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Judge Dismisses Retail Group's Challenge To New York Surveillance Pricing Law(2025-10-09 15:00:03)

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the National Retail Federation challenging a New York state law that requires retailers to tell customers when their personal data are used to set prices, known as surveillance pricing. From a report: U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff in Manhattan said the wor...
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Discord Says 70,000 Users May Have Had Their Government IDs Leaked In Breach(2025-10-09 10:00:07)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Discord has identified approximately 70,000 users that may have had their government ID photos exposed as part of a customer service data breach announced last week, spokesperson Nu Wexler tells The Verge. A tweet by vx-underground said that the co...
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The World's Biggest Citizen Science Project(2025-10-09 05:00:04)

eBird, now the world's largest citizen science project with over 2 billion bird observations, is transforming ornithology by turning casual birders (and even TikTok-using kids) into vital contributors to global research and conservation. Slashdot reader alternative_right shares a report from Phys.or...
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EU Lawmakers Push To Ban Plant-Based Food Terms(2025-10-09 00:00:04)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: MEPs voted on Wednesday by 355 in favor to 247 against to reserve names such as "steak", "burger" and "sausage" exclusively for products derived from meat, a longstanding demand of farm unions. In order to come into effect, the idea would have t...
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Teens Arrested In London Preschool Ransomware Attack(2025-10-08 20:00:08)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Register: London cops on Tuesday arrested two teenagers on suspicion of computer misuse and blackmail following a ransomware attack on a chain of London preschools. London's Metropolitan Police said the two men, both aged 17, were taken into custody durin...
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