The Daily Populous

Saturday November 18th, 2023 evening edition

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Disney, Warner Bros., Paramount and Sony have joined other major X advertisers in choosing not to advertise on the social media platform.

Earlier Friday, Lionsgate Entertainment Corp. announced it was pausing all of its advertising on the Elon Musk-owned X, effective immediately, citing Elon Musk’s “recent antisemitic tweets.”

The decision comes just one day after IBM suspended ads on the social media platform, with Apple also reportedly suspending X advertising Friday, according to Axios.

Musk has faced intense backlash for promoting and agreeing with a post on X (formerly Twitter), which glorified an antisemitic conspiracy theory.

“Lionsgate has suspended advertising on X because of Elon Musk’s recent antisemitic tweets,” a spokesperson for the company told TheWrap.

“When it comes to this platform — X has also been extremely clear about our efforts to combat antisemitism and discrimination.

Among Mass Advertiser Exodus From Elon Musk’s X Following Antisemitic Post appeared first on TheWrap. »

Richmond school bans all candy amid concern about consumable hemp

Authored by dailyprogress.com
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Following an incident last month in which four Armstrong High School students were found “in medical distress” at school after eating edibles believed to contain THC, the Richmond school enacted a new policy barring all candy from campus.

The action at Armstrong appears to be the first of its kind for a Richmond-area school system.

Spokespeople for Henrico, Hanover and Chesterfield's public school systems said no schools in their jurisdictions have implemented similar rules. »

The Last of Us Part II Remastered coming to PS5 on January 19, 2024

Authored by blog.playstation.com
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The Last of Us Part II Remastered is designed to let you dig deeper into both its development and mechanics.

Part II Remastered takes advantage of the PS5’s power and features in more ways as well, including improved loading times.

Owners of PS4 disc copies must insert them into the PS5 every time they want to download or play the PS5 digital version. »

Baldur's Gate 3 gets $80 physical edition in 2024

Authored by gamedeveloper.com

Larian Studios is giving Baldur's Gate 3 a physical multiplatform release outside of Japan.

In early 2024, limited disc-based versions of the hit RPG will release for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S for $80.

For those buying the disc versions of Baldur's Gate 3, Larian released an FAQ which can be read here. »

The world’s largest single-site solar farm just came online

Authored by electrek.co

The United Arab Emirates has launched the Al Dhafra solar farm – now the world’s largest single-site solar farm – ahead of COP28.

The 2-gigawatt (GW) solar farm is 22 miles (35 km) from Abu Dhabi and features almost 4 million bifacial solar panels.

Now that Al Dhafra is online, the UAE’s solar power production capacity has increased to 3.2 GW. »