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Tucked away among the 940 pages of President Donald Trumps massive One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) are an array of new tax write-offs, exemptions that Trump promised to enact while running for a second term. Those include a provision of the No Tax on Tips Act. This provision of the OBBBA, which narrowly passed the Senate, and Trump signed into law in July, gives taxpayers the ability to deduct income from tips and overtime pay. It expires at the end of 2028, right before Trump leaves office. For workers, it creates new tax deductions of up to $25,000 on income made from cash tips, and tips workers report to employers withholding payroll taxes. Eligible employees (see list below) that make up to $160,000 in 2025 qualify. (Going forward, that limit will be adjusted each year for inflation.) For employers, it also expands the business tax credit for the portion of payroll taxes that an employer pays on certain tips, to include payroll taxes paid on tips received in connection with certain beauty services. Which jobs qualify for the no tax on tips and overtime deduction? Up until now, the Trump administration hadn’t clarified which jobs were eligible. Over Labor Day, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Axios there are 68 occupations, calling the selection expansive but fair. The official list will be published in the Federal Register, but here’s the preliminary Treasury list, which is likely to be substantially the same after a period of public comments: Beverage & Food Service Bartender Wait staff Food servers (non-restaurant) Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers Chefs and cooks Food preparation workers Fast food and counter workers Dishwashers Host staff, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop Bakers Entertainment & Events Gambling dealers Gambling change persons and booth cashiers Gambling cage workers Gambling and sports book writers and runners Dancers Musicians and singers Disc jockeys (except radio) Entertainers and performers Digital content creators Ushers, lobby attendants and ticket takers Locker Room, coatroom and dressing room attendants Hospitality & Guest Services Baggage porters and bellhops Concierges Hotel, motel and resort desk clerks Maids and housekeeping cleaners Home Services Home maintenance and repair workers Home landscaping and groundskeeping workers Home electricians Home plumbers Home heating and air conditioning mechanics and installers Home appliance installers and repairers Home cleaning service workers Locksmiths Roadside assistance workers Personal Services Personal care and service workers Private event planners Private event and portrait photographers Private event videographers Event officiants Pet caretakers Tutors Nannies and babysitters Personal Appearance & Wellness Skincare specialists Massage therapists Barbers, hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists Shampooers Manicurists and pedicurists Eyebrow threading and waxing technicians Makeup artists Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors Tattoo artists and piercers Tailors Shoe and leather workers and repairers Recreation & Instruction Golf caddies Self-enrichment teachers Recreational and tour pilots Tour guides and escorts Travel guides Sports and recreation instructors Transportation & Delivery Parking and valet attendants Taxi and rideshare drivers and chauffeurs Shuttle drivers Goods delivery people Personal vehicle and equipment cleaners Private and charter bus drivers Water taxi operators and charter boat workers Rickshaw, pedicab and carriage drivers Home movers
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A post circulating on Facebook shows a man named Henek, a violinist allegedly forced to play in the camps orchestra at Auschwitz. “His role: to play music as fellow prisoners were led to the gas chambers, reads the caption. But there is no Holocaust victim by the name of Henek. The image is also AI-generated. Publishing fake, AI-generated images of Auschwitz is not only a dangerous distortion. Such fabrication disrespects victims and harasses their memory.If you see such posts, please dont share them. Instead, follow the official @AuschwitzMuseum, where every name, every photo, and pic.twitter.com/8sMBxvPkOt— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) July 6, 2025 A new BBC investigation uncovered an international network of spammers posting fabricated Holocaust images on Facebook to profit from Metas content-monetization program. In recent months, images of children abandoned on train tracks or lovers meeting across concentration camp fences have appeared on Facebook, attracting clicks and shares. None of the victims or stories are real. According to the BBC, the images originate from spam networks in Pakistan, India, Vietnam, and Nigeria, where AI slop creators trade tips in private groups about exploiting Metas monetization scheme. Holocaust imagery, in particular, has proven to be a reliable traffic driver. One account claimed to generate more than 1.2 billion views and 16,000 in four months from mass-produced content. The BBC also interviewed a Pakistani man enrolled in these monetization schemes. While he does not post Holocaust content, he said the work has become his sole source of income, noting that posts targeting U.K., U.S., and European audiences earn up to eight times more than those aimed at Asia. Many history-themed pages and groups impersonate businesses to build audiences and qualify for monetization before pivoting to churn out Holocaust AI slop. Meta told the BBC the images themselves do not violate its policies but confirmed it had removed certain spam accounts flagged in the investigation. (Fast Company has reached out to Meta for comment.) In an X post earlier this year, the Auschwitz Museum addressed the disturbing trend and the impact it has on real victims and their families: What makes this particularly troubling is that their posts copy real contentincluding names, dates, and biographical facts taken directly from our posts,” the museum wrote. “Yet they pair this information with fabricated, AI-generated images that mislead viewers. The use of artificial intelligence to generate fictional images of Auschwitz victimsas done by the Facebook page 90s History (https://t.co/oNPzY9Ykq0)is not a tribute. It is a profound act of disrespect to the memory of those who suffered and were murdered in Auschwitz. It pic.twitter.com/wCdtySoBWK— Auschwitz Memorial (@AuschwitzMuseum) May 22, 2025 The post continued: The history of Auschwitz is a well-documented story. Altering its visual record with AI imagery introduces distortion, no matter the intent. Using made-up images, no matter how poignant they seem, is a dangerous distortion of facts.
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European Union regulators on Friday hit Google with a 2.95 billion euro ($3.5 billion) fine for breaching the blocs competition rules by favoring its own digital advertising services, marking the fourth such antitrust penalty for the company. The European Commission, the 27-nation blocs executive branch and top antitrust enforcer, also ordered the U.S. tech giant to end its self-preferencing practices and take steps to stop conflicts of interest along the advertising technology supply chain. EU regulators had previously threatened a breakup of the company but held off on that threat for the time being. Google said the decision was wrong and that it would appeal. It imposes an unjustified fine and requires changes that will hurt thousands of European businesses by making it harder for them to make money, Lee-Anne Mulholland, the companys global head of regulatory affairs, said in a statement. The decision was long overdue, coming more than two years after the European Commission announced antitrust charges against Google. The commission had said at the time that the only way to satisfy antitrust concerns about Googles lucrative digital ad business was to sell off parts of its business. However, this decision made only a brief mention of possible divestment and comes amid renewed tensions between Brussels and the Trump administration over trade, tariffs and technology regulation. Top EU officials had said earlier that the commission was seeking a forced sale because past cases that ended with fines and requirements for Google to stop anti-competitive practices have not worked, allowing the company to continue its behavior in a different form. It’s the second time in a week that Google has avoided a breakup. Google is also under fire on a separate front in the U.S., where prosecutors want the company to sell off its Chrome browser after a judge found the company had an illegal monopoly in online search. On Tuesday, a U.S. federal judge found that Google had illegal monopoly in online search and ordered a shake-up of its search engine but rebuffed the government’s attempt to break up the company by forcing a sale of its Chrome browser. But the EU indicated that breakup option is not totally off the table. Google has 60 days to tell the Commission its proposals to end its conflicts of interest, and if the regulators aren’t satisfied they will propose an appropriate remedy. The Commission has already signaled its preliminary view that only the divestment by Google of part of its services would address the situation of inherent conflicts of interest, but it first wishes to hear and assess Googles proposal, it said in a press release. The commissions penalty follows a formal investigation that it opened in June 2021, looking into whether Google violated the blocs competition rules by favoring its own online display advertising technology services at the expense of rival publishers, advertisers and advertising technology services. Its investigation found that Google abused its dominant positions in the ad-technology ecosystem, the commission said. Online display ads are banners and text that appear on websites and are personalized based on an internet users browsing history. Mulholland said, “Theres nothing anticompetitive in providing services for ad buyers and sellers, and there are more alternatives to our services than ever before. Google is facing pressure on other fronts. In a separate U.S. case, the Justice Department asked a federal judge in May to force the company to sell off its AdX business and DFP ad platform tools that are also at the heart of the EU case. They connect advertisers with publishers who have ad space to sell on their sites. The case is scheduled to move to the penalty phase, known as remedy hearings, in late September. Authorities in Canada and Britain are also targeting the company over its digital ad business.
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