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After months of lead-up, Netflix has officially enacted a new password-sharing policy, and some customers aren't happy. In December 2022, the platform announced that password sharing would no longer be tolerated on the streaming service, starting on an unspecified date in 2023. Then, Netflix was still piloting its new password-sharing-free model to work out the logistics. Netflix's Help Center pages were recently updated to include the new policy that will force users to log in to the account's home Wi-Fi connection every 31 days in order to keep using the account in other locations. The platform will still allow subscribers to utilize multiple devices, but the devices must be from the same household.

Customers took to social media to share their collective rage upon the update of Netflix's password-sharing policy release. Many users have offered their concerns with the move, arguing that the policy update will only hurt the streamer instead of helping...

LONDON -- The government-funded U.K. Film Council on Thursday named four projects that will each receive £10,000 ($16,592) for script development in its 25 Words or Less program. Supported by the council's development fund, the program selects projects pitched in 25 words or less to be fast-tracked into screenplays. The four winners were chosen from hundreds of entries, the council said. Two were selected in the teen movies category: Freestyle, by Michael Maynard, in which "a suburban teenage girl uses the freestyle basketball arena to fight prejudice and win the heart of her urban rival"; and Air Guitar, by Phil O'Shea, in which "superstore shelf stacker Chris sets out to win the heart of posh 16-year-old classical violinist Sophie by becoming world air-guitar champion."...