Slashdot reader DeanonymizedCoward writes: Reuters reports that the US Military is disabling ad tracking on devices, to prevent adversaries from buying publicly-available tracking data to assist in targeting troops. Military officials say that they have disabled trackers on a variety of computers and mobile devices, according to letters released on Friday by Sen. Ron Wyden, and following reports that commercially-available tracking data has been used to target troops in the Middle East....


Wyden said in a statement that it was clear that the military's efforts "have not been effective at neutralizing this threat." U.S. Representative Pat Harrigan, a North Carolina Republican, said that U.S. enemies "should not be able to pull out a credit card and buy information that helps them track American troops." Rep. Harrigan remains silent as to the larger question of whether the general public should be able to pull out a credit card and buy information that helps them track anyone they please.

"The Pentagon said in an email it would respond to the lawmakers directly," Reuters reports:

The Army said in a statement that advertising IDs had been blocked on Windows computers "since before 2021" but that Android and Apple mobile devices had only had it disabled by default "since at least February 2026...." The effort to reduce the location data generated by smartphones comes as military officials weigh increasingly strict restrictions on phone use overall. In July, Reuters reported that some deployed personnel in the Middle East could be ordered to surrender their phones amid concerns that mobile videos they were posting to the internet were helping Iran target American bases in the region.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

LOS ANGELES (ANP) - De Nederlandse grimeur Arjen Tuiten heeft in de nacht van zondag op maandag een Emmy Award gewonnen voor zijn werk aan een aflevering van de hitserie The Pitt. De 45-jarige make-upartist maakte voor de laatste aflevering in het tweede seizoen, waarin een keizersnede wordt verricht, een realistische replica van het lichaam van de patiënt.

De Emmy Award geldt als de meest prestigieuze Amerikaanse televisieprijs. Tuiten maakte deel uit van een team van zes mensen dat verantwoordelijk was voor de beste 'Prosthetic Make-up' in de aflevering. Hij werkte in totaal mee aan vijf afleveringen van The Pitt in het tweede seizoen.

De Nederlander laat aan het ANP weten dat hij "erg vereerd is" en dat de winst "onverwacht" is. De grimeur kon niet zelf bij de uitreiking in Los Angeles aanwezig zijn omdat hij momenteel werkt aan de nieuwe film Heat 2.

De Emmy voor beste Prosthetic Make-up werd uitgereikt tijdens de tweede dag van de prijzen in de meer technische categorieën. De ceremonie voor de Emmy's voor acteurs vindt op 14 september plaats. Eerder ontving Tuiten, die al twee decennia woont en werkt in Hollywood, twee keer een Oscarnominatie.

OEGSTGEEST (ANP) - Stichting Massaschade & Consument gaat Snapchat aanklagen. Het is de tweede keer in korte tijd dat een Nederlandse claimstichting een rechtszaak aanspant tegen het socialemediaplatform.

Volgens Stichting Massaschade & Consument is bij Snapchat "winst belangrijker dan de gezondheid en veiligheid van haar gebruikers". Daarom stapt de stichting naar de rechter om het platform minder verslavend en veiliger te maken. Ook wordt er een schadevergoeding geëist, zo staat te lezen op de website van de stichting.

Zo eist de stichting onder meer dat functies zoals de streak, de snapscore en autoplay uit moeten kunnen staan. Dit zijn functies die het platform verslavend maken, meent Stichting Massaschade & Consument. In een interview met het AD laat voorzitter Lucia Melcherts weten dat er voor het indienen van de dagvaarding, dat op 7 september gebeurt, een gesprek heeft plaatsgevonden met Snapchat. Dat leverde volgens Melcherts niets op. "Ze stuurden ons met een kluitje in het riet."

In juni begon de Stichting Onderzoek Marktinformatie (SOMI) ook al een collectieve rechtszaak tegen Snapchat in Nederland. De stichting, die eerder al met claims kwam tegen TikTok, X en Facebook-moederbedrijf Meta, hekelde ook het "verslavende ontwerp" van het socialemediaplatform.

The ‘hugely important artefact’ that’s followed 14 children since they were seven is set to air its final instalment. The now-septuagenarians and director Asif Kapadia talk about breaking new ground for 63 years – and changing TV forever

Described as the Bayeux tapestry of television, the groundbreaking ITV documentary series Seven Up is coming to its final conclusion.

In 1964, a group of randomly chosen seven-year-olds from different backgrounds were brought together and filmed in an attempt to answer questions about the effect of fate, class and environment on people’s aspirations and outcomes.

Continue reading...

Exclusive: UN special rapporteur on occupied territories says ban on goods from settlements ‘important’ but must go further if it is to amount to more than a ‘press release’

The UK’s planned ban on trade with unlawful Israeli settlements is a welcome, if overdue, first step and must be judged according to its practical impact, a UN expert has told the Guardian.

The UK foreign secretary, Ed Miliband, has vowed to act more decisively against Israeli settlements, as well as continued restrictions of aid into Gaza, prompting the US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, to claim on Saturday that Downing Street was motivated by “Jew hatred”.

Continue reading...

Row centres on stake held by Patarkatsishvili family in bottled water firm it jointly owns with Russian oligarch

A British theatre impresario and her billionaire family are embroiled in a bitter dispute with Ukrainian authorities seeking to seize a water company they jointly own with a Russian oligarch.

The row centres on a 34% stake held in the producer of Ukraine’s biggest bottled water brands by the Patarkatsishvili family, including Liana Patarkatsishvili, who recently worked on an immersive show with Toby Jones and Meera Syal.

Continue reading...

Epic plankton blooms make filming in the North Sea notoriously difficult. But a new documentary gives a rare glimpse of the kaleidoscopic life – seals, sharks, tuna, orcas and shorthorn sculpins – lurking beneath its waves

The North Sea, as even its greatest admirers will concede, often glowers an unappetising grey or brown. And we assume that its dull exterior is matched by sediment-filled waters where little life dwells. For years, the friends and family of Peter van Rodijnen wondered why the Dutch cinematographer and diving fanatic spent so much time exploring “this murky bowl of soup”. But, inspired by a childhood of watching Jacques Cousteau’s adventures in rather more enticingly temperate waters, Van Rodijnen’s dedication to North Sea diving gradually revealed its hidden wonders.

Over 20 years, as camera technology improved, Van Rodijnen obtained more and more amazing footage of marine life near his home on the Netherlands coast. Nearly a decade ago, he teamed up with director Mark Verkerk. “We started with the idea,” says Van Rodijnen, “that if somebody can make a movie about the North Sea, it’s got to be us.”

Continue reading...

Gabna community fear their traditional herding routes will be sacrificed as far-right rhetoric ramps up against them

For the Swedish-Sami politician Åsa Larsson Blind, it was something of a watershed moment in the national conversation around Indigenous rights.

In late April and May, as the country geared up for this month’s elections, the deputy prime minister and energy minister, Ebba Busch, gave a series of speeches and articles publicly attacking the Sami’s rights to graze reindeer herds on their ancestral lands. Reindeer husbandry, Busch said at one press conference, “is an industry that affects very large areas, but has limited economic significance”.

Continue reading...

With the release of his new biography, the British designer talks about leaving school at 15, the real reason he won’t retire and why no one wears velvet trousers any more

Go for a browse in the Paul Smith shop in Mayfair, London, on any given Saturday and you’ll likely find an older shop assistant, straight-backed in fine tailoring, approaching to help you with a new shirt, or a suit for a special occasion, perhaps a jaunty pair of socks. There aren’t many global fashion brands, Paul Smith points out, perhaps unnecessarily, “where the owner is a Saturday boy”. But working in his shop, one of more than 130 around the world, is probably Smith’s favourite part of the job. “It’s fantastic, you meet so many interesting people,” he says, smiling broadly. Smith’s whole career, he says, has always been about doing things in a different way. He’s the untrained fashion designer who created a global British brand, who put a bright lining or some stripes into classic tailoring, and who has turned down multiple substantial offers to buy his company, in order to remain in control.

Sir Paul Smith has just turned 80 – and he has the enviable energy of someone more than half his age, swimming each day before 6am. He’s about to publish his memoir, Threads: My Life in Style. It’s been a good opportunity to do a stocktake. His has undoubtedly been a lucky life – right place, right time, right people (not least his wife, Pauline, whom he met at the age of 21 and who has been integral to his success) – but it’s also a story of hard work, integrity and modesty. We’ll get to whether those values are still relevant in a harsher, more competitive world, and whether Paul Smith can survive.

Continue reading...

Vandaag wordt een mooie nazomerdag met veel zonneschijn en blijft het in het Rijnmondgebied droog. Richting het einde van de middag komt er meer bewolking opzetten. De maximumtemperatuur komt uit op ongeveer 25 graden. De wind waait vanochtend eerst zwak tot matig uit het zuiden. Vanmiddag draait de wind naar het zuidwesten en wordt matig, aan zee later vrij krachtig. Dat betekent dat het vanaf de kust in de namiddag enkele graden zal afkoelen.