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The EU's cookie consent policies have been an annoying and unavoidable part of browsing the web in Europe since their introduction in 2018. But the cookie nightmare is about to crumble thanks to some big proposed changes announced by the European Commission today. From a report: Instead of having to click accept or reject on a cookie pop-up for every website you visit in Europe, the EU is preparing to enforce rules that will allow users to set their preferences for cookies at the browser level. "People can set their privacy preferences centrally -- for example via the browser -- and websites must respect them," says the EU. "This will drastically simplify users' online experience." This key change is part of a new Digital Package of proposals to simplify the EU's digital rules, and will initially see cookie prompts change to be a simplified yes or no single-click prompt ahead of the "technological solutions" eventually coming to browsers. Websites will be required to respect cookie choices for at least six months, and the EU also wants website owners to not use cookie banners for "harmless uses" like counting website visits, to lessen the amount of pop-ups.

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The King arrived at the store to mark the second anniversary of his 'Coronation Food Project', which has helped to rescue wasted food to be redistributed for communities in need.

Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote appears to have given a heartbreaking insight into her failed marriage by posting a song about a love cheat.

The message, posted last night, was headed 'apology statement' with the official Government logo, but then went on to list 'wins' by ministers.

The RSPCA is hunting for those responsible

Air-launched antique picked for tricky low-inclination orbit job

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Researchers say that a simple weakness allowed them to access 3.5 billion profiles on the Meta-owned messaging app.

Cornwall-based PR worker Victoria Bond, 40, had posted a video taken by another British member of their group of their progress before the tragedy.

And companies are getting caught in the crossfire

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You might think twice about putting a vape to your mouth thanks to a new study.

Linus Torvalds is "fairly positive" about vibe coding as a way for people to get computers to do things they otherwise could not. The Linux kernel maintainer made the comments during an interview at the Linux Foundation Open Source Summit in Seoul earlier this month. But he cautioned that vibe coding would be a "horrible, horrible idea from a maintenance standpoint" for production code. Torvalds told Dirk Hohndel, head of open source at Verizon, that computers have become more complicated than when he learned to code by typing in programs from computer magazines. He said vibe coding offers a path into computing for newcomers. The kernel maintainer is not using AI-assisted coding himself. He said his role has shifted from rejecting new ideas to sometimes pushing for them against opposition from longstanding maintainers who "kind of get stuck in a rut." Rust is "actually becoming a real part of the kernel instead of being this experimental thing," he said. Torvalds said AI crawlers have been "very disruptive to a lot of our infrastructure" because they gather data from kernel.org source code. Kernel maintainers receive bugs and security notices that are "made up by people who misuse AI," though the problem is smaller than for other projects such as curl.

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Posh Spice, 51, has shown she's still got it as she went makeup-free showing off her impressive vocals in the social media clip.

A mother-of-one has been battling a co-codamol addiction for nearly ten years, after she was first prescribed the drug following surgery on her ovaries.

The Sloane Ranger aesthetic is enjoying a quiet renaissance. And at its centre is the Princess of Wales.

Former The Only Way is Essex star has quit TV and moved to Dubai, where he has started a new job.

Skim the atmosphere and air-breathing VLEO sats can theoretically maintain orbit

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The personal trainer, 38, is alleged to have committed three counts of rape and one sexual assault between June and October 2016 - in the middle of his marriage to the ex-glamour model, 47.

The explosive arguments between Leigh and Leah on the latest season of Married At First Sight UK have now made their way onto Instagram.

The second installment of director Jon M. Chu's blockbuster big screen adaptation of Broadway's Wicked hits theaters on Friday after a year-long wait.