Tag: Media

WhatsApp may let you block your ‘last seen’ status contact by contact

WhatsApp has come under fire of late for its privacy policies, but an upcoming update will actually give you a bit more control over your privacy settings, according to WaBetaInfo.com. Several years back, WhatsApp introduced new privacy settings that let you change who could see your Profile Picture, About and…

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This week’s ‘Lower Decks’ engages in old-school Trek tropes

This post contains minor spoilers for season two, episode four of ‘Star Trek: Lower Decks.’ If you were a Star Trek newbie, today’s episode of Lower Decks, “Mugato, Gumato,” is not a good place to start. It’s packed full of references across the franchise, including Beckett Mariner, Sam Rutherford and…

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Marvel’s ‘What If?’ expands beyond its anthology beginnings

The following contains spoilers for episodes three and four of 'What If…?' There’s a Twilight Zone episode I’m particularly fond of called “A World of His Own,” where a writer discovers that everything he speaks into his dictaphone comes true, and he can undo it by simply burning the tape.…

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Hints about the arthouse horror game created by a NIN guitarist and AAA veteran

There are secrets buried in the first video from Eyes Out. It’s just two minutes long and filled with overlapping shots of drums, mics, guitars and snakelike cables packed into a lonely desert hideaway, all while an unsettling, ambient score gathers layers of sound. Over time, the scenes are flooded…

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Google appeals ‘disproportionate’ French copyright talks fine

Google is appealing the more than half a billion dollar fine it got slapped with by France’s competition authority in July. The penalty relates to the adtech giant’s approach toward paying news publishers for content reuse. In a statement today, Sebastien Missoffe, a Google France VP and country manager, characterized…

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The Morning After: China slashes kids’ gaming time to three hours a week,

For anyone struggling to tear kids away from consoles and phones for dinner, homework and, well, real life, spare a thought for the Chinese youth. China has announced a further crackdown on the time children can play online games, with the new limit set to just three hours per week.…

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