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Meta has been temporarily banned from running behavioral advertising on Facebook and Instagram in Norway — unless it obtains users’ consent to the processing. The urgent order of provisional measures on Meta’s business, which has been made by Norway’s data protection authority, the Datatilsynet, applies for an initial three-month period. It stipulates Meta may run other forms of targeted advertising, such as contextual targeting, i.e. which don’t rely on tracking and profilings users. Or it can continue to run…

Tesla has launched its Cyberquad for Kids, an electric ATV for kids, in China after being banned for the dumbest reason in the US. In lieu of the actual Cyberquad, which is expected to be a full-scale electric ATV that is going to be an option with the Cybertruck, Tesla launched the Cyberquad for Kids in partnership with Radio Flyer last year. It is equipped with a small 500-watt electric motor and 288 Wh battery pack capable of a top speed of 16 km/h (10 mph) and a few miles of range. It’s…

Users of Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro, Apple's Pro video and audio editing apps, have a problem - but only if they happen to live in Russia.A new report claims that Apple has now "banned" both apps in the country. It's said that it is currently impossible to subscribe to either app via the App Store and further, Apple is already refunding people who already paid.Apple hasn't announced anything officially, however.No Pro for youThis is all according to the Russian website iPhones.ru which reports that "Apple disabled the…

After a long standing controversy, `Barbie` due to its controversial map scene got banned in Vietnam but will be getting released in the Philippines. However, the scene is likely to get blurred. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Philippines` Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (MTPCB) said in a letter made public Wednesday that they had "exhausted all possible resources to arrive at this decision," having consulted foreign affairs officials and legal experts. But after "meticulous" scrutiny of the…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeCensors in the Philippines have allowed Barbie to be shown in the country’s cinemas, but have requested for certain lines on a map in the movie to be blurred out.The news comes after Vietnam banned the film, made by Greta Gerwig and starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, earlier this month.The national ban was prompted by a scene officials believed to include the “nine-dash line”, a…

Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling, has been in the news for various reasons, but it recently made headlines after getting banned from Vietnam a few days ago. Now the scenic country has banned the popular K-Pop girl band Blackpink from performing there.  As per the reports, Barbie and Blackpink and the Chinese drama Flight To You have been ordered to be banned from Vietnam because the Nine Dash Line shows some islands in the South China Sea as non-Vietnamese territory. The Barbie film, which was set to be…

Upcoming movie `Barbie` and South Korean girl group BLACKPINK have sparked outrage in Vietnam after using maps displaying China`s disputed nine-dash line in their promotional materials. The nine-dash line is a cartographic representation used by China to assert its territorial claims over a significant portion of the South China Sea, a stance that is strongly contested by Vietnam and other countries in the region. The Barbie film, scheduled for release in Vietnam on July 21, faced a ban after it was revealed that a…

In what could be a watershed moment for the US and the world at large, the state of Massachusetts can soon ban buying and selling smartphone location data almost entirely, according to a report. The law, which can be the first of its kind in the US, would put a stop to entities buying the location data drawn from smartphones of consumers. This will also be the first time any state in the US has attempted to stop what has become a billion-dollar industry.According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, the state…

Yanni Ouahioune, the 22-year-old Rainbow Six Siege player who swatted the Ubisoft Montreal offices in November 2020, has been sentenced to three years of community service for his crimes. "Swatting" is defined as making a prank call to emergency services to bring a dispatch of armed officers to a specific location. This is a serious crime, as swatting has led to people being killed.This news comes by way of the Montreal Gazette, which notes that Ouahioune will also have to "compensate victims, undergo…

Warner Bros.` highly anticipated movie `Barbie` has been banned in Vietnam, New York Post reported. The film, directed by Greta Gerwig, was set to hit theatres in Vietnam on July 21, aligning with its big-screen release in most countries around the world. Vietnam state media, however, announced that the movie will not be released due to a scene that includes a map using the "nine-dash line", a set of line segments that represent China`s territorial claims in the South China Sea, which Vietnam claims violates its…