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Twitter Pulled 9to5Mac, XDA Developers Accounts Due to Minimum Age Requirements

Twitter suspended accounts of 9to5Mac and XDA Developers on Thursday due to not meeting its minimum age requirements. The suspension came into effect after the publishers changed the birth date in their accounts. It was lifted for the XDA Developers account hours after the restriction, though the account of 9to5Mac was not fully recovered at the time of filing this article. Interestingly, both accounts are verified by Twitter and carried the iconic Blue badge that is meant to make them distinct from the masses on the…

Controversial Movie Pulled From Theaters Following Protests

Image via FilmisnowBloopersandMakingOf/Youtube International film exhibitor Cineworld has canceled UK theatrical showings of The Lady of Heaven, a movie about Fatimah, the daughter of the Islamic Prophet Muhammed, following protests at some theaters. According to an article in Deadline, the film had been showing at nine theaters, at two of which, according to Deadline, “protests became aggressive with verbal attacks against (the) manager.” The Lady of Heaven was directed by Eli King in his directorial debut…

If You Ever Wondered How No Time To Die Pulled Off That Epic Opening Sequence, James Bond Trainer Simon Waterson Has You Covered

The James Bond movies are home to some of the most spectacular stunts anyone has ever seen captured on film. Whether it’s record-setting explosions like the one in No Time To Die, or even just Daniel Craig fighting his opponents, it’s a beautiful thing to see what each 007 movie does to push the envelope. Keeping that in mind, if you’ve ever wondered how Craig’s big swan song pulled off part of its epic opening, trainer Simon Waterson has you covered. Simon Waterson certainly knows a thing or two about the physical…

From Xiaomi to Oppo: How Tech Companies Pulled April Fools’ Pranks This Year

April Fools' Day is often celebrated among friends and loved ones for a bit of laughter and fun. But for some time, technology companies and startups have started a trend of goofing people with some harmless practical jokes. Some of the quips and puns by tech giants have often been considered genuine announcements at first instance. It is, though, easy to realise that they are simply fooling people — not to intentionally make them disheartened but to add some humour to their lives — once you look at the…

Pre-made stem cells may be pulled off the shelf to treat aggressive cancer

Stem cells that can be engineered to take on different properties continue to show huge potential in all areas of medicine, ranging from Parkinson's disease treatments to regenerative therapies for injured tendons. Scientists adapting this technology for difficult-to-treat tumors have developed a highly efficient off-the-shelf approach that showed "profound efficacy" in mouse models of aggressive brain cancer, laying the groundwork for clinical trials.The idea of using stem cells engineered to target tumor cells is…

[Update: Pulled from App Store] Apple retires Music Memos app for iOS, suggests Voice Memos instead

Apple has announced that it is discontinuing its Music Memos application. As such, it has rolled out an update to the app today to allow users to export their recordings to the Voice Memos app. This is the first update to Music Memos in over a year, and it’s sole purpose to sunset the app altogether. Update March 2, 2021: Apple has officially discontinued the Music Memos application and removed it from the App Store completely. This was first spotted by The 8-Bit. Apple released its Music Memos application in…