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Apple faces shortfall of 6 million iPhone Pros because protests against COVID-19 restrictions are impacting production, report says

Injured workers sit on the ground during a protest outside a Foxconn factory in Zhengzhou, China. REUTERS Apple faces shortfall of six million iPhone Pros due to mass protests in China, per Bloomberg. Workers at the world’s largest iPhone factory have protested against pay and COVID-19 rules. Apple and its supplier Foxconn expect to make…

The Bahamas has hit out at ‘extremely regrettable’ criticism from FTX’s new CEO after the Nassau-based crypto giant collapsed

Sam Bankman-Fried and a Bahamas government building in Nassau. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Walter Bibikow/Getty Images After FTX went bankrupt, the Bahamas suspended its license and took control of its digital assets. But the island-nation has fired back at accusations that its regulations aren’t up to scratch. The Bahamas attorney general accused…

Adidas discussed buying the Yeezy name from Kanye West in 2018 to avoid staff being exposed to the rapper, report says

Ye, formerly Kanye West, in Paris, France, on October 2, 2022. Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Adidas has been worried about Kanye West’s relationship around staff for years, per the WSJ. Execs suggested spinning off the Yeezy brand or even buying the trademark outright in 2018, per the report. Staff told the WSJ…

Niece of Iran’s supreme leader speaks out against his ‘murderous and child-killing regime’ as protests continue

A still of a video of Farideh Moradkhani decrying Iran’s regime, posted to YouTube on an account under her brother’s name on November 25, 2022. Mahmoud Moradkhani/YouTube The niece of Iran’s supreme leader condemned his regime in a video ahead of being imprisoned.  Farideh Moradkhani praised Iran’s protests and asked for countries to cut ties…

Future DC video games at Warner Bros will be part of larger connected universe, James Gunn confirms

Following his appointment as co-chairman and co-CEO of DC Studios alongside Peter Safran, filmmaker James Gunn has confirmed that future DC video games will indeed be part of a larger connected universe for the Warner Bros. franchise. In a back and forth on Twitter, Gunn stated the “DCU will be connected across film and TV…