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About half of adolescents have had a mental health disorder at some point in their lives, and some school districts are putting at least part of the blame on social media companies that they say addict America's youth. It won't be easy to prove in court, but Seattle schools will try, having sued over the issue. They blame companies like Meta Platforms Inc., Snap Inc. and ByteDance Ltd., the owner of TikTok Inc., for contributing to the mental health crisis among students and say the addictive apps interfere with…

Virgin Group founder and owner Richard Branson during Virgin Orbit’s Tubular Bells: Part One mission on June 30, 2021.Photo: Virgin OrbitVirgin Investments Limited has pumped $55 million into Virgin Orbit since November of last year, in what is a troubling sign for the fledgling satellite launch company.Cash flow problems, an achingly slow launch cadence, and a botched satellite delivery in January—these are a few of our not-so-favorite things when it comes to Virgin Orbit these days. The Richard Branson-owned company is…

The studio is moving on to the next big thing Turtle Rock Studios is looking ahead towards its next project. And because of that, it’ll be leaving Back 4 Blood as it is, right now. In a short update, Turtle Rock Studios confirms it’s not working on any more Back 4 Blood content. Mostly, it’s because the studio is working on its next game. “Turtle Rock Studios is actually pretty small for a studio making AAA games. We don’t have quite enough folks to continue working on Back 4 Blood content while we spin up another game…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSeth Rogen has shared his honest views on Marvel movies.The actor, whose credits include Knocked Up and Pineapple Express, acknowledged that the high-profile releases inspired The Boys, which he produces for Prime Video.However, he said that he believes the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which was launched in 2008 with Iron Man, appeals more to younger audiences. “I think that Kevin Feige…

Actor Taylor Lautner can’t seem to let go of Kanye West‘s infamous interaction with singer Taylor Swift at the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, more than a decade after the fiasco shocked viewers. Lautner sat down with his wife, Taylor Dome — so many Taylors! — during Wednesday’s episode of “The Squeeze” podcast to reflect on his time in Hollywood, his body image and what he would change about his past. “If you could go back to one moment in your life, what would that moment be and what would you say to yourself?” Dome asked…

The Galaxy S23 is going to be a pretty darn good phone for gaming, even if it isn’t a gaming phone and doesn’t have any features that are exceedingly gaming-centric. That’s because Samsung does take into account that people will use their phones for mobile gaming. And with that, the Galaxy S23 is packing the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 mobile platform. This will be the top chipset that ends up being used in every top tier gaming phone from 2023.So from the get-go, the Galaxy S23 is off to a good start with its gaming…

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind viral text-generator ChatGPT, has released a new AI tool intended to help manage the mess wrought by its previous creation. Unfortunately, it’s not very good. The company announced a free web-based AI-detection widget on Tuesday. The application is intended to classify text samples based on how likely they are to have been generated by artificial intelligence vs. written by an actual person. Given a sample of text, it spits out one of five possible assessments: “Very…

Samsung has already rolled out the January 2023 security patch to the Galaxy S21, Galaxy S21+, and Galaxy S21 Ultra. Today, the three phones are getting another software update in the US, and according to the changelog, it improves the security of these devices. Typically, it would mean that the firmware contains a new security patch, which, in this case, would be the one for February 2023. However, that isn’t what the new software update offers. The new update for the Galaxy S21 series carries over the same January 2023…

Halo studio reportedly heavily affected by Microsoft layoffs Halo Infinite developer 343 Industries looks set to stay working on the Halo franchise. But a new report details some big internal shifts at the company, including layoffs and a change in engine. All the while, the studio seems to not be actively working on any new story content for Infinite itself. Bloomberg reports that 343 Industries will continue to work on Halo. This is in line with a statement from studio head Pierre Hintze, which said 343 will develop …

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain People in China have more favorable opinions of Europeans than Americans, but the feeling is not mutual, according to a new study from researchers at Rice University, the National University of Singapore and the University of British Columbia. "Unpacking 'the West': Divergence and Asymmetry in…