An interesting decision came out of Poland’s data protection agency this week after the watchdog issued its first fine under Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). On the surface the enforcement doesn’t look so remarkable: A ‘small’ ~€220K fine was handed to a Sweden-headquartered European digital marketing company, Bisnode, which has an office in Poland,…
via Covert data-scraping on watch as EU DPA lays down “radical” GDPR red-line — TechCrunch
(FRANKFURT, Germany) — German law enforcement officials say 11 people were arrested in western Germany on suspicion of planning an Islamic extremist terror attack but were then ordered released after no weapons or explosives were found during searches. The dpa news agency reported the suspects were taken into custody on Friday and Saturday in the…
via German Police Arrest 11 People Suspected of Planning Terrorist Attack — TIME
Whether you call it the Genesis or the Mega Drive, Sega’s 16 bit system holds a special place in the hearts of many a gamer who came of age in the 80s and 90s. Like the NES and Super Nintendo before it, the console that gave us a ring-hoarding hedgehog is about to get miniaturized.…
via Sega’s Genesis/Mega Drive Mini arrives in September — TechCrunch
(NEW YORK) — Stevie Nicks, who became the first woman inducted twice into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Janet Jackson, the latest member of the Jackson clan to enter the hall, called for other women to join them in music immortality on a night they were honored with five all-male British bands.…
By all the rules of film as I understand them, The Expendables should not work. It’s a film filled with big action stars from the last 30 years who are slowly but surely getting past their prime and a story with actors like that just shouldn’t work! However, the action is so over the top that it does work […]
via My Thoughts on: The Expendables (2010) — Film Music Central
When you’ve been doing this job long enough, you start to develop strange interests (though some might compellingly argue that strange interests are a prerequisite). Lately for me it’s been power banks. Quite possibly the least sexy product in all of consumer electronics outside of the ever-ubiquitous dongle. I don’t know what to tell you.…
via A look at new power banks from OmniCharge and Fuse Chicken — TechCrunch
As crazy as the first Expendables film was, The Expendables 2 manages to take it to the next level and still be just as enjoyable. In fact, the second film manages to improve in several points, most notably by including Chuck Norris in a hilarious cameo that pays homage to the “Chuck Norris facts” memes […]
via My Thoughts on: The Expendables 2 (2012) — Film Music Central
Bambi “Love is a Song” (1942) On August 13th, 1942, RKO Radio Pictures released Walt Disney’s fifth animated classic Bambi, based on the 1923 novel Bambi, a Life in the Woods, by Felix Salten. Disney actually acquired the rights to Bambi in 1937, after MGM’s attempts to turn the book into a live-action film proved to be […]
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