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Germany is moving to treat Bitcoin more like a conventional investment. A new draft bill would subject cryptocurrency gains to capital gains tax, bringing crypto in line with stocks and other financial assets. Crucially though, existing holders would keep the current rules, meaning those who've already bought in could still sell tax-free after a twelve-month hold.
Shifting to a story with real security implications, researchers have published a paper revealing a vulnerability in SSH, the protocol millions of people and organizations rely on to securely access remote systems. The attack, which exploits a shared compression context between connections, can allow plaintext recovery — meaning encrypted data may not be as private as users assume. Patches and mitigations will be worth watching closely.
And in a story that sits squarely at the intersection of copyright law and artificial intelligence, music generation startup Suno has launched its sixth major model and says this one was trained exclusively on licensed music. The move comes as the company faces mounting lawsuits from the recording industry, and it signals a broader reckoning for generative AI companies over how they source their training data.
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