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Tron: Ares director Joachim Rønning has confirmed that the expected production start on the Disney sequel will no longer go ahead this week due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, blaming an “extremely frustrating” l

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Illinois governor J.B. Pritzker on Friday signed into law a first-of-its-kind bill entitling young social media influencers to a percentage of earnings for monetized videos they appear in. The law, which could accelerate interest for similar legislation in other states, marks one of the first known examples of…

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Capitalism may breed innovation, but Instagram is no stranger to ripping off TikTok. The social network’s newest feature is a rotating carousel of images set to music, delightfully similar to TikTok’s own.

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New academic research analyzing Facebook’s adoption across 72 different countries is trying to challenge the common claim that social media is to blame for negative mental health outcomes. Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) said they found “no evidence” that increased Facebook penetration worldwide…

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Gen Z is online all the time, but they're getting more selective about which apps they use to share their content.
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Meta is adding more features to Instagram Threads. Users will now be able to see their own liked posts if they update the app. The feature was beta tested on Android last week but rolled out for all users over the weekend.

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Usage of Meta's Threads app has fallen dramatically in the last few weeks.
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We’re only a month out since Meta released its Instagram-tied Twitter-killer app Threads. Since then, the time users spent on the app has tanked.

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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau, seen here at King Charles III coronation, announce that they were separating.