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Major Streamers Must Pay 15% of Revenues To Canadian Content, CRTC Says

Canada's broadcast regulator says major streaming services such as Netflix must contribute 15% of their Canadian revenues to Canadian and Indigenous content. "That's three times the five-per-cent initial contribution requirement the CRTC set out in 2024, which is being challenged in court by major streamers, including Apple and Amazon," reports Global News. "Contribution requirements for traditional broadcasters, which currently pay between 30 and 45 percent, will be lowered to 25 percent." From the report: "The total contributions are expected to stabilize the funding at more than $2 billion in support of Canadian and Indigenous content, such as French-language content and news," the regulator said in a press release. The CRTC made the decisions as part of its implementation of the Online Streaming Act, which the U.S. has identified as a trade irritant ahead of trade negotiations with Canada.

The CRTC also set out rules on how the money must be spent for both streamers and broadcasters, including contributions toward production funds and direct spending on Canadian content. Most of the streamers' financial contributions can go toward content, though the CRTC is imposing rules on how that money must be spent for the largest streamers. For instance, streamers with Canadian revenues of more than $100 million annually must direct 30 percent of spending toward partnerships with Canadian broadcasters and independent producers. Large Canadian broadcasters will have to direct at least 15 percent of their contributions toward news.

The new financial contribution rules apply to streamers and broadcasters with at least $25 million in annual Canadian broadcasting revenues. The decision covers audiovisual programming, meaning it affects traditional TV broadcasters and online services that stream television content. The regulator also said Thursday online streamers will have to take steps to ensure Canadian and Indigenous content is available and visible to audiences. "This will make it easier for people to find this content on the platforms they use, while giving broadcasters flexibility in how they meet the new expectations," the CRTC said in the release. Details of those requirements will be determined at a later time.

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NTSB Wants PDF Removed After It Exposed Final Cockpit Audio From UPS Crash

The NTSB temporarily closed public access to nearly all investigation dockets after people used a spectrogram image from a PDF in the UPS flight 2976 crash file to reconstruct approximate cockpit voice recorder audio and post it online. "We show our work and we've been doing this type of thing for years. Nobody was aware that you can recreate audio from a picture," a spokesperson for the board said. "NTSB is looking to make sure there's nothing else in the docket that could compromise anybody's privacy... now that we understand the possibility of a digital recreation." CNN reports: Cockpit voice recordings, often referred to as the CVR, capture everything commercial pilots say and are valuable during NTSB investigations, but are almost never released out of respect for the victims and their families. UPS flight 2976 crashed on November 4, when an engine separated from the wing while it was taking off from Louisville, Kentucky. The three crew members onboard were killed along with 12 people on the ground. During a two-day investigative hearing this week, the board released a docket full of details about the crash. Besides thousands of pages of reports and video showing the engine separating, it included a transcript of the CVR and a PDF file showing an analysis of the spectrogram of the audio it recorded.

A spectrogram is a still image that is a visual representation of the audio, showing the ups and downs of the frequencies. Using that still image, members of the public were able to recreate the voices of the pilots in the moments before the plane crashed and post the results online. The clip, which included background noise and echoes, covered the last 30 seconds of the flight as the pilots struggled with the disabled aircraft as well as recordings of testing the NTSB did on another aircraft.

In a statement on Thursday, the board made clear it "does not release cockpit voice recordings" due to federal law and because of the highly sensitive nature of what they include, but it was "aware that advances in image recognition and computational methods have enabled individuals to reconstruct approximations of cockpit voice recorder audio from sound spectrum imagery." Investigation dockets are made public for transparency, but this week, the board took the rare step of closing public access to all dockets, including the one for the UPS crash. [...] The NTSB is urging platforms like X and Reddit to remove posts with the audio.

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Trump Mobile Exposed Customers' Personal Data, Including Phone Numbers and Home Addresses

Trump Mobile confirmed that a third-party platform exposed customers' personal data to the open internet. The data included names, email addresses, mailing addresses, phone numbers, and order IDs. TechCrunch reports: Chris Walker, a spokesperson for the Trump-branded phone maker, told TechCrunch that the company is investigating the exposure and has not found evidence that content or financial information spilled online. The company said there was no breach of Trump Mobile's network, systems, or infrastructure. Walker said that the exposure was linked to a third-party platform provider that supports "certain Trump Mobile operations." He did not name the provider.

[...] On Wednesday, two YouTubers who ordered Trump Mobile's phone said a researcher alerted them that their personal information was exposed online. The YouTubers Coffeezilla and penguinz0 said they tried to alert Trump Mobile of the exposure after the researcher also tried but to no avail. Walker said Trump Mobile is evaluating whether it needs to notify customers of the exposure of their personal data. Further reading: Trump Phones Start Shipping - But Were There Really 600,000 Preorders?

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Spotify, UMG To Let Fans Make Their Own Music With AI

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Billboard: Spotify and Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a licensing deal for recorded music and publishing rights, enabling Spotify to launch generative AI music models in the future. With this deal, Spotify's models will allow fans to create covers and remixes of their favorite songs from participating artists and songwriters signed to UMG. The new deal was announced on Thursday (May 21) as part of Spotify's Investor Day presentation, and the company touts that it will open up additional revenue streams on top of what artists already earn on Spotify and will provide new discovery opportunities for participating UMG talent. These AI products will eventually become available to premium users as a paid add-on. It is unclear when they are set to launch. "We recognize there's a wide range of views on use of generative music tools within the artistic community," the announcement read. "Therefore, artists and rightsholders will choose if and how to participate to ensure the use of AI tools aligns with the values of the people behind the music."

Spotify also announced a feature called "Reserved" that will set aside concert tickets for Premium subscribers it identifies as an artist's most dedicated fans. "Getting concert tickets today can feel like a race you're set up to lose," Spotify wrote in a post on Thursday. "You show up at the right time, refresh endlessly, and still miss out. Too often, the experience is stressful, unpredictable, and disconnected from what should matter most: whether real fans actually get tickets. We think there's a better way."

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Russell grabs pole position in Canada Sprint Qualifying

George Russell will line up in pole position for the Sprint at the Canadian Grand Prix, with the Mercedes driver set to share the front row with team mate Kimi Antonelli.

F2: Van Hoepen earns maiden pole position in Montreal

Laurens van Hoepen continued his fine start to the 2026 FIA Formula 2 season, earning his maiden pole position in the championship on its first visit to Canada.

LIVE COVERAGE: Follow Sprint Qualifying in Canada

Live coverage of Friday's Sprint Qualifying session at the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix.

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Asielzoekers bij overvol Ter Apel gaan weer naar Stadskanaal

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Serenity in the Japanese Garden

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Serenity in the Japanese Garden

The iconic red bridge serves as a peaceful focal point in the historic Japanese Garden at Clingendael Estate in The Hague. Surrounded by vibrant spring foliage and deep red Japanese maples, the calm water reflects the delicate harmony of this unique heritage site, which opens only a few weeks each year to protect its rare and fragile flora.

Please give up these seats for expecting mothers and the elderly

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Please give up these seats for expecting mothers and the elderly

Found Slide -- The Malcolm Perry Stevens Collection

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Found Slide -- The Malcolm Perry Stevens Collection

date stamped on slide March 1975

Yeah Bar-B-Q

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US green card applicants will now have to return to home countries to apply, DHS says

Change criticized by advocates marks the latest significant move by the Trump administration on immigration policy

Foreigners seeking to adjust their immigration status in the United States to secure green cards will have to do so from outside the country via the state department, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) said on Friday, in a move criticized by aid groups, policy analysts and immigration attorneys.

USCIS announced the move in a policy memo, which directed officers to consider relevant factors and information on a case-by-case basis when determining whether extraordinary relief is warranted.

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Asielzoekers bij overvol Ter Apel gaan weer naar Stadskanaal

STADSKANAAL (ANP) - De Groningse gemeente Stadskanaal gaat opnieuw asielzoekers voor een nacht opvangen die vrijdag buiten bij het overvolle aanmeldcentrum in Ter Apel stonden te wachten. De gemeente laat weten dat het om ongeveer tachtig mensen gaat.

Rond 23.00 uur arriveerden er twee bussen in Ter Apel om de asielzoekers op te halen. Het Rode Kruis heeft op de locatie tachtig bedden klaarstaan. Ongeveer tien mensen bleven bij Ter Apel vrijwillig achter.

Stadskanaal opende woensdagavond ook al een noodopvang. Toen gingen er ongeveer vijftig asielzoekers naartoe. De gemeente benadrukte toen dat het maar voor één nacht zou zijn. Donderdag sprong de Drentse gemeente Aa en Hunze bij, door een sporthal in Gieten beschikbaar te stellen waar 130 asielzoekers konden slapen.


Verstappen 7e in kwalificatie sprintrace Canada, Russell op pole

MONTREAL (ANP) - Max Verstappen start zaterdag bij de GP van Canada als zevende in de sprintrace. De viervoudig wereldkampioen van Red Bull bleef ver verwijderd van de beste tijd van de Brit George Russell van Mercedes.

Russell reed het snelste rondje met 1.12,965. Zijn Italiaanse teamgenoot Kimi Antonelli werd op 0,068 seconde tweede en de Brit Lando Norris werd op 0,315 seconde derde. Verstappen gaf 0,539 seconde toe op Russell.

Verstappen staat op de vierde startrij met zijn Franse teamgenoot Isack Hadjar naast hem. Op de rij ervoor staan de Ferrari's van Lewis Hamilton en Charles Leclerc. De tweede rij, achter de Mercedessen, wordt gevormd door de McLarens van Norris en Oscar Piastri.

De eerste kwalificatiesessie lag lang stil, omdat Fernando Alonso hard in de muur was gereden. Met nog 1.46 minuut op de klok probeerden enkele auto's de tijd nog te verbeteren na de herstart, maar dat lukte niet meer.

Verstappen reed maar één snelle ronde in de tweede kwalificatiesessie en zat met de negende tijd maar nipt in de top 10. Hij klaagde over grip aan de achterkant van zijn Red Bull.

In de derde kwalificatiesessie kwamen de Red Bulls op de zachte banden niet in de buurt van de Mercedessen, maar dat gold eigenlijk ook voor de McLarens en de Ferrari's.

De sprintrace op het circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal begint zaterdag om 18.00 uur Nederlandse tijd.


Neutrino Project

We definitely put the pool in a mine for shielding. It was absolutely not to hide it from the funding people.

Probably paddling.

John from Brisbane has added a photo to the pool:

Probably paddling.

One of the most fundamental and fun activities that humans have probably enjoyed for eons is paddling at the seaside, especially on a warm day. And whether you have human companions or our wonderful canine friends, really, what better casual amusement is there. Not so long ago, you could even pick up shells or some lovely driftwood, especially around parts of South East Queensland where I grew up. Sadly, these added bits of fun seem to have gone, replaced by bits of rubbish and plastic. Happily, we are nowhere near as bad as some South East Asian countries but the blight of plastics abandoned is still amongst us. This shot was taken earlier this year at Raby Bay near Cleveland on Greater Brisbane's southern side.