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IRS walks away from facial recognition to access online tools after backlash

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The IRS will transition away from using facial recognition technology to help taxpayers create online accounts with the agency. The IRS announced Monday that it will “quickly develop and bring online an additional authentication process that does not involve facial recognition,” in order for taxpayers to access self-help services on the agency’s website. “The IRS will also continue to work with its cross-government partners to develop authentication methods that protect taxpayer data and ensure broad access to online tools,” the agency said in a statement. The IRS changed course after…

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Just Go Away, Brian Williams

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Brian Williams, dismissed as “NBC Nightly News” anchor in 2015 for serial embellishment and lying, has decided to walk away from his MSNBC show “The 11th Hour.” CNN’s Brian Stelter, from a competing network, previewed the last show: “There’s no word on what the Thursday finale will entail, but here’s hoping for a sendoff befitting his position.” Williams should be sent off with a lump of coal. Stelter wasn’t quite as bad as one of his favorite Sunday-show guests, journalism professor and former Baltimore Sun reporter David Zurawik. “I have…

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US Congress chips away at law used to justify Soleimani strike – Al Jazeera English

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US Congress chips away at law used to justify Soleimani strike  Al Jazeera English Bipartisan group of Texans in the U.S. House support ending president’s authority to use military force in Iraq  KSAT San Antonio House votes to repeal 2002 Iraq War authorization as Senate prepares to take action  CNBC House Vote Tees Up Congress To Revoke Iraq War Authorization  HuffPost View Full Coverage on Google News “us congress” – Google News

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