Disney, Netflix, and more are fighting FTC's 'click to cancel' proposal — Thunderbird 115 “Supernova” — and Simpsons Hit and Run source code (2003)

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Disney, Netflix, and more are fighting FTC’s ’click to cancel’ proposal businessinsider.com \| points: 608 \| comments: 281

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Thunderbird 115 “Supernova” blog.thunderbird.net \| points: 484 \| comments: 278

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Simpsons Hit and Run source code (2003) github.com \| points: 454 \| comments: 157

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Founder of crypto lender Celsius Network arrested, charged with fraud reuters.com \| points: 347 \| comments: 270

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Passkeys will come at a cost fy.blackhats.net.au \| points: 340 \| comments: 177

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B.C. government hit tweet limit amid wildfire evacuations vancouverisawesome.com \| points: 284 \| comments: 366

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Tax prep firms shared ‘extraordinarily sensitive’ data about taxpayers with Meta apnews.com \| points: 281 \| comments: 90

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Cool, but obscure X11 tools (2019) cyber.dabamos.de \| points: 273 \| comments: 228

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FDA approves first nonprescription daily oral contraceptive fda.gov \| points: 265 \| comments: 338

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Gzip and KNN Outperforms Transformers on Text Classification twitter.com \| points: 264 \| comments: 65

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Recreate the cavity-preventing GMO bacteria BCS3-L1 from precursor manifund.org \| points: 260 \| comments: 169

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Tax preparers that shared private data with Meta, Google could be fined billions arstechnica.com \| points: 248 \| comments: 120

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Rust 1.71.0 blog.rust-lang.org \| points: 246 \| comments: 81

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Maker Faire Bay Area Returns makerfaire.com \| points: 240 \| comments: 60

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Bard’s latest update: more features, languages and countries blog.google \| points: 240 \| comments: 172

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Figma Is a File Editor digest.browsertech.com \| points: 237 \| comments: 61

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100x Faster Than Wi-Fi: Light-Based Networking Standard Released tomshardware.com \| points: 235 \| comments: 135

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Rapid Covid tests miss 90% of asymptomatic cases nature.com \| points: 225 \| comments: 208

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The FCC responds to my ATSC 3 encryption complaint – they want to hear from you blog.lon.tv \| points: 215 \| comments: 96

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DSReality: Turns a DS game into a 3D image that floats above your controller github.com \| points: 213 \| comments: 69

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