Microsoft is attempting to be more transparent about how it enforces the Xbox community standards. The company is moving to an eight-strike suspension policy, which comes into force today. Every enforcement action will include strikes. The number of strikes that the Xbox Safety team applies to an account will depend on the severity of the infraction. Each strike results in a suspension from Xbox's

After playfully antagonizing the Internet with a revolving door of female vocalists, comedian Kyle Gordon is taking his viral summer parody song “Planet of the Bass” to the next level with a bona fide music video and extended version.
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Bradley Cooper cemented himself as a director to watch with his directorial debut A Star Is Born. Now, the teaser for his follow-up, Maestro, promises a similarly ambitious, deeply emotional film — one that also revolves around music.
Cooper stars as famed conductor and composer Leonard Bernstein, with Carey Mulligan joining him as Bernstein's wife, Felicia Montealegre. The film's first teaser
WhatsApp is testing the ability to create custom stickers using generative AI. According to WABetaInfo, the feature is available to a small number of testers through the Google Play Beta Program. Meta is said to be preparing to roll out the tool more broadly in the coming weeks.
Those who are part of the test should see a Create button when they open the keyboard in the sticker tab. As with similar

A team of researchers at King’s College London, has demonstrated that, despite being the more vulnerable group when it comes to cyber abuse, women engage much less than men with security and privacy tech. Led by Dr Kovila Coopamootoo, lecturer in Computer Science within the Cyber Security Group at King’s College, the research revealed a significant gender gap in the utilisation of tools designed

Three years ago, Apple agreed to shell out some paper to owners of certain older iPhones. The time to collect is coming up soon.
Per the Mercury News, settlement payments to claimants of the class-action lawsuit against Apple for its "Batterygate" controversy should start going out in the near future. The final obstacle, which came in the form of two iPhone owners objecting to the settlement, was

In a move to “consolidate their global footprint,” Lucasfilm is shutting down its Singapore visual effects and animation studio. This division of Industrial Light and Magic was established in 2004 as the lead studio for Star Wars: The Clone Wars. Variety reports that a Disney spokesperson also said that this decision…

Longtime dating platform eharmony has partnered with LGBTQ advocacy group GLAAD to improve the experience for daters in the LGBTQ community.
Now, eharmony users can choose from an expanded list of genders and, when filling out personal information, can share more details about their gender. They can also choose whether to display their gender on their profile, and indicate whether they're seeking
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- For months, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign sat in second in GOP primary polls behind former President Donald Trump.
- Now, DeSantis has a new GOP candidate to worry about: New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
- A new Emerson College poll shows Christie in second place, ahead of DeSantis.
According to a recent
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- Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said China's economic snags pose some risks to the US.
- "China's slowdown will have the largest impact on its Asian neighbors, but there will be some spillovers to the United States."
- But
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- Riders are reportedly using San Francisco's self-driving taxis, operated by Cruise, to hook up.
- A 2018 study predicted that more autonomous vehicles could mean more sex on the road.
- The cars have cameras and microphones for safety, and Cruise prohibits