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• DC's 'Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom' Flops at the Box Office

  24-12-2023 19:49 via entertainment.slashdot.org
  Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom "is headed for one of the lowest starts in the history of the DC Cinematic Universe," writes the Hollywood Reporter, "with a projected four-day Christmas weekend gross of $40 million, including $28 million for the three days."
  "The sequel cost $205 million," notes Variety, "and ranks among the worst debuts of the year for a superhero movie."It's softer than November's misfire The Marvels ($47 million), which ended its run as the lowest-grossing installment in the his
  
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• As Reddit CEO Defends Their Controversial API Decision, It Dominates Reddit's Own 'Recaps'

  24-12-2023 00:34 via tech.slashdot.org
  "Reddit CEO Steve Huffman says that he stands by the company's decision to charge for API access," writes the blog 9to5Mac, "despite the fact that it was massively unpopular, and led to the demise of the leading Reddit app, Apollo."In an interview with FastCo, Huffman is unrepentant about the API decision, but says it could have been better communicated... "[H]e defended the company's decision to limit free access to its API as a necessary measure to foil AI-training freeloaders. 'Reddit is an o
  
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