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Adam Birney / Android Authority Google’s YouTube depends on advertising revenue, which should come as no surprise if you’re regularly skipping two-minute ad breaks for products you have no interest in. Ads can be so pervasive that many people have turned to blockers to watch uninterrupted. More recently, however, Google has been testing warning messages threatening to limit web playback …

A Russian court has banned the use of Facebook and Instagram after labeling the activities of the apps’ parent company Meta as “extremist,” according to the state-run RIA Novosti news agency. The move came after the Russian prosecutor general’s office appealed to the Moscow court for Meta to be designated an “extremist organization” for allowing users in some countries to …

Lego recently announced a new model kit of Wolverine’s iconic glove. The kit is based on Wolverine’s costume in the upcoming Disney Plus series, X-Men ’97, which finally brings the mutants into the Marvel Cinematic Universe while also calling back to the iconic X-Men: The Animated Series from the 1990s. The 596-piece kit features posable fingers and extended Adamantium claws, …

It’s not every single day somebody admits to going to Greggs, however Kara Rose Marshall is unnaturally unassuming, “I used to be in Gregg’s as a result of I used to be skint, I had no cash,” she tells Good day! Style of the situation that led to her being scouted at age 18.  It seems that as probability would have …

Aoyon Ashraf / CoinDesk: After the court ruling, Coinbase, Kraken, and Bitstamp resume XRP trading on their US exchanges, while Gemini is exploring the listing of the token  —  U.S. federal court ruled on Thursday that sale of XRP tokens on exchanges and through algorithms did not constitute investment contracts.

Cillian Murphy, Matt Damon and Emily Blunt are among the cast of the eagerly-awaited film.

Under chair Lina Khan, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has taken a lot of heat for trying to be aggressive in its approach to regulating tech companies and preventing monopolies. Now the FTC is facing criticism from both Republicans in Congress and very online Xbox fans for appealing a recent court decision that gave Microsoft the greenlight to finish its …

The sun is scorching, the muggy subway platform is unbearable, and the distinctive smell of urine is encroaching onto the sidewalk outside your apartment — it’s time to take a trip north. Just in time, 130 art venues are opening their doors next week for the fourth annual Upstate Art Weekend. From July 21 through 24, arts organizations in the …

Kirsten Dunst enjoyed an evening at the Sunset Tower Hotel in Los Angeles to celebrate the launch of the Coach x Observed By Us collaboration on Wednesday (July 12). The actress co-hosted the event with Coach creative director Stuart Vevers and illustrator and designer Jessica Herschko. They packed the guestlist with so many stars. Keep reading to find out more… …

The takeaway from Thailand’s general election in May was clear: Voters had dealt a crushing blow to the ruling military junta by supporting a progressive party that challenged not only the generals but also the nation’s powerful monarchy. The generals and their allies responded on Thursday by rejecting the party’s leading candidate for prime minister, tipping the country into a …