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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

Aside from the few countries that have restricted or outright banned them (including Belarus, China, Iran, Iraq, North Korea, Oman, Russia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, and the United Arab Emirates), VPNs are perfectly legal in most of the world. Hold up — are VPNs legal? Split tunneling. Multihop connections.

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How Trump calculated the new tariff rates and why they differ by country

Fast Company Tech

sanctions for example, Russia due to its invasion of Ukraine , as well as Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Belarus and Venezuela will not face the new, 10% global base tariff. But administration officials clarified on Thursday that countries already subject to stiff U.S. has so little trade with those places that deficits are minimal.

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How AI Takeover Might Happen in 2 Years

The AI Alignment Forum

Top personnel from the NSA and US cyber command collaborate with OpenEye to retrofit a semblance of security for U3s weights before senior leaders in China, Russia, Israel, North Korea, or Iran realize just how valuable OpenEyes software has become. Previously, U3 was conservative. But now, U3 has no fear of being caught.

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Bot farms invade social media to hijack popular sentiment

Fast Company Tech

We know that China, Iran, Russia, Turkey, and North Korea are using bot networks to amplify narratives all over the world, says Ran Farhi, CEO of Xpoz , a threat detection platform that uncovers coordinated attempts to spread lies and manipulate public opinion in politics and beyond. A lie repeated often enough becomes truth.