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An unsealed complaint in a lawsuit filed against Meta by 33 states alleges the company is not only aware that children under the age of 13 use its platforms, but has also “coveted and pursued” this demographic for years on Instagram. The document, which was first spotted by The New York Times, claims that Meta has long been dishonest about how it handles underage users’ accounts when they’re discovered, often failing to disable them when reported and continuing to harvest their data.The newly unsealed complaint, filed on…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeFour years after he shared his “pie-in-the-sky ambition” to play Superman one day, David Corenswet has been announced as the next Clark Kent.On Tuesday (27 June), DC Studios shared that the Hollywood actor would be replacing Henry Cavill as the Man of Steel, with The Marvellous Mrs Maisel actor Rachel Brosnahan starring as character’s love interest, Lois Lane.The news was confirmed by…

Photo by Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for American Theatre Wing Things have gone fairly quiet on the DCU front since James Gunn and Peter Safran announced the first wave of projects set to form the overhauled franchise’s Chapter 1: Gods & Monsters, albeit with a few notable exceptions. Casting is underway for Superman: Legacy, which will be written and directed by the co-CEO and Guardians of the Galaxy architect, while James Mangold is on board to helm Swamp Thing, all signs point to The Flash‘s Andy…

Famously known as the biggest night out for fashion, Met Gala 2023 is finally here! The Met Gala 2023 is a fundraising event for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. With the theme for this year`s Met being ‘Karl Lagerfeld: A Line of Beauty’, stars will pay homage to the renowned fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in their best ensembles inspired by the designer. As the clock is ticking, we stand less than 10 hours away from being flooded with pictures of the stars in their statement outfits. …

Nearly two dozen journals from two of the fastest growing open-access publishers, including one of the world’s largest journals by volume, will no longer receive a key scholarly imprimatur. On 20 March, the Web of Science database said it delisted the journals along with dozens of others, stripping them of an impact factor, the citation-based measure of quality that, although controversial, carries weight with authors and institutions. The move highlights…

Valerie Balensiefen remembers the directive she got from a former boss on her first day as his executive assistant in 2019: She’d been hired to support him, and him alone. If others tried to steal her time, she was to tell them to fend for themselves. A couple of years later, she says, the technology company where she worked in the Dallas area assigned her a second executive. In January, her position was eliminated. She started a new job last week as an EA to five leaders of a different company. Ms.…

Set more than a decade after the events of the first film, "Avatar: The Way of Water" tells the story of the Sully familyDisneyDisney's "Avatar: The Way of Water" has landed a coveted release in China, a promising sign for a film that needs big box office sales to offset its massive budget.The long awaited sequel to 2009's "Avatar" is one of only a few Hollywood films that have been granted access to the Chinese market in recent months. Government officials in the region, which began tightening restrictions on Western…

Cherry is releasing the MX Black Clear-Top (aka the "Nixie") a new version of a keyboard switch from the '80s prized for its typing feel and acoustics. It was manufactured for a German company called Nixdorf (hence the nickname) that mainly built keyboards for terminals, servers and mini computers. Because the Nixie was only built for a few years, used switches are rare and command high prices — a fact that no doubt inspired Cherry to start building an updated version. The original Nixie switch was a variant of Cherry's…

Fast News Passengers group APEX also names Türkiye's national flag carrier a 5-star global airline for the 6th time straight. Passengers rated over a million flights from almost 600 airlines around the world for the results. (AA)…

The Summoner’s Cup is arguably the most iconic trophy in all of esports — and now it has a totally new look. The trophy is the prize for the annual world champion in League of Legends, and developer Riot Games teamed up with jewelry brand Tiffany & Co. to refresh its look. The trophy is made of a combination of sterling silver, fine silver, stainless steel, brass, and wood and weighs in at 44 pounds. It also features a new section with the names of previous champions engraved on the bottom, sort of like the video…