The Internal Revenue Service has begun sending letters to more than 10,000 cryptocurrency holders, warning about penalties for failing to report income and pay tax on transactions involving virtual currencies. From a report: The agency expects its mailing to be completed by the end of August [Editor’s note: the link may be paywalled; alternative source]….

You’ll have to identify yourself first, though. The feature is arriving in a test version of the ad-blocking browser this week. …read more Source:: CNet

Microsoft’s updated Cortana app is supported in its latest Windows 10 20H1 test build, No. 18945, and available to Fast Ring testers, starting with those in the U.S. …read more Source:: ZDNet

US legal case against security researcher who helped stop WannaCry ransomware outbreak comes to an end. …read more Source:: ZDNet

It’s the end of the line for Piper, Alex, Taystee and Daya. …read more Source:: CNet

New study found that any database containing 15 pieces of demographic data could be used to identify individuals. …read more Source:: DarkReading

The 2.0-liter, turbocharged engine will be available on the Blazer’s mid-tier trim levels. …read more Source:: CNet

The $26.5 billion deal has cleared a major hurdle. …read more Source:: CNet

People on the receiving end of addled smartphone navigation deal with the lost; ‘Somebody backed into our mailboxes.’ From a report: Everett Ogden’s dream house was a three-bedroom at the end of a quiet dead-end road along a river in Jacksonville, Fla. It wasn’t long after moving in about a year ago that the strangers…

This could be part of a QuakeCon announcement. …read more Source:: CNet