Game publishers exploit ‘culturally British’ loophole, dodge millions in UK taxes

Oct03
by on October 3, 2019 at 11:40 pm
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A report from The Guardian reveals that a British tax relief fun has paid the vast majority of its funds — which were originally intended to be earmarked for smaller developers based in the UK — to global game publishers such as Sony, Sega, and Warner. Specifically, the report reveals that these companies have used this tax loophole to avoid paying tens of millions of pounds in taxes. Video Game Tax Relief (VGTR) allows game publishers to claim back up to 20 percent of some production costs. Each individual claim can amount up to £500,000, and the companies in question have, since…

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Google is integrating its password checkup feature into Chrome — here’s how to use it

Oct03
by on October 3, 2019 at 5:24 am
Posted In: Google


At this point, it’s established that when you sign up for a service, you should always expect that at some point it will be breached. But that doesn’t mean you should give up on practicing basic security hygiene, because let’s face it: reused and shared passwords are still one of the major ways top ways cybercriminals take over online accounts. Other times, it’s the easy-to-guess passwords (“123456,” anyone?). So it’s easy to see why Google is making it dead simple to check if your passwords have been compromised in a data breach. It’s now baking its Password Checkup Chrome extension,…

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