Life
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China's Tencent turns to facial recognition to snag late-night child gamers
Chinese tech giant Tencent has rolled out a facial recognition "midnight patrol" function to root out children masquerading as adults to get around a government curfew on underage gamers
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How Roblox is setting the stage for more and more concerts
Fifteen years after taking the video game world by storm with its popular platform, Roblox is now conquering the music industry. The American service is multiplying its partnerships with industry giants, such as Sony Music Entertainment, in the aim of rethinking the music experience
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Sustainable cities: Learning from Ljubljana's car-free zones
Since 2007, the Slovenian capital has been redesigning its city center so that certain areas are reserved exclusively for pedestrians and cyclists, with already visible results
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The rise of ugly fashion continues with men's jean shorts
After sweatsuits, clogs, cycling shorts and Hawaiian shirts, jean shorts are now worming their way into men's closets—proving, at least, that the rise in ugly fashions isn't the preserve of womenswear
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El Salvador considers mining Bitcoin using energy from a volcano
El Salvador continues to shake up the cryptocurrency world. The small Latin American state is thinking of creating its own mining plant with the help of a French company.
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Battle of the bubbly: French champagne makers incensed by Russia law
Champagne makers often have the prestigious name usurped by rival producers, but Vladimir Putin has upped the ante by signing a law reserving the appellation for Russian sparkling wine that has prompted a call for a bubbly blockade
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Cannes welcomes Hollywood stars, but on a smaller red carpet
The red carpet has been halved in size and many of the after-parties have been postponed until the after-Covid era, but the French city of Cannes was feverish with anticipation Monday ahead of the return of its famed film festival
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How fast fashion is still riding high on social media
Responsible fashion seems to be the buzzword in the luxury vocabulary. But social networks are still fueling the bull run of high fashion where brands such as Zara, H&M, Mango, and Shein rule
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Fiery feni: Making a 500-year-old Indian liquor cool again
Five centuries after Goans began making feni—a pungent, fermented liquor not for the faint-hearted—a new crop of distillers is hoping to take the spirit global
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Radio Taiso: The Japanese stretch routine performed by millions
It might not make the cut for Olympians at Tokyo 2020, but each day in Japan's parks, schools and offices millions perform the country's most popular stretching routine: radio taiso
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TikTok bumps up video length to 3 minutes
TikTok on Thursday began letting users post videos up to three minutes in length, tripling the prior cap to stay ahead of competitors