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A day after Universal Music Group threatened to stop licensing its music to TikTok amid a breakdown in deal negotiations, songs from UMG‘s unparalleled stable of artists have started to get removed from the social media platform late Wednesday. The removals started gradually late Wednesday evening; The official versions of UMG-owned recordings like Taylor Swift‘s “Cruel Summer,” Olivia Rodrigo‘s “Get Him Back,” and Lana Del Rey’s “Let the Light In” are no longer appearing in search results, while some videos…

including 4 ways to make them and 2 ways to style themexample plot with four inset axesInset axes are a powerful data visualization technique to highlight specific plot regions or add detailed subplots. They are a great way to make effective use of otherwise-emtpy figure space.This tutorial shows 4 methods to create inset axes in matplotlib, which let you position insets relative to an axes, to an overall, figure, in absolute units (i.e., inches), or using a grid system — the latter useful in particular when working with…

Two months after shutting down its crypto wallet, GameStop says it’s killing its NFT marketplace, too. In an alert posted on the website, first spotted by , the company has notified customers that the NFT marketplace will no longer be usable as of February 2. Echoing the statement it issued with the termination of the wallet, GameStop says the decision comes in response to “the continuing regulatory uncertainty of the crypto space.”GameStop’s NFT marketplace wasn’t around very long. It launched in July 2022 in a…

Yet another leaked memo from Amazon has revealed that the company is laying off more people, this time from its audio streaming division, Audible. Amazon is reportedly cutting 5 per cent staff at Audible, in addition to the thousands of people from Prime Video, Twitch, MGM etc…

Make beautiful multi-scale plots with matplotlib in 3 easy steps.Large-magnitude outliers, tiny features, and sharp spikes are common frustrations to data visualization. All three can make visual details illegible by scrunching plot components into too small an area.Sometimes a fix can be had by simply excluding unruly data. When including such data is chief to a question at hand, applying a log scale to axes can realign spacing for better separation among lower magnitude data. This approach can only go so far, however.In…

Report claims Xiaomi 14 Pro will “definitely” not launch globallyXiaomi has reportedly stopped development of the HyperOS global ROM for the Xiaomi 14 Pro. The report from Xiaomiui claimed that the Chinese brand has not had any HyperOS global tests in the last two months. The publication is sure about there being no global unveiling for the Pro model, which launched in October in China. However, the phone’s smaller sibling, the Xiaomi 14 is still expected to make both a global and Indian debut. The device was spotted on…

Netflix has removed its $10 Basic tier — once the service's cheapest plan without ads — in the US and the UK. The company has updated its pricing page to say new and rejoining members in both countries can no longer sign up for the Basic tier. If you’re already on the plan, you can keep your membership as is (and pay $10 a month) until you cancel or change your subscription – or Netflix changes its mind, I’m guessing. If new members don't want to pay for a Standard plan, they must now make do with the Standard…

Israel Sebastian via Getty Images/ZDNETNetflix eliminated its lowest-cost ad-free subscription plan, emphasizing an ad-supported business model. The streaming service company cut the basic ad-free tier in Canada last month, and now US and UK customers are seeing the same strategy unfold in their own living rooms. Also: The best video streaming services: Netflix vs. Hulu vs. Disney+ and moreAs of yesterday, Netflix offered four subscription plans for customersThis means that the cheapest option for customers that want…

Netflix has removed its $10 Basic tier option — the service's most affordable one that doesn't come with ads — in the US and the UK. The company has updated its Plans and Pricing page to say that new and rejoining members in the US and the UK will no longer be able to sign up for the Basic tier. Meanwhile, those already on the plan can keep their membership as is until they cancel or change their subscription. The streaming giant initially axed the tier in Canada, where users are typically the first to experience changes…

Two giant prehistoric hand axes, one of which is about a foot long, have been uncovered in deep Ice Age sediments in the south of England.The 300,000-year-old tools, slabs of flint chipped on both sides to create jagged edges, were found among than 800 artifacts buried on a hillside above the Medway Valley in Kent."We describe these tools as 'giants' when they are over 22cm long and we have two in this size range," senior archaeologist Letty Ingrey of the UCL Institute of Archeology said in a press release.The largest of…