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When you consider how big the China market is, it is not surprising to see companies such as Apple try to make accommodations so that they can operate in the country. For example Apple recently started accepting WeChat Pay in China, and in more recent times have started pulling apps that don’t comply with China’s regulation.

However it looks like those crackdowns aren’t at an end yet because according to a report from 9to5Mac, Apple is cracking down further on iOS apps using the CallKit functionality. For non-developers, CallKit is a framework offered to iOS developers in iOS 10 that allowed them to integrate calling services into their apps.

The notices which were sent to developers claim that their apps are not allowed to use CallKit due to government regulations, which isn’t surprising when you consider that it was late last year that apps such as Skype (which offers VoIP functionality) were pulled from various app stores in China.

While it’s expected that companies need to comply with local regulations in order to play nicely with the government, a study from last year suggested that Apple was pulling apps from the Chinese App Store at a considerably faster rate compared to normal. Apple has also been criticized by several US government officials for complying, claiming that Apple is enabling China’s censorship of the internet.

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Blizzard’s Overwatch is turning two as was previously confirmed and it seems that in celebration of the anniversary, Blizzard has recently published a very adorable stop-motion animated video. It features two characters from Overwatch – Tracer and Reaper which you can check out for yourself in the video above if you have a couple of minutes to spare. There is also a behind-the-scenes look for those who are curious as to how Blizzard pulled this one off.

With Overwatch turning two, Blizzard has also announced a celebration via in-game events. This event will be taking place between the 22nd of May to the 11th of June where Blizzard will be bringing back some brawls from previous Overwatch events. It also appears that there will be a bunch of new skins that gamers can collect, although this hardly comes as a surprise since Blizzard typically releases new skins with every new in-game event that they launch.

Overwatch turning two is a huge milestone for Blizzard considering that this is a new franchise for a company that has typically relied on Diablo, Warcraft, or StarCraft in the past. Blizzard has also managed to turn Overwatch into a competitive eSports game where they have launched their own Overwatch League and successfully partnered up with the likes of Twitch to stream Overwatch competitions.

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If you grew up as a kid in the mid to late 1980s, chances are you might be very familiar with a cartoon series known as the ThunderCats, although it was revived again in 2011 but safe to say that it probably doesn’t have the same feel or nostalgia as the original. Now it looks like we’ll be treated to a third reboot, but this time done in a very different way.

In a report from Entertainment Weekly, it seems that the folks at Cartoon Network will be bringing back the ThunderCats in a new form called ThunderCats Roar. The new series will feature the same characters as the original, which includes Lion-O, Cheetara, Panthro, Tygra, Snarf, and WilyKit and WilyKat.

It is also largely expected to follow the same story, except that in this case and as you can see in the trailer above, it will be a slightly more comedic version of the original. The drawings are certainly more whimsical and seems to be in line with some of the series that Cartoon Network (and cartoons in general these days) are pushing.

We’re not sure how well-received the new version of ThunderCats will be, but we suppose trying something new instead of giving us more of the same isn’t such a bad idea, although the reaction of the internet seems to be mixed However despite the comedic elements, the producers of the show have promised that they will be packing a ton of action into it as well. ThunderCats Roar will premiere on Cartoon Network come 2019.

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Artificial intelligence and machine learning have come a long way and have become buzzwords in many tech products today. Impressive as they are, however, their methods of learning are still mostly, well, artificial. NVIDIA researchers are developing a new way to train AI for industrial robots that almost closely mimics the way we ourselves learn. And that’s by watching how … Continue reading

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