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It wasn't the first time the American soul singer caused a commotion on The Masked Singer, as back in 2021 Macy refused to leave the Australian version of the show after being voted off.

The rise of 'woke' thought and digital currencies are among the warning signs that Western civilization could be about to collapse, said investor and expert Doug Casey.

From the nightmarish location that inspired Jesus' account of hell to the cave that mysteriously kills anyone who enters, these locations are as close to hell on Earth as you can get.

The tech mogul, who has launched a barrage of attacks on the PM over Labour's rejection of a new widescale probe, praised Liverpool Walton MP Dan Carden.

In a now-viral news clip, the 70-year-old actor was interrupted by a reporter for NBC 4 Los Angeles and his cameraperson outside of his Brentwood home.

Gibson made the remarks while speaking on Fox News, after having lost his $14.5 million Malibu mansion in the fires which have claimed the lives of 11 people.

EXCLUSIVE: St Albans Council sent its proposal to use land including 800 hectares of green belt to build 15,000 homes by 2041 to Labour's Planning Inspectorate in December.

Outrage over the handling of the devastating Los Angeles fires is heating up amid reports that city leaders failed to prepare local reservoirs while power grids struggled hours before the blazes.

Wes Streeting was last night accused of 'playing the race card' over the grooming gangs scandal after warning of a far-Right terror attack if entire communities are 'tarred with the same brush'.

Google is reintroducing "digital fingerprinting" in five weeks, reports Mashable, describing it as "a data collection process that ingests all of your online signals (from IP address to complex browser information) and pinpoints unique users or devices." Or, to put it another way, Google "is tracking your online behavior in the name of advertising." The UK's Information Commissioner's Office called Google's decision "irresponsible": it is likely to reduce people's choice and control over how their information is collected. The change to Google's policy means that fingerprinting could now replace the functions of third-party cookies... Google itself has previously said that fingerprinting does not meet users' expectations for privacy, as users cannot easily consent to it as they would cookies. This in turn means they cannot control how their information is collected. To quote Google's own position on fingerprinting from 2019: "We think this subverts user choice and is wrong...." When the new policy comes into force on 16 February 2025, organisations using Google's advertising technology will be able to deploy fingerprinting without being in breach of Google's own policies. Given Google's position and scale in the online advertising ecosystem, this is significant. Their post ends with a warning that those hoping to use fingerprinting for advertising "will need to demonstrate how they are complying with the requirements of data protection law. These include providing users with transparency, securing freely-given consent, ensuring fair processing and upholding information rights such as the right to erasure." But security and privacy researcher Lukasz Olejnik asks if Google's move is the biggest privacy erosion in 10 years.... Could this mark the end of nearly a decade of progress in internet and web privacy? It would be unfortunate if the newly developing AI economy started from a decrease of privacy and data protection standards. Some analysts or observers might then be inclined to wonder whether this approach to privacy online might signal similar attitudes in other future Google products, like AI... The shift is rather drastic. Where clear restrictions once existed, the new policy removes the prohibition (so allows such uses) and now only requires disclosure... [I]f the ICO's claims about Google sharing IP addresses within the adtech ecosystem are accurate, this represents a significant policy shift with critical implications for privacy, trust, and the integrity of previously proposed Privacy Sandbox initiatives. Their post includes a disturbing thought. "Reversing the stance on fingerprinting could open the door to further data collection, including to crafting dynamic, generative AI-powered ads tailored with huge precision. Indeed, such applications would require new data..." Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader sinij for sharing the news.

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DONALD MACINTYRE: More than 20 years ago, I watched the filming of a documentary that followed the work of Bradford Social Services. 

The unnamed man, who was in his 20s, was in a flimsy dinghy that was launched in the early hours of Saturday from a beach near Calais.

Ryan, 37, from Cheshunt, with connections to Essex, has been missing for 24 days

When Maya Jama dumped her rapper boyfriend, Stormzy, fans were left heartbroken that music's golden couple had split - but insiders suggest there was another reason than simply 'growing apart'.

Marika Mikusova, who has written three Diary Of A Flight Attendant books about the five years she spent working at 38,000ft, told MailOnline about her intelligence-gathering missions.

As Tamworth prepare to take on Premier League giants Tottenham Hotspur in the FA Cup third round, the gulf in footballing lifestyles couldn't be more pronounced.

Pity poor Princess (sic) Meghan. Just days from the launch of her new Netflix series, half of California goes up in flames.

On Saturday, the 30-year-old singer shared an update about how she, her three-year-old son Ender and her fiancé Avan Jogia had evacuated safely.

Steve Guttenberg's Pacific Palisades home narrowly avoided igniting this week as the initial Los Angeles wildfire, which stared Tuesday, tore through his neighborhood.

Ben Affleck was seen tenderly hugging his oldest child Saturday outside his home in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles.