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Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools

Battlefield 6 dev apologizes for requiring Secure Boot to power anti-cheat tools

Earlier this month, EA announced that players in its Battlefield 6 open beta on PC would have to enable Secure Boot in their Windows OS and BIOS settings. That decision proved controversial among players who weren’t able to get the finicky low-level security setting working on their machines and others who were unwilling to allow EA’s anti-cheat tools to once …

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Swatch apologizes for ad showing gesture seen as derogatory and racist

Swatch apologizes for ad showing gesture seen as derogatory and racist

GENEVA (AP) — Swiss watchmaker Swatch apologized Monday for an ad campaign that upset consumers in China and elsewhere and said it had “immediately removed all related materials worldwide.” In an image for the Swatch Essentials collection, an Asian male model is shown pulling the edges of his eyelids upward and backward with his fingers — a gesture seen as …

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E.L.F. Apologizes for That Matt Rife Ad, Explains His Hiring

E.L.F. Apologizes for That Matt Rife Ad, Explains His Hiring

Matt Rife and Heidi N Closet of “e.l.f.ino & Schmarnes.” Photo: e.l.f. Cosmetics via YouTube Another day, another news cycle about an ad. On August 11, E.L.F. Cosmetics debuted a law-themed ad campaign that features Matt Rife, the controversial comedian who apparently now owns the Annabelle doll. We’re not talking about mascara products when we say that customers responded by …

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Sha’Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to boyfriend

Sha’Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to boyfriend

Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend Christian Coleman. Richardson posted a video on her Instagram account Monday night in which she said she put herself in a “compromised situation.” She issued a written apology to Coleman on Tuesday morning. “I love him & to …

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Stripe apologizes for customer service agents claiming LGBTQ products were banned

Stripe apologizes for customer service agents claiming LGBTQ products were banned

Stripe, a financial services company that acts as a payment processor for millions of businesses including itch.io, has issued an apology following reports that members of its support team told callers the business does not support the sale of LGBTQ content. “We apologize: the information given by our support team was totally wrong,” said Stripe spokesperson Casey Becker in an …

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Sha’Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to Christian Coleman

Sha’Carri Richardson addresses domestic violence arrest and apologizes to Christian Coleman

Facebook Tweet Email Link AP  —  Sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson addressed her recent domestic violence arrest in a video on social media and issued an apology to her boyfriend Christian Coleman. Richardson posted a video on her Instagram account Monday night in which she said she put herself in a “compromised situation.” She issued a written apology to Coleman on Tuesday …

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