Blizzard has finally shared how hero bans will work in competitive Overwatch 2. The new step will let teams ban heroes they think are overpowered or annoying to play against, without letting them game out who their opposing team might want to play. The feature is a common part of other competitive games like League … Read more
Disney Lorcana, the charming trading card game, has banned its first cards from competitive play. Sapphire decks will be a little less powerful without Hiram Flaversham, Toymaker and the item Fortisphere, which are no longer legal to play in core constructed formats. They will, of course, remain available for other formats and in casual play. … Read more
Credit: UPV/EHU. Press. via Wikimedia Commons Biological males can’t compete in girls’ sports under a new rule announced this week by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. NIAA’s rule says male student athletes can only compete in NIAA-sanctioned sports designated for boys or coeds. The NIAA, which oversees sports at secondary schools in Nevada, said the … Read more
Madison Square Garden is home to the New York Knicks, one of the most storied performance venues in the country, and a surveillance state dystopia. Since 2018, the venue has been equipped with facial recognition tools used to identify people deemed to be potential security threats. But it also has seemingly become the go-to tool … Read more
Korean regulators have banned the Poloniex, KuCoin, and MEXC, as well as other 14 apps of crypto exhcanges from Google Play due to their unregistered operations in the country. South Korean authorities have restricted access to multiple foreign cryptocurrency exchange apps, including Poloniex, KuCoin, MEXC, Phemex, and Bitrue, on Google Play, citing their unregistered operations … Read more
After Japan’s Prime Minister responded to questions around Assassin’s Creed: Shadows and the risk of copycat “defacing” of shrines, the shrine linked to Ghost of Tsushima has banned all tourists after an “unforgivable act of disrespect.” Automaton reported on the Watazumi Shrine, a real-life Shinto shrine located on Japan’s Tsushima Island, which announced it had … Read more
Mexico City — Mexico City lawmakers on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to ban violent bullfighting, triggering outrage from aficionados and celebration from animal rights advocates. The legislation, approved by a 61-1 vote, prohibits the killing of bulls and the use of sharp objects that could injure the animals. It also sets time limits on how long bulls … Read more
In the biggest bullfighting city in the largest bullfighting country in the world, Mexico City lawmakers overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to ban traditional bullfighting — a move that was supported by Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, but was fiercely opposed by backers of the centuries-old custom. The legislation, approved by a 61-1 vote, prohibits the injuring … Read more
Binance released an official report detailing actions taken against a market maker involved in irregular trading activities for GoPlus Security (GPS) and MyShell (SHELL). Following an internal investigation, the crypto exchange identified misconduct by the market maker, who serviced both projects. Binance Cracks Down In response, Binance has offboarded the market maker and permanently barred … Read more
Binance has banned a market maker linked to GoPlus Security and MyShell after detecting trading irregularities. According to a Mar. 9 announcement on Binance’s official blog, the exchange has terminated the entity from market-making activities and confiscated its proceeds to compensate affected users. The details of the compensation plan will be announced later by the … Read more