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This Disney+ TOS clause is straight out of Black Mirror

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Hello fellow web crawlers! Kira here.Ā Welcome to todayā€™s edition of web_crawlr.Ā 

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Todayā€™sĀ top storiesĀ are about: the tragic way the world found out about aĀ scary clause in Disney+ā€™s terms of service, the difference between Gen Z and millennial ā€˜heart hands,ā€™ the unsurprising wayĀ Elon Musk fanboysĀ are using his AI service, Grok, and a discussion about what you would do if youĀ had a soda fountain in your house.

After that, Mikael answers one of your questions in his ā€˜Your Password Sucksā€˜ column.

Until next time,

ā€” K.D.Ā 

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āš” Today in Internet Culture

šŸ° WE LIVE IN A DYSTOPIA
ā€˜No way this can be realā€™: ā€˜South Parkā€™ predicted Disney+ā€™s Black Mirror-esque lawsuit clause

A tragedy at ā€˜the most magical place on earthā€™Ā is as dystopian as can be.

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ā¤ļø GENERATIONAL DIVIDES
You can tell whether someoneā€™s Gen Z or millennial by the way they do the ā€˜heart handsā€™

When did theĀ heart hand signĀ change?

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šŸ¤– IS AIā€¦.BAD?
Elon Musk fanboys instantly use Grokā€™s new image generator to whip up compromising Taylor Swift pics

Images includeĀ Swift with an AR-15 rifleĀ and kissing former President Donald Trump.

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šŸ„¤ LUXURY LIFESTYLES
ā€˜You can have Coke products as well as Pepsi productsā€™: Should you buy a 12-fountain soda machine for your house? Expert weighs in

Listen toĀ this soda expertĀ explain the benefits.Ā 

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Your Password Sucks, a web_crawlr column
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ByĀ Mikael Thalen
Staff Reporter

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How often should I change my passwords?

Y0ur P@ssw0rd S*cksĀ is a bi-weekly column that answers the most pressing internet security questions web_crawlr readers have to make sure they can navigate the ā€˜net safely. If you want to get this columnĀ a day beforeĀ we publish it,Ā subscribe to web_crawlr, where youā€™ll get the daily scoop of internet culture delivered straight to your inbox.

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šŸ•øļø Crawling the Web

Here is what else is happening across the ā€˜net.

šŸ”Œ This tenant discoveredĀ that their property manager installed a boxĀ on the side of their houseĀ that may be using their electricity.Ā What is this box for?

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šŸ§€ ThisĀ California Pizza KitchenĀ customerĀ received a box of cheese instead of mac and cheese. Workers told her sheĀ placed the wrong order.Ā 

šŸ¦ ā€œIs shrimps bugs?ā€

šŸŖ‘ A restaurant customer wasĀ caught in an altercation on camera, where heĀ appeared to take a chair from a pregnant woman.

āœˆļø ā€œDonā€™t book on Tuesday, period,ā€ is whatĀ one airport workerĀ shared in a viral video aboutĀ why you should never fly out of Atlanta on a Tuesday.Ā 

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šŸ“ŗ From theĀ Daily Dot archive:Ā WhatĀ do users actually wantĀ from streaming services?Ā 


šŸ“ Question of the Day

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