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But the platforms they thrived on have started to turn against them. Just a few weeks ago, WeChat and Douyin began suspending, removing, or restricting their accounts. While influencers on these platforms have been turning people’s anxiety into traffic and profits for a long time, the latest actions show how Chinese social platforms are trying to contain the damage before it goes too far.  The backlash started last month, as students angrily complained on social media about the superficiality of the courses, saying that…

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.How Important Was it for Jason Reitman to be a Part of Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire?People living near plants that use ethylene oxide to sterilize medical equipment have for years pressured regulators to crack down on their toxic emissions. Residents in communities from Laredo, Texas, to Willowbrook, Illinois, have tried to shut these facilities down, challenged them in court, and fought for air-sampling studies to measure their…

Hundreds of games inspired by Wordle, the popular web-based word puzzle, are at risk of being deleted due to copyright takedowns issued by The New York Times. As reported by 404 Media, The New York Times — which purchased Wordle back in 2022 — has filed several DMCA notices over Wordle clones created by GitHub coders, citing its ownership over the Wordle name and copyrighted gameplay including 5x6 tile layout and gray, yellow, and green color scheme.Two takedown requests were issued in January against unofficial Korean…

There have been plenty of Wordle clones even before The New York Times purchased the real thing in 2022, to the point that they had become a common sight on app stores. It sounds like The Times has been trying to cull the numbers of Wordle knockoffs recently, though, and has been sending DMCA takedown notices to their developers. As 404 Media reports, the latest notice the news organization sent could take out not just the target game itself, but also thousands of other alternatives and spinoffs.The Times' latest DMCA…

European regulators have launched a series of probes against Big Tech. In the latest one, Apple received a $2 billion EU antitrust fine for preventing Spotify and other music streaming services from informing users of payment options outside its App Store. Here are some of the actions taken by European watchdogs to keep a tab on big technology companies:Elevate Your Tech Prowess with High-Value Skill CoursesOffering CollegeCourseWebsiteIIM KozhikodeIIMK Advanced Data Science For ManagersVisitIndian School of BusinessISB…

Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) plans to join Netflix and Disney in preventing users from sharing their passwords with friends and family who don't live in the primary household. According to , the company's CEO and president of global streaming and games JB Perrette said at a conference that the account sharing crackdown will start later this year ahead of a more widespread effort in 2025.The aim, of course, is to improve Max's bottom line. WBD doesn't make any money when a user lets someone else use their Max account. As…

Some Vision Pros have cracks in the middle, at the bottom of the front glass. Wohinbistdu and dornbirn / Reddit The front glass of Apple’s Vision Pro is cracking down the middle for a small, but growing number of people. The cause is a mystery because the owners say they didn’t drop, mishandle, or abuse the headset in any way. After an outlier 18 days ago, several more owners have reported the same problem occurring in the past 48 hours. Owners are concerned as the Vision Pro, Apple’s first spatial computer, is an…

Jason Hiner/ZDNETIf you spent $3,500 on Apple's Vision Pro headset (or $5,000 for a maxed out version), you're probably doing everything you can to treat it with care. But what if it breaks completely on its own?Apparently, that's happening to some users, as reports spread about the device developing a crack in the front glass despite not being dropped or bumped. For most of these users, it's the same story -- the device was tucked away in its case charging, and when it was removed, there was an inches-long crack…

Some early adopters of Apple Vision Pro are experiencing a strange cosmetic crack on the front of the mixed-reality headset, and it’s occurring in exactly the same place every time.Multiple users on Reddit have reported a sudden crack in the front glass of the Vision Pro headset without any impact or previous damage to the device. Each post reporting a crack has a similar appearance, showcasing a straight line through the middle of the headset around one of the sensors.Reddit user r/dornbirn said, “Last night, I polished…

As more police forces crack decades-old cold cases with the help of genetic genealogy, Montreal police have yet to have a major breakthrough on a case of their own.The lack of progress — at least publicly — is raising concerns about the Montreal police department's priorities at a time when both the Sûreté du Québec and neighbouring Longueuil police have used new forensic methods to solve cases long thought to be unsolvable.Last spring, Longueuil police solved the 1975 murder of Sharron Prior and in 2022, Quebec…