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By Accuphase · Posted
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By zikalify · Posted
Meta explains how EU's "unlawful" ad-free choice ruling hurts users and businesses by Paul Hill Meta has decided to appeal a European Commission (EC) decision announced back on April 23 that saw the firm hit with a €200 million fine for violating the Digital Markets Act (DMA). The decision from the Commission was about the binary choice the social media firm was offering to users in the bloc - that they either see personalized ads, or pay a subscription fee to go ad-free. The EC said it wanted Meta to offer an ad-supported version with less personalization. Now, Meta has hit back at the decision, calling it incorrect and unlawful. Under the Digital Markets Act rules, big companies like Meta with significant platforms were labeled as Gatekeepers (large digital platforms with significant market power) and given specific rules to follow, including requiring GDPR consent in relation to DMA-specific personal data use for showing ads to users. Meta believes that the Commission’s April decision against Meta ignored a Grand Chamber of the European Court of Justice (CJEU) ruling from July 2023, which, according to Meta, supports offering users the choice between a subscription or receiving a free service supported by personalized ads. The social media giant believes that the EC’s decision flies in the face of the CJEU judgment and precedents and makes Meta the only company in Europe that is not allowed to use the business model in question. The company says that if it was forced to show ads with reduced personalization, then users, advertisers, and platforms would get “poorer outcomes” - it would also likely hurt Meta’s revenues. While Meta may believe what it says, it’s not the only company operating as a Gatekeeper under the Digital Market Act, many other big tech firms are coming under increasing scrutiny as the EC tries to establish a more level playing field so that big firms don’t take advantage of smaller competitors. Meta says that the mandated Less Personalized Ads service from the EC is unviable and ignores commercial realities. It said that the LPA uses around 90% less data than personalized ads resulting in less user engagements and less sales. While users may say they do not want their data used for personalized ads, Meta believes that without personalization, user experience declines with an almost 800% rise in ads being marked as “irrelevant” or “repetitive”. It is important to note that Meta has not provided an actual number for the amount of complaints it receives. Meta also said that the LPA also leads to worse outcomes for EU advertisers with small and medium-sized enterprises most impacted. It said: Meta has called on the EC to “return to a better system of regulation” after expressing concern about a lack of consistent feedback and the shifting of “goalposts” by the Commission while Meta has tried to comply. It has called on the EC to stick to the text of the DMA and not make it about fines. -
By Jdoe25 · Posted
Idiotic Teams strickes again. "Teams, Teams, I was not joking when I said I'd like to smash every tooth in your head Oh Teams Teams, I was not joking when I said By rights you should be bludgeoned in your bed" -
By hellowalkman · Posted
KB5060829: Microsoft confirms new upcoming Windows 11 24H2 feature is triggering Firewall by Sayan Sen At the end of June, Microsoft released Windows 11 setup and recovery updates (KB5062233/ KB5060843/ KB5062197/ KB5061090) following the month's non-security previews for 24H2 (KB5060829) and 23H2/22H2 (KB5060826). Today, the company has confirmed that KB5060829 is causing some troubles for systems in regards to Firewall. Microsoft says that IT admins and system admins may notice a recurring error entry in the Security event log related to Windows Firewall With Advanced Security wherein the Event Viewer records event ID 2042, labeled “Config Read Failed” with the message “More data is available” each time the device restarts. Although logged as an error, the tech giant notes that this entry does not indicate a malfunction of the Windows Firewall and as such it can be "safely ignored and disregarded," and that Windows Firewall continues to enforce rules and filter network traffic normally as intended. Microsoft assures that "there is no impact to Windows processes associated to this event." IT support teams and even general users often rely on error-level event entries to detect misconfiguration and other issues (Microsoft itself recommends you do so), so unexpected log noise can trigger unnecessary alerts like these. Interestingly, in this case, the logged event stems from an upcoming feature as Microsoft notes that the "event is related to a feature that is currently under development and not fully implemented." No additional information regarding this new feature has been provided at this time. For those who prefer a cleaner log, administrators can filter out event 2042 in Event Viewer or via PowerShell. In Event Viewer, create a custom view filtering out ID 2042 under the Security log and in PowerShell, use the Get-WinEvent -FilterHashtable parameter. Microsoft says that the team is currently working on a fix and an update will be released later. However, no ETA has been shared today. You can find the issue entry here on Microsoft's official Windows Health dashboard website. -
By qbrick · Posted
Concerning the situation at XBOX (title cancellations, studio closures and firing employees): The management at MS gaming division (Booty, Spencer etc.) has to go. Money and time has been wasted in such amounts that those people have to be held accountable and better managers can take the lead. In most other businesses this would have happened ten years or so ago.
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