YouTube will remove content that promotes “cancer treatments proven to be harmful or ineffective” or which “discourages viewers from seeking professional medical treatment,” the video platform announced today, The Verge reported. According to The Verge, the enforcement comes as YouTube is attempting to streamline its medical moderation guidelines based on what it’s learned while attempting to tackle misinformation around topics
Apple’s next line of smartwatches is expected to be a minor upgrade. Behind the scenes, though, the company is working on a revamped “Watch X” update for the device’s 10th anniversary, Bloomberg reported. According to Bloomberg, we’re now able to map out Apple’s full line of future M3 chips based on app logs, and trademark listings confirm that the company
The long-hyped possibility of a cage match between tech titans Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk appears to be no more, after Zuckerberg dismissed Musk for allegedly delaying their anticipated showdown in the ring, NBC News reported. “I think we can all agree Elon isn’t serious and it’s time to move on,” the Facebook co-founder wrote Sunday in a post on
A new Illinois law is now the first in the country designed to protect the earnings of children who are social media influencers or who appear in their parents’ social media content, Insider reported. Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the bill into law on August 11. Beginning July 2024, children under 16 who are social media influencers or who appear
Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced wunderkind whose cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX imploded last November, will go from house arrest at his parents’ home to jail, a judge has ordered ahead of his trial on fraud charges, Rolling Stone reported. In a Friday hearing, Judge Lewis Kaplan of Federal District Court in Manhattan formally revoked Bankman-Fried’s bail, ending his residence with his
Rolling Stone reported that Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Capitol, and other record labels filed a copyright lawsuit on Friday against the Internet Archive, founder Brewster Kahle, and others over the organization’s “Great 78 Project,” accusing them of behaving as an “illegal record store.” According to Rolling Stone, the suit lists 2,749 pre-1972 musical works available via Internet Archive
Coinbase will shut down the Borrow program for retail customers that enabled them to obtain cash loans using bitcoin as collateral, The Block reported. According to The Block, in May, Coinbase said customers would no longer be able to take out new loans with Borrow. Now, the company says loan holders have until November 20 to pay any outstanding balances