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Business, Entertainment

Instagram lowers quality for less popular videos

Instagram has said that it lowers the quality of older and less popular videos. This has made many creators upset. Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, said that the platform keeps better quality for more popular videos.

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Business, Travel

Tokyo wants to stop customers harassing workers

Tokyo has introduced Japan's first regulation to protect service industry workers from "kasuhara," which means "customer harassment." The regulation will start in April but will not have any penalties. Experts hope it wi

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Business, Nature

California says ExxonMobil lied about plastic recycling

The state of California has filed a lawsuit against ExxonMobil. California says the company misled people about plastic recycling. According to the state, ExxonMobil is the world’s top producer of single-use plastics tha

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Business, Technology

Samsung beats Apple to become top phone maker

In the first quarter of 2024, Apple’s iPhone sales fell 10%. This was due to more competition from Android phone makers, according to a report from a research company called IDC.

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Business, Technology

UberEats to start robot deliveries in Japan

UberEats will use robots to deliver food in Tokyo. They work with Mitsubishi Electric and Cartken to make the robots. The robots will start next month.

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Business, Politics

Farmers protest all over Europe

Farmers in many European countries are worried about low pay, new rules, and cheap goods from other countries.

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Business, Entertainment

Pokémon worried new game Palworld copied characters

The Pokémon Company is checking if Palworld, a new video game, is too similar to Pokémon games. Palworld became very popular recently, and fans noticed that it has a lot in common with Pokémon.

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Business, Technology

Companies don’t like self-checkout anymore

Many stores introduced self-checkout to make shopping faster. The stores also thought it would save money because the self-checkout area doesn’t need employees. However, the strategy is not working like they wanted.

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Business, Entertainment

Original Mickey Mouse is free to use

The first Mickey Mouse cartoon was a short film called Steamboat Willie in 1928. On January 1 this year, it became free to use because its copyright ended. This means anyone in the US can use the Mickey Mouse from that f

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