private paid content may scare off many…

The Central Bank has required banks to analyze the settings and parameters of devices that customers use to transfer money. Such devices must also assign IDs. About this informed the newspaper “Vedomosti”. This requirement is included in the April version of the provisions of the Central Bank. It should be another tool in the fight…