Month: November 2023
Fortnite is blocking some outfits in experiences made for kids
Fortnite just started showing age ratings for every experience you can play in the game, but as a result of those changes, some in-game outfits can’t be used in experiences that are rated Everyone or Everyone 10 Plus, according to a blog post from the Fortnite team. For example, while…
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YouTube loosens ad guidelines around breastfeeding nudity and twerking
Breastfeeding: Breastfeeding content where a child is present, even with visible areola, can now earn ad revenue. Previously, such content was only monetizable if no areola was visible. Also, breastfeeding thumbnails with focus on breasts without visible areola can now earn ad revenue. Sensual dancing: Non-sexually graphic dancing involving rhythmic…
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Apple’s Pledge to Support RCS Messaging Could Finally Kill SMS
Apple’s pledged support for the widely used messaging standard will make it easier for Android phones to share messages with iPhones—while also pushing old ways of texting to the side of the road. Source
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31 Best Early Black Friday Deals (2023): iPads and Scooters
The season of gifting—and therefore shopping—begins. Get started with these discounted iPads, TVs, and bed sheets. Source
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TikTok is ‘aggressively removing’ videos promoting an Osama bin Laden manifesto
TikTok is taking action against content promoting the manifesto Osama bin Laden wrote discussing his supposed motivations for the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In a statement on X (formerly Twitter), TikTok says it’s “proactively and aggressively removing this content and investigating how it got onto our platform.” Dozens of videos about…
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Google’s revised Chrome extension standard loosens restrictions on ad blockers
A manifest tells the browser all sorts of information about an extension, from what its name and version number are, to what permissions it’ll use and what versions of a browser it’ll run on. New versions of the Manifest file format used by the browsers change what features extensions have…
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