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France is introducing a download tax requiring content providers to pay €0.055 for every gigabyte of data delivered to French users. The levy would apply to streaming platforms, download services and other online content providers, adding a per-usage cost on top of existing fees. Discussion has focused on whether providers will absorb the cost or pass it on to subscribers through higher prices.

A meal of bread and fried lasagna at Della Terra, a restaurant in Bali, is estimated at roughly 1,218 calories. The figure is being shared alongside Fabee, a nutrition and calorie-tracking app that lets users log big restaurant dinners and adjust the rest of their day's eating plan accordingly. The app is available on the App Store.

Schattenweg, a free Android app for Berlin, lets users plan walking routes that avoid surveillance cameras, including AI-powered ones. Routes can be filtered by camera type and other map layers, and live AI cameras around Kottbusser Tor have already been mapped. The app works fully offline and is being promoted as a privacy tool for pedestrians.

A blog post on renewable resources was published on Carbon Blueprint, a site focused on climate and sustainability topics. The item links to a downloadable piece about renewable resources, dated November 1, 2026, which would place it in the future. Beyond the headline, no details about the content, author, or findings are available, and no commentary or reactions have been recorded so far.

The 1948 British film Blanche Fury, released in France as Jusqu'à ce que mort s'ensuive, is being shared online with newly available English subtitles and a free viewing link. A French-language film account is promoting both the download and the full video, pointing viewers to the film's IMDb page. The posting has drawn attention to the classic crime drama among classic-cinema followers.

France has approved a tax of €0.055 on every gigabyte of internet traffic. The measure could raise costs for heavy data users, and it has been pointed out that downloading a very large game such as GTA 6 could become noticeably more expensive once it is released. Details on when the tax takes effect and how it will be collected remain unclear.

Rockstar Games' upcoming Grand Theft Auto 6 apparently requires a 210 gigabyte download on PlayStation 5, a file size that has caught gamers' attention ahead of release. Meanwhile, Rockstar is promoting the game with an unusual advertising stunt in South Park, reportedly involving dog excrement. Fans continue to speculate about the game's technical requirements as its launch approaches.

Links advertising a free Hindi BluRay download of the 2026 Bollywood film Mandaadi are circulating widely online. The listings, styled to evade filters, direct users to piracy sites offering the film before or shortly after release. Such piracy spam is common around new Bollywood releases, though no verified details about the film's plot, cast or release date accompany these postings.

A user is asking for recommendations for a file-transfer service that lets people upload files for others to download, with automatic deletion after a set time. They want it to be free and open-source software, and say they want to avoid AI features — noting such a service is the only reason they still use Proton.

A new blog post reviews 13 free online Spotify playlist downloaders, testing them on playlist support, MP3 quality, batch downloads, ads and speed. The roundup, dated 2026, aims to help users pick tools for saving Spotify playlists as files. Such tools typically operate in a legal grey area since they bypass Spotify's streaming restrictions.

An unofficial PC port of Super Mario Odyssey, Nintendo's 2017 Switch platformer, is now available for download, according to DSOGaming. The fan-made port lets players run the game natively on Windows hardware, outside any official Nintendo release. Nintendo has not ported the game to PC, and fan ports typically risk takedown notices from the company, which is known for aggressively protecting its intellectual property.

The Tor Project's VPN beta for Android is now available, with an early build distributed directly from the Tor Project website and through the F-Droid app store. Users in privacy-focused communities are sharing the download links and asking whether others have tried the app yet, as the tool aims to route Android traffic through the Tor network more easily.

The 1988 French crime television film 'Big Man: Le Professeur' is circulating again with newly prepared subtitle files in Dutch, Italian and Portuguese, offered as free downloads alongside a viewing link. The film, listed on IMDb, is a lesser-seen entry in the Big Man series, and the subtitling effort is drawing attention from fans of classic French crime drama who previously had no easy access in those languages.

Security journalist Zack Whittaker shared something on Mastodon that prompted readers to urge each other to download and preserve a copy of a dataset before it disappears. The post is being widely reshared with a tongue-in-cheek nudge that people should stash the data somewhere safe, framed as archive-now-while-you-can advice. The exact contents and origin of the dataset are not specified in the circulating messages.

The Dynebolic project has released version 5 for public testing, built on Devuan 6 and shipping with the KDE Plasma desktop. The free software distribution, aimed at multimedia creation, bundles tools including Ardour, Audacity, Blender, GIMP, Inkscape and darktable. A testing ISO is available from the project's file server, and users are being invited to try it and report issues before a stable release.

The band DELEUZE is offering free download codes for its DEMO 2026 release via GetMusic. The demo is tagged as punk, hardcore, punkrock, hardcorepunk, 80shardcore and straightedge, pointing to an old-school hardcore punk sound. Listeners can grab the codes directly through the GetMusic link shared by the band.

The download size for Grand Theft Auto 6 has reportedly been revealed at 210 GB, according to Insider Gaming. The figure, if accurate, would make it one of the largest games ever released, likely requiring players to clear significant storage space or upgrade consoles. Gamers are reacting to the sheer size as anticipation builds ahead of the game's launch.

A French-language subtitling initiative has released new subtitle files for the 1946 film La rose de la mer (The Sea Rose), making the vintage feature accessible in English, French and Spanish. Subtitle downloads are available alongside a streaming copy of the film, with details listed on IMDb. The project continues a broader effort to subtitle and preserve older, lesser-known cinema.

Mozilla has released Firefox 159, the latest version of its open-source web browser, now available for download. The update brings a set of new features and improvements, and news of the release is circulating among Linux and free software communities, where users routinely follow each browser update closely.

The site Basic Apple Guy is offering a downloadable version of the default wallpaper for the new MacBook Pro with ProLed XDR display. Fans of the machine's built-in abstract artwork can grab the image separately rather than relying on the preinstalled version. It is the kind of small freebie that Apple enthusiasts typically share around whenever new hardware ships.

French AI startup Mistral has released a new large, openly available AI model that users can download directly. The model, reportedly nicknamed 'Le Chonk', emphasizes size and openness, continuing Mistral's strategy of competing with closed AI providers by offering powerful models publicly. It is now available for anyone to download.