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Europe's Cookie Law Messed Up the Internet. Brussels Wants To Fix It.(2025-09-24 20:00:09)

In a bid to slash red tape, the European Commission wants to eliminate one of its peskiest laws: a 2009 tech rule that plastered the online world with pop-ups requesting consent to cookies. From a report: It's the kind of simplification ordinary Europeans can get behind. European rulemakers in 2009 ...
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Horror Film's Wedding Scene Digitally Altered for Chinese Audiences(2025-09-24 15:00:06)

Australian horror film Together, starring Dave Franco and Alison Brie, underwent digital alterations for its mainland China release on September 12. Chinese cinemagoers discovered that a wedding scene between two men had been modified using face-swapping technology to transform one male character in...
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Microsoft Is Reportedly Building An AI Marketplace To Pay Publishers For Content(2025-09-24 10:00:22)

Microsoft is preparing a Publisher Content Marketplace to pay publishers when their work is used in AI products like Copilot. Neowin reports: Microsoft is reportedly discussing with select US publishers a pilot program for its so-called Publisher Content Marketplace, a system that pays publishers fo...
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Disney+, Hulu Are Hiking Prices Again Next Month(2025-09-24 05:00:04)

Disney is raising prices again for Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN Select starting October 21, 2025, with most ad-supported tiers going up by $2-3 per month and bundles also seeing increases. It marks the third consecutive year of U.S. streaming price hikes. Variety reports: It's that time of year again, ap...
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Vietnam Shuts Down Millions of Bank Accounts Over Biometric Rules(2025-09-24 00:00:04)

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from ICO Bench: As of September 1, 2025, banks across Vietnam are closing accounts deemed inactive or non-compliant with new biometric rules. Authorities estimate that more than 86 million accounts out of roughly 200 million are at risk if users fail ...
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