YouTube's upcoming changes will age-gate videos featuring graphic violence in games

YouTube’s upcoming changes will age-gate videos featuring graphic violence in games

YouTube has announced an important change to its policies about online gambling and graphic violence in gaming. It wants to lock such videos behind an age-restriction. Here’s the current policy about Violent or graphic content on YouTube. The section under “Age-restricted content and EDSA exceptions” says, “Generally, we do not remove dramatized violence when the…

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Microsoft says it’s recovering after Azure outage took down 365, Xbox, and Starbucks

Microsoft says it’s recovering after Azure outage took down 365, Xbox, and Starbucks

Microsoft Azure, the company’s cloud computing service, has experienced an outage just one week after issues with AWS took out swaths of the internet. The issues impacted Microsoft’s services that run on Azure, including Microsoft 365, Xbox, and even Minecraft. Other companies, like Capital One, Alaska Airlines, and Starbucks, also had outages that were linked…

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Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold Leaks Reveal First Look At Tri-Fold Phone Design

Samsung Galaxy Z TriFold Leaks Reveal First Look At Tri-Fold Phone Design

Samsung’s long-rumored tri-fold smartphone has finally surfaced in new leaks and official showcases, offering the first concrete look at what could become the company’s next major innovation in foldable technology. Known as the Galaxy Z TriFold, the device was recently displayed at a side event during the APEC Summit in South Korea, with new images…

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TDK’s Analog Reservoir AI Chip: Low-Power Real-Time Learning at the Edge

TDK’s Analog Reservoir AI Chip: Low-Power Real-Time Learning at the Edge

At CEATEC 2025 in Japan, TDK Corporation presented a prototype that may impact how artificial intelligence learns and reacts in real time. The company’s new Analog Reservoir AI Chip, developed in collaboration with Hokkaido University, brings biological-style, low-power learning to compact hardware. Although still a research-stage device, the prototype vividly demonstrated its potential through an…

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Pluribus’ Vince Gilligan on making shows that ‘attract really smart viewers’

Pluribus’ Vince Gilligan on making shows that ‘attract really smart viewers’

Rhea Seehorn in Pluribus. Now he’s best known for the crime-fueled duology of Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, but when Vince Gilligan was first starting out in television, it was in the realm of sci-fi. Over seven years he penned a number of classic episodes of The X-Files, ranging from a monster-themed spoof of…

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