Day: June 21, 2018

Supreme Court Rules States Can Require Online Retailers To Collect Sales Tax

New submitter zippo01 shares a report: Online shopping will soon become more expensive after the U.S. Supreme court ruled Thursday that states can require internet retailers to collect sales taxes. The 5-4 decision broke with 50 years’ worth of legal rulings that barred states from imposing sales taxes on most purchases their residents make from…


Brit reseller Aria PC’s appeal against HMRC VAT fraud finding gets under way

Firm disputes findings of taxman and First-Tier tribunal Manchester-based reseller Aria Technology Ltd is appealing against a tax tribunal finding that MD Aria Taheri “knew or ought to have known” that it took part in a VAT carousel fraud.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Whoa! Elon Musk tweets video showing enormity of SpaceX rockets – CNET

Get some perspective on the Falcons and BFR by seeing them with the Statue of Liberty. …read more Source:: CNet


The US Startup Is Disappearing

Dan Kopf, writing for Quartz: Historically, startups have been the engine of US economy. By creating new jobs and surfacing new ideas, startups play an outsized role in making the economy grow. It’s too bad they are a dying breed. While companies that were less than two years old made up about 13% of all…


Supreme Court lets states charge internet retailers more in taxes – CNET

The decision should wipe away a big tax advantage internet retailers get over brick-and-mortar stores. …read more Source:: CNet


WannaCry is back! (Psych. It’s just phisher folk doing what they do)

Spamming scum fire out phishing frighteners An unusually large wave of phishing emails was spewed out this morning, with recipients warned that all their devices had been infected by WannaCry.… …read more Source:: Register


The Xbox One won’t support VR, because Microsoft broke its promise – CNET

A bummer for virtual reality enthusiasts. …read more Source:: CNet


Ninja Coffee Bar: Up your coffee game for $76 – CNET

Enough with the pods! Normally at least $110, this brewer can make a single cup or an entire carafe and comes with a frother. Plus: A BOGO movie deal. …read more Source:: CNet


Accountants HATE them: Microsoft’s Xbox harnesses blockchain to pay games publishers

But it used to use Excel and print-outs, just like us normies All aboard the blockchain hypewagon – Microsoft announced today that it has begun using the technology to deal with royalty and digital rights contracts.… …read more Source:: TheRegister


Nvidia Appears To Have A GPU Inventory Problem

Reports out of Taiwan now suggest that Nvidia has a gaming GPU inventory problem. An anonymous reader writes: Tech news site SemiAccurate which covers the GPU space pretty closely, and has broken stories like AMD’s acquisition of ATI Technologies and Nvidia’s Bumpgate, just published an article on why Nvidia has delayed their new gaming GPUs….