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European Commission says Meta has proposed limited changes to its pay-or-consent ad model, and Meta faces daily fines if it determines they are not sufficient (Reuters)
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/t

Meta will only make limited changes to pay-or-consent model, EU says
Meta Platforms made only limited changes to its pay-or-consent model, and EU regulators cannot confirm compliance with an antitrust order. The European Commission may impose periodic penalties starting June 27, if Meta continues to fail meeting the required standards.

Texans' Ward put on commissioner exempt list https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46082008/texans-jimmie-ward-placed-commissioner-exempt-list

The Federal Communications Commission approved the $8 billion merger between Paramount and Skydance on Thursday -- after several changes at CBS that were widely seen as efforts to placate Donald Trump.
Part of the deal will require an internal monitor to check the media company’s supposed political biases.
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr has been doing the rounds to brag about how he’s getting people on TV to be nicer to the MAGA movement.
“They made commitments to address bia…

FCC to Appoint a Babysitter to Make Sure CBS Isn't Anti-Trump
FCC commissioner Brendan Carr says CBS will have a "bias monitor."

So, some updates regarding the Consumer Action Taskforce wiki
1. Now called the Consumer Rights Wiki (CRW)
2. I am now a moderator on the wiki!
3. If you want to help assist in making new articles but need inspiration to get started, I just created with the assistance of the wiki staff a new page, a backlog of incidents to handle on the wiki

"AI is consuming more power than the grid can handle. Nuclear might be the answer"
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Energy

AI is consuming more power than the grid can handle. Nuclear might be the answer
New partnerships are forming between tech companies and power operators—ones that could reshape decades of misconceptions about nuclear energy.

Parks Associates: 33% of US internet households subscribe to a DTC sports-specific streamer and 40% of sports viewers exclusively watch sports via streamers (George Winslow/TV Tech)
https://www.tvtechnology.com/news/study-33

Study: 33% of US Internet Households Subscribe to a Direct-to-Consumer Sports Streaming Service
D2C sports service viewers are the heaviest spenders on streaming video services shelling out an average of $111 per month on all streaming subscriptions according to Parks Associates

Google updates video editing tool Vids to add AI avatars, automatic transcript trimming, and image-to-video tools, and releases a basic version to all users (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/27/google-vid…

Google Vids adds AI avatars to its video editor and launches a consumer version | TechCrunch
Google is launching a free consumer version of its video editor Vids that will be available without any AI-powered features.

NFL places Texans S Jimmie Ward on Commissioner's Exempt List: Reports https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6577214/2025/08/26/nfl-texans-jimmie-ward-commissioners-exempt-list/

Bengals reach $470 million deal to renovate Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati, pending final approval

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/bengals

AI firms are striking partnerships and giving some users in Asia free access to AI tools, in pursuit of larger sources of real-world consumer data for training (Itika Sharma Punit/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2025/ai-data-collection-global-deals/

AI giants race to scoop up elusive real-world data
OpenAI, Google, and Perplexity create partnerships and free offers for a steady stream of consumer data that can't be scraped from the internet.