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Officially, the apps were already banned in China but could still be accessed by users with a VPN. These apps remain available for download on all other storefronts where they appear. Every country has different laws regarding speech, with many having no constitutional guarantee of free expression. Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during a parallel session of the China Development Forum at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, on Sunday, March 24, 2024....

This article originally appeared onQuartz. Halving happens every four years. Ethereum-killer Solana was trading at $143, a 7% hike in the past 24 hours. Illustration: Westend61 (Getty Images) #BitcoinHalvingwas trending Friday morning on X as crypto fans celebrates the event. The crypto community is watchingBitcoin and other cryptocurrencies closely during and after the halving. That has never happened before. Also,the approval by the SECtospot Bitcoin ETFshas benefited the cryptocurrency industry as a whole....

Abreakout animesfirst movie often falls into one of two categories. Then youre sure to like this! (When shes not comically reacting to them.) Image: Cloverworks/WIT Studio. Spy x Family has always been adeeply unseriousseries, a sensation heightened even further by the theatrical film. As for the action part of the action comedy? Code: White isnt a massive game changer, and it doesnt reveal any hidden depths for anyone involved. Image: Cloverworks/WIT Studio....

As avideo of the incident clearly shows, the cars destruction was hardly the work of a single individual. Amidst the furor, one person can be heard to shout: Light that shit on fire! Eventually, someone did. Photo: San Francisco Fire Department/Séraphine Hossenlopp (Other) Due to their age, the person has not been publicly identified. The cars fiery demise occurred in February amidst heightened tensions between the citys autonomous vehicle population and local humans....

How the planets move, who all the people are,how people get off the sandworm. In preparing and making both Dune films,Denis Villeneuve thought of everything. And, to illustrate that, in a new interview he really, really gets into it. Denis, how many Dune movies are you making?Photo: Chung Sung-Jun (Getty Images) The answer?They dig through sandworm shit. In the piece, Villeneuve answers questions about Fremen kissing as well as, well, sex....

Theres a lot of talk about whats next in store for Xbox. Perhaps Microsoft has ahandheld consolewaiting in the wings, or perhaps not. For now, it seems well be sticking with the Series X/S for a while longer. There’s a lot of interesting things you can do with your Xbox Series X, if you know where to look.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo Much of the hidden stuff available on Xbox is contained in the prefs menu....

Apple updated itsrulesearlier this month, and now theres a building wave of old console emulators streaming onto iOS. In that case, relax. Emulating is quite an easy process, though perhaps more so on some apps than others. While plenty of old-school ROMs are available online, there are a fair few homebrew titles available as well, such as Alwa’s Awakening.Photo: Kyle Barr / Gizmodo Which Emulators Are Currently Available on iOS? The reason why iOS emulation has proved so difficult is mostly due to Apples walled garden....

The research comes from scientists at The Rockefeller University and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. We began by asking a basic question: how do drugs of abuse interfere with basic needs? Andpast studieshave found that potentially addictive drugs interact with the nucleus accumbens. Image: Poetra.RH (Shutterstock) If you interfere at some level with addictionits the same systems that make us motivated to do things. So if you shut down the motivation for drugs, thats a challenge right now....

Sam Reid teases a big twist for Interview With the Vampires second season. Rashida Jones in on the case in a new look at Apple TV+s sci-fi drama Sunny. Plus, Netflix gives us a first look at the Platform sequel. Screenshot: Paramount I can tell you that its super exciting. I can tell you that it really does get deeper into the universe of Sonic. I think 3s probably the one for all the real diehard Sonic fans....

Unfortunately, theres also bad news. The bad news is those positives dont outshine the negatives. Its slower, unbalanced, and emotionally vapid. Djimon Hounsou in Rebel Moon 2Image: Netflix But, if you enjoyed the first film, youll like this one even more. Most of that is a result of the films structure. As a result, the film had a lot going on. This goes on forever.Image: Netflix With less plot to get through, Snyder is able to spend more time with the characters....

This story originally appeared onKotaku. At least one dentist seems to think thats a pretty good idea. A rep told me they no longer offer the Xbox 360 model. Screenshot:Asleep-Tumbleweed-99 / Kotaku But I found a 2017YouTube videoposted by the company that shows it off. In fact, theystill make gamesfor the fast-food giant to this day. Anyway, so uh, what were we talking about again? Oh right, yeah that weird old Xbox 360 kiosk in the dentists office someone posted on Reddit....

Can I just be honest? It was hard, because I had forgotten how far Burnham had come! Martin-Green toldTrekCoreof the scenes where she had to face herself. Image: Paramount If only we could all get an opportunity to say that to ourselves, right? Want more io9 news? News from the future, delivered to your present.

Teslas Cybertruckhas beenquite an embarrassmentand not just because of its looks. Cybertruck owners affected by the issue will get their pedals replaced or reworked for free. Last week, Tesla put a hold on sales of the Cybertruck as it investigated the problem. Photo: Mike Mareen (Shutterstock) According to the NHTSA, there have been no reports of death or injuries due to the defect. It took years for the Cybertruck to make its way from anembarrassing stage revealto peoples drivewayslast December....