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Turkey has blocked Instagram amid a dispute over Hamas-related content

Turkey has blocked Instagram amid a dispute over Hamas-related content

Instagram is blocked in Turkey amid a dispute over Hamas-related content on the platform. The app has been inaccessible in the country since Friday morning. Netblocks, an organization that tracks internet and social media outages, that Instagram had been restricted in the country.Turkish regulators didn’t specify why the block was in place but, as Bloomberg , the crackdown on Instagram appears to be related to its handling of Hamas-related posts on the platform. On Friday, Turkey’s head of communications Fahrettin Altun, said in on X that Instagram “is actively preventing people from posting messages of condolences” for Ismail Haniyeh, the…
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Game Informer magazine is shutting down after 33 years

Game Informer magazine is shutting down after 33 years

Another giant name in the gaming press is shutting down its operations. Game Informer announced today that it’s been shut down by its parent company GameStop after 33 years in the business. The entire website and its archives have also been removed and now redirect to the magazine’s final statement of thanks to its readers.“After 33 thrilling years of bringing you the latest news, reviews and insights from the ever-evolving world of gaming, it is with a heavy heart that we announce the closure of Game Informer,” the publication’s statement reads.Several social media posts confirmed the sad news about the…
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Google will no longer air an Olympics ad that showed a child using AI to write a fan letter

Google will no longer air an Olympics ad that showed a child using AI to write a fan letter

Google is phasing out an Olympics ad after for its AI-powered chatbot, Gemini, after receiving widespread criticism of showing a father use AI to help his daughter write a fan letter to her favorite athlete. The 60-second commercial, which is still available on YouTube, shows a father using Gemini to write a fan letter to an idol, Olympic track star Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, on behalf of his young daughter.“She wants to show Sydney some love and I am pretty good with words, but this has to be just right,” the dad says in the commercial. “So Gemini, help my daughter write…
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Apple apologizes for another ad that missed the mark

Apple apologizes for another ad that missed the mark

Apple pulled the latest short film in its The Underdogs: OOO (Out of Office) series set in Thailand. The tech giant scrubbed it over complaints about stereotypical portrayals of Thailand and its people in certain scenes. reports that Apple issued an apology to the people of Thailand for the fifth film in its Underdogs series. The ad series features a group of travel weary office workers navigating the world using Apple’s various products.Several viewers posted comments criticizing the film’s use of a sepia filter to make Thailand seem underdeveloped. The comments also called out the costuming and scenery decisions in…
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Hack and payback Instagram scammer gets nabbed after bragging about it on a podcast

Hack and payback Instagram scammer gets nabbed after bragging about it on a podcast

A guest who appeared on the No Jumper podcast to boast about a hack and payback scheme involving his victims’ social media accounts could face federal charges. Idriss Qibaa, also known as “Dani” and “Unlocked” who authorities allege ran the social media hacking site Unlocked4Life.com, faces two criminal felony counts filed by the US Attorney's Office in Nevada for allegedly violating interstate communications laws for threats he issued in text messages to two victims and members of their families, according to documents obtained by 404 Media.Investigators filed the sealed complaint against Qibaa on July 25 and issued a warrant the…
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The Justice Department sues TikTok for breaking child privacy laws

The Justice Department sues TikTok for breaking child privacy laws

The US Department of Justice TikTok for violating a child privacy law and violating a 2019 agreement with the Federal Trade Commission for previous privacy violations. The lawsuit stems from an earlier investigation into the company by the Federal Trade Commission, which its privacy case to the DoJ earlier this year.The FTC had been looking into whether TikTok had violated the terms of an earlier privacy settlement with Musical.ly, which was acquired by ByteDance prior to the launch of TikTok. According to , the investigation found that TikTok had “flagrantly” violated both the 2019 settlement and the Children's Online Privacy…
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Say goodbye to Boomerang, the streaming service dedicated to classic cartoons

Say goodbye to Boomerang, the streaming service dedicated to classic cartoons

Warner Bros. Discovery is shuttering Boomerang, a streaming service dedicated to classic cartoons, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The platform started as a digital cable channel back in 2000 before expanding to a streaming platform in 2017.Boomerang will officially cease operations on September 30, giving subscribers around two months to quickly binge every Looney Tunes, Tom and Jerry and Scooby-Doo cartoon. However, some content will be folded into Max. The linear channel will continue to operate via cable and satellite providers, reaching an estimated 26 million homes.Additionally, Boomerang subscribers will be grandfathered into Max’s ad-free tier “with no change” to…
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The PlayStation 5 is $50 off, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals

The PlayStation 5 is $50 off, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals

It's Friday, which means it's time for another roundup of good tech deals. Our latest edition is headed up by a few notable discounts from the PlayStation Store's Summer Sale. Both the standard and digital versions of the PS5 are $50 off, for one — not a huge price drop, but still about as low as we usually see the consoles fall. The soon-to-be-improved PlayStation VR2 is down to $349, a $200 discount, while a number of our favorite PS5 games are also on sale. Beyond that, Apple's entry-level AirPods are back down to a low of $70, several Amazon…
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Tesla sued over fatal Autopilot crash

Tesla sued over fatal Autopilot crash

is facing yet more legal action over Autopilot after the parents of a motorcyclist who was killed in a crash involving a Model 3 sued the company. The plaintiffs, who also sued the driver of the Tesla, claimed that the car's driver assistant tech and other safety measures are “defective and inadequate.”The plaintiffs argued in the complaint, which was obtained by , that Autopilot sensors and cameras “should have identified the hazard posed by" the motorcycle. Autopilot was engaged when the Model 3 struck the back of Landon Embry's motorcycle at 75-80 miles per hour in Utah in 2022. Embry…
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The Google Pixel 8a drops to a new low of $399

The Google Pixel 8a drops to a new low of $399

Our pick for the is looking even better right now as the Google Pixel 8a has dropped to a new all-time-low price. You can . That's 20 percent off the regular price, and it's even lower than any of the deals we saw for it during Prime Day.The Pixel 8a has the same Tensor G3 chip as the rest of the Pixel 8 lineup, which means you get access to the same AI features that its higher-end siblings have. We're fans of the cameras, 120Hz OLED display and battery life too (it lasted 20-and-a-half hours on our video rundown test).…
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