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Stay updated with the latest in Tech, Science, Culture, Entertainment, and more by following our Telegram channel here. Twitter has introduced a new strikes system intended to combat coronavirus vaccine misinformation. Under the new policy announced in a blog post on Monday, users who repeatedly spread harmful or misleading information on the COVID-19 vaccines may soon find themselves permanently suspended. Of course, said users will get a few warning shots […]

TikTok's parent company ByteDance has agreed to pay a US$92 million settlement in a lawsuit alleging it violated Illinois' biometric privacy laws. The company still disputes the truth of the accusations against them, of course, but right now it just wants to move on from the whole thing. The federal lawsuit combined 21 separate class action suits from across multiple districts into one big Katamari lawsuit, claiming that both TikTok […]

It looks as though there's some dissent in Bezos' ranks. Streaming website Twitch has pulled Amazon's anti-union ads from running on its service not long after they began running. For the record, Twitch is owned by Amazon. According to More Perfect Union, the bright, talking head-style ads appeared in Twitch streams in Alabama — a state where several thousand Amazon workers are currently voting on whether to unionise. Featuring ostensible […]

It looks as though The Mandalorian is cleaning house. Actor Gina Carano has reportedly been released from her role on The Mandalorian as former Rebel shock trooper Cara Dune following significant criticism regarding her social media posts. In a statement to The Hollywood Reporter, a Lucasfilm spokesperson revealed that "Gina Carano is not currently employed by Lucasfilm and there are no plans for her to be in the future." "Nevertheless, […]

Parler CEO John Matze is apparently CEO no more. In a memo to staff sighted by Fox Business, Matze reportedly revealed that he has been unilaterally removed from the position and will be leaving the company. "On January 29, 2021, the Parler board controlled by Rebekah Mercer decided to immediately terminate my position as CEO of Parler," Matze wrote. "I did not participate in this decision." Matze also texted Reuters […]

This year saw a ton of amazing K-pop performances, from (G)I-dle's staging of “Oh My God” at the KBS Song Festival, to Sunghoon's figure skating during Enhypen's MAMA appearance, to pretty much every stage on Road to Kingdom. Each K-pop stage demands idols give their all, thrilling fans with precisely coordinated choreography and enviable vocal performances, and they're constantly improving. Still, some 2020 performances had a bigger impact on K-pop […]

We all know 2020 has been an unfathomably horrific year. Even so, it isn't until you hear it condensed into a 13 minute audio file that it really hits how traumatising it's all been. Australian journalists Madeleine Genner and Marc Fennell have just released their annual montage recapping the past 12 months in sound, and it's the most upsetting compilation they've done yet. As you'd expect, "2020 in Sound" spends […]

We could all use the gift of good mental health this holiday season. This year has been uncommonly rough, tossing us from massive wildfires to a deadly pandemic to police brutality to an extremely high stakes presidential election. It’s the runaway freight train of disaster that just won’t stop, providing little respite from the chest-crushing anxiety that now permeates our every waking moment. Unfortunately we can’t buy our friends and […]