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Telegram CEO Pavel Durov said the messaging app would now hand over users’ IP addresses and phone numbers upon legal request. Bloomberg, which first reported the policy change, noted that Telegram has historically been “notoriously unresponsive to takedown requests” and “often ignored requests for information about suspects.”This development also comes with the introduction of moderation: Telegram has started using an AI and human moderation team to remove “problematic” content from search results, Durov said. Durov also urged users to report unsafe or illegal content to the team for removal.It’s unclear to what extent these changes will affect Telegram’s popularity among…
Now it’s Meta’s turn to host a developer conference, and this year’s Meta Connect will be held on September 25th and 26th. While much of the event will be focused on how developers can get the most out of Meta’s products, most of the actual news will likely be announced during back-to-back opening and developer keynotes on September 25th, starting at 1pm ET.You can watch the keynote live on the Meta for Developers Facebook page. You also have the option to watch the keynote at Horizon Worlds, a “virtual experience inspired by the Meta campus in Menlo Park.” Meta has…
Marvel Studios has suddenly released a teaser trailer for the film Thunderbolts, which is scheduled to be released in theaters on May 2, 2025. Directed by Jake Schreier (Beef), Thunderbolts* brings together Florence Pugh, Sebastian Stan, David Harbour, Wyatt Russell, Hannah John-Kamen, Olga Kurylenko and Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ characters from Black Widow and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Louis-Dreyfus plays nefarious CIA Director Countess Valentina “Val” Allegra De Fontaine as she assembles a new team of the MCU’s darker, more sinister heroes – if they can work together long enough to survive, of course. The trailer begins with two extended…
Image Comics has released a preview for Doll Parts: A Lovesick Tale, which hits shelves on December 11th. The series will once again transport you to the netherworld of Lovesick, the fan-favorite erotic series by Luana Vecchio.”After I finished Lovesick, I knew I couldn’t take my eyes off Domino for long,” Vecchio said, “but before I returned to The Lovesick Club, I knew I had to take a step back, explore Domino’s mind, soak in those sad eyes and get back to her roots as Madeleine. I’d always dreamed of writing a coming-of-age thriller-horror story set in the 2000s, the…
The Biden administration has announced a sweeping plan to ban Chinese-made software and some hardware from being installed in internet-connected cars in the U.S. It has framed it as a national security measure, with the administration saying the software poses “new threats to national security, even through the supply chain.”This is the same reason that telecommunications equipment from Chinese companies like Huawei and ZTE was recently banned. In that case, the allegations were substantiated, as documents had been published implicating Huawei in Chinese surveillance activities. Today’s announcement goes on to say that China could use “critical technology within the supply…
Since 2022, Amazon has been holding its second Prime Day in October, and the sales event will return this year. Prime Big Deal Days will return on October 8th and 9th, but some great deals have already started appearing across Amazon’s site.As always, most of the deals we expected to see on Prime Day in October were exclusive to Prime members, and some of the early Prime Day sales we’re seeing now are following suit. Don’t worry if you’re not a Prime member; there are always some discounts available to all shoppers. But if you’re paying the $139 annual fee…
Most comic book fans have a solid idea about what they’re going to buy every week as they descend upon their local comic shop. With that said, there’s still a lot of fun to be had just glancing at the week’s new releases and taking a chance on a book that looks promising, funny, scary, etc. That’s where covers come in. A fantastic image can make the difference between trying something new or saying, “Nah, not this week.”In that spirit, here are the covers that captured our attention this week, with entries from comics editor Chris Coplan. This is Judging…
Google’s A-series Pixel phones are a great choice for anyone looking to upgrade an older device without worrying about their budget. Now’s a particularly good time to buy the Google Pixel 8a, as it’s on sale just before Prime Day. The Android phone has been slashed by $100 to just $399, making it a new record low price.The Pixel 8a is our pick as the best mid-range smartphone you can buy right now; we gave it a score of 90 in our review back in May. It has great hardware for a phone at this price point, with a great…
No matter how hard you try, it seems like you’ll soon run out of storage. Thankfully, we live in a world where microSD exists, and even better, one of my favorites is on sale. Right now, the 512GB Samsung Pro Plus microSD with adapter is marked down from $84 to $30 – a 64 percent discount. This record low price is available on the model with a read speed of 180MB/s.Samsung’s Pro Plus is our top pick for a microSD and will be the best choice for most people. In addition to read speeds, this microSD has sequential write performance…
Amazing Digital Circus is an independent animated series created by Gooseworx and published by Glitch Productions. I last covered this animated series almost a year ago, and it became an overnight hit, garnering over 20 million views in a week and over 100 million views later that same month. Since then, the anime series has become a huge hit worldwide with a ton of fans, fan art, videos, game mods, and more. But what has surprised me the most is just how popular the series, now two episodes in, is in Japan. Image of the Tokyo pop-up store. Source: @ADC_Japan…