X is about to change its block function. Some users worry it will empower abusers and compromise victims' safety.

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X announced upcoming changes to its block function.

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  • X, formerly Twitter, is making changes to the platform's block function.
  • Blocked users will soon be able to see the posts of the person who blocked them.
  • It could force victims of abuse to choose between their safety and speech on X, one advocate said.

X, formerly Twitter, recently announced it's changing the

Andrew Garfield and Amelia Dimoldenberg's 'Chicken Shop Date' is everything

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Amanda Dimoldenberg and Andrew Garfield meet up in 'Chicken Shop Date.'

Well, they've taken it to the next level. Oscar-nominated actor and Elmo confidante Andrew Garfield has finally gone on a "date" with Amanda Dimoldenberg, the creator and host of the 10-year-old YouTube chat show, Chicken Shop Date. And, yes, they are very cute together.

Garfield and Dimoldenberg have generated a fair amount of buzz thanks to a couple of flirty exchanges they shared (they initially

Penguin Random House books now explicitly say ‘no’ to AI training

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Book publisher Penguin Random House is putting its stance on AI training in print. The standard copyright page on both new and reprinted books will now say, “No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner for the purpose of training artificial intelligence technologies or systems,” according to a report from The Bookseller spott

Spider-Man 2 will crawl onto PCs in January

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It’s been over a year since Peter Parker and Miles Morales joined forces for their epic crossover adventure game on the Sony PlayStation 5. Now they are swinging their way to PCs early next year.

Sony announced at New York Comic Con today that Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 is getting a PC release on January 30, 2025 on Steam and the Epic Games Store. The fans who got to hear the news first also witnessed

Cuba’s massive power outage extends into the weekend

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People cross a street while a traffic light is off in Havana on October 18, 2024, during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure. | Photo: Getty Images

Cuba lost power across the nation on Friday after a major power plant failed, according to the country’s energy ministry. Blackouts have been a recurring problem for Cuba’s aging power grid, the New York Times reporte

In Shinichirō Watanabe’s Lazarus, parkour is the only way to go

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Though Shinichirō Watanabe’s new animated series Lazarus still doesn’t have a solid release date, Adult Swim has just dropped a wild new clip from the project showcasing its parkour-friendly vision of the future.

Along with giving New York Comic Con attendees a chance to see Lazarus’ first episode, Adult Swim revealed today that Koichi Yamadera and Megumi