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‘Sextortion’ Scams Leverage Apple’s Message Platform to Build Trust With Teens

2025/6/11
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Amrith Ramkumar: 作为一名科技和加密政策记者,我了解到包括微软、谷歌、亚马逊和Meta在内的科技巨头正在游说国会议员,反对削减所谓的“美丽大法案”中的清洁能源税收抵免。这些公司担心电力价格上涨和电力短缺会扰乱他们的投资。他们已致信参议院多数党领袖,表达了这些担忧。如果这些税收抵免突然被取消,这些公司在建设大型数据中心以支持人工智能方面投入的大量资金和时间将面临风险。他们最担心的是没有足够的电力来运行数据中心,以满足训练人工智能模型的需求。最大的数据中心消耗的电力相当于整个城市,并且需要全天候运行。可再生能源是未来几年内最快的上线能源来源,取消税收抵免可能会导致许多计划中的项目消失,并引发对价格上涨的担忧。虽然清洁能源公司和整个能源行业也在努力游说以保留税收抵免,但科技行业的参与是新的,也很有趣。一些科技高管认为,这可能会对美国公司在人工智能竞赛中保持领先地位构成重大挑战,尤其是在与中国的竞争中。最大的科技公司在很多问题上都非常谨慎,不愿过于公开,因此能源税收抵免的游说活动主要由行业团体或私下对话进行。美国在芯片、人才和其他领域在人工智能竞赛中占据优势,但最担心的是发电能力,中国在这方面领先。科技行业在争取延长清洁能源税收抵免方面面临着一场艰苦的斗争,共和党在参议院占据多数席位。虽然一些参议员表达了延长税收抵免的意愿,但特朗普政府和其他人可能会反对,理由是担心支出和赤字。

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Criminals are exploiting the trust that young iPhone users have in the device’s built-in message) platform to make relentless demands for money. WSJ family and tech columnist Julie Jargon reports on the tragic results of those scams, and what parents need to know. Plus: Artificial intelligence companies have been the leading backers of technologies like solar energy and battery storage. Now, WSJ tech and crypto reporter Amrith Ramkumar reports those firms are trying to convince Congress to leave their clean-energy tax credits) alone.

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