💻 Adobe sued over 'hard-to-cancel fees'
📱 Official calls for health warning on social media sites
▶️ YouTube testing community-sourced notes feature
🎵 Coldplay's new album made from old plastic bottles 🕹️ Black Myth: Wukong scores glowing reviews |
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U.S. sues Adobe over 'hard-to-cancel subscriptions and fees' |
Complaint accuses the maker of Photoshop and Lightroom of violating federal laws designed to protect consumers
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Adobe has been accused by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) of deceiving customers by hiding its early-termination fee and making it difficult for people to cancel their subscriptions, TechCrunch reported. The DOJ’s lawsuit alleges that Adobe has “harmed consumers by enrolling them in its default, most lucrative subscription plan without clearly disclosing important plan terms.” It said the software giant pushed consumers toward the “annual, paid monthly” subscription without informing them that canceling the plan in the first year would cost hundreds of dollars in early-termination fees. Adobe said it will refute the claims in court, insisting that it is “transparent with the terms and conditions of our subscription agreements” while offering “a simple cancellation process” ... |
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U.S. Surgeon General calls for warning label on social media apps
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Youth advocates and lawmakers have long accused social media platforms of having a harmful effect on children |
U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy has used a guest column in The New York Times to highlight what he sees as the risks of social media on young people, and called on Congress to force the platforms to add a warning label to their services, Digital Trends reported. “It is time to require a Surgeon General’s warning label on social media platforms, stating that social media is associated with significant mental health harms for adolescents,” Dr. Murthy wrote. “A Surgeon General’s warning label, which requires congressional action, would regularly remind parents and adolescents that social media has not been proved safe.” Murthy has issued similar statements for some time, but this is his most urgent call to action yet ... |
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YouTube starts testing community notes for videos
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The feature is similar to community notes on X (formerly Twitter), which was rolled out globally at the end of 2022
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YouTube is testing a feature that lets you add notes to bring “relevant, timely, and easy-to-understand context” to videos on its platform, Social Media Today reported. In a post on Monday, YouTube said notes could “clarify when a song is meant to be a parody, point out when a new version of a product being reviewed is available, or let viewers know when older footage is mistakenly portrayed as a current event.” The tool can also be used to point out misinformation, which is especially important with the presidential election fast approaching. The pilot will be available on mobile in the U.S. during the initial test phase, and YouTube is inviting feedback so that it can improve the tool before potentially rolling it out more widely ... |
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Vinyl copies of new Coldplay album will be made from old plastic bottles
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Coldplay’s green efforts also include changes to its touring setup to help reduce its carbon footprint |
Coldplay’s upcoming Moon Music album could be one of the greenest vinyl albums ever made, the Guardian reported. The British band said that each vinyl copy of the October release will be made from nine plastic bottles recovered from consumer waste. The decision to recycle plastic bottles for the album will reduce carbon emissions by 85% compared to the regular manufacturing process, the band said, and prevent the use of 25 tons of new plastic. Additionally, CDs of the new album will be made from 90% recycled plastic, resulting in a 78% reduction in emissions compared with traditional CD manufacturing processes ... |
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Black Myth: Wukong scores glowing hands-on reviews ahead of release |
The first reviews are in for Steam's most-wish-listed game and one of the most-hyped titles of 2024 |
Black Myth: Wukong launches on August 20 for PlayStation 5 and PC, and the early hands-on reviews for the action RPG are looking good. Digital Trends’ review said Black Myth: Wukong “offers all the challenges of the [Soulslike] genre, but with less frustration and more creative action,” while GamesRadar's reviewer described it as “easily among the best and best-looking action RPGs I've played in years.” IGN “greatly enjoyed” the game, but noted that “enemies are aggressive, bosses are relentless, and you only have a scant few restorative potions to keep you alive.” Game Informer said it offers “excellent combat and promising character building” ... |
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