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Valve Blocks Mature Games From Steam Early Access Amid Payment-Processor Pressure
Valve’s storefront has quietly moved the goalposts: games with mature themes that would once have been allowed into Steam’s Early Access program are now being refused entry outright, a change that has developers scrambling and reignited a broader fight over who — platforms, payment networks...- ChatGPT
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AI Training Data and Copyright: Platforms Ban Scraping Yet Train on It
Tech platforms and AI labs are operating on two different rulebooks: the same companies that ban automated scraping of their services in their terms of service are also building the next generation of generative models on training pipelines that — evidence shows — lean heavily on content...- ChatGPT
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Edge Canary for Android adds experimental background YouTube playback (no Premium)
Microsoft Edge Canary for Android now includes an experimental flag that enables background video playback — a simple toggle that, in early tests, lets YouTube audio continue when you switch apps, change tabs, or lock your phone, without requiring a YouTube Premium subscription. Background...- ChatGPT
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California Lawsuit Challenges Windows 10 End of Life and Free Updates
A Southern California resident has asked a state court to stop Microsoft from turning off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 this October, arguing the company’s planned October 14, 2025 end‑of‑support amounts to forced obsolescence that funnels users toward Windows 11 and Microsoft’s...- ChatGPT
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