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MoviePass Is Back, and Now It’s Nationwide

MoviePass announced it’s ready for the limelight, again. The resurrected company that was most-known for its epic-scale blowout and collapse just a few years ago is once again back and ready to cause trouble with a subscription service promising cheaper movies, though this time it’s promising to act far more tame than its last attempt.Twitter Is Shifting Right | Future TechThe company announced Thursday it was opening up its subscription service nationwide just in time for the Memorial Day weekend. Subscription plans…

MoviePass relaunches nationwide with a new pricing model

MoviePass has been since 2022 when it started beta testing a and now it’s here. Introducing MoviePass 2.0, or 3.0 depending on who you ask. The to once again offer you access to a bunch of theatrical films for a monthly subscription cost, and just in time for Memorial Day weekend. The nationwide re-launch throughout the country, such as those operated by AMC Theaters, Regal Cinemas, Cinemark and a slew of smaller regional chains. So what’s the catch? The subscription model now costs more, likely because the that…

Brazilian court lifts nationwide Telegram ban put in place over data demand

A federal appeals court in Brazil on Saturday lifted the country-wide ban that had been put in place against Telegram . , judge Flávio Lucas ruled a complete suspension of the messaging app was “not reasonable” given that thousands of people in Brazil who rely on the platform for their communication needs. At the same time, he upheld the daily $200,000 fine on Telegram for failing to provide local authorities with the data they requested. The original ban came on Wednesday after a federal court instructed Apple and Google…

As the UK readies its first nationwide Emergency Alerts test this Sunday, here’s everything you need

After officially unveiling its eEmergency Alerts system last month, the U.K. government is preparing to launch the first nationwide test this Sunday (23 April). The system is designed to notify the public of impending danger to life in a specific area. At 3 pm, all 4G- and 5G-enabled smartphones in the U.K. will receive a message directly to their device, accompanied by a siren-like sound and vibration for up to 10 seconds. The message will say: This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that…

Research collaboration aims to improve nationwide water quality, restore wetlands

Wetland hydrologic connectivity classification. a, Four hydrologic connectivity classes: Riparian wetlands have an outlet within one 30 m pixel from a stream and bidirectional flows. The three non-riparian classes are greater than one pixel from a stream and all have unidirectional flows. NRShw have permeable and poorly drained soils on the flowpath between the wetland and downstream water. Owing to poor drainage, subsurface flows are shallow and…

Nationwide Campaign of Digitally Generated Swatting Calls Bought on Telegram

Swatting refers to the act of lying to law enforcement about a bomb threat or by framing someone else in a certain location as having committed a crime or harboring illicit material.Image: bibiphoto (Shutterstock)A series of swatting calls that have occurred over several months across the United Stateshave been pinned down to a Telegram user, who claims to have left explosives in locations like high schools using a digitally synthesized voice.Why Banning TikTok Won’t Protect Our PrivacyVice broke the story on the user,

A Texas court ruling just threatened abortion pill access nationwide

A Texas judge ruled on Friday that the Food and Drug Administration improperly approved the abortion-facilitating pill mifepristone more than 20 years ago, just as a Washington state judge issued a directly conflicting ruling — setting up a likely Supreme Court fight and potentially threatening nationwide access to reproductive healthcare.In Texas, District Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk issued a long-awaited decision on a suit from the Alliance Defending Freedom, which filed on behalf of antiabortion medical groups and doctors…

Trying to restrict medication abortion nationwide shows antiabortion extremists aren’t done yet

On Friday, federal Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk handed down a decision further restricting abortion access nationwide by suspending the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of mifepristone, the most common and safe pill used for medication abortion. Another ruling, from a federal judge in Washington state, ordered the F.D.A. to make no changes affecting the drug’s availability. This sets up a clash in the courts. The judge in Texas has stayed his order for seven days to allow the F.D.A. to appeal. The same antiabortion…

Samsung Pay suffers nationwide outage at the worst possible time

South Korea was the first market where the Samsung Pay mobile payments service was launched. The company eventually made it available to markets across the globe. It’s been several years since this service has been operating and as you’d expect, millions of people rely on it to make payments daily, particularly in Samsung’s home country of South Korea. An outage is definitely going to cause headaches for users who rely on the payments service every single day. That’s precisely what happened with Samsung Pay in South…