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German police in Cologne opened an investigation after a robot, operated by a 16-year-old and a 19-year-old, touched a teenage girl's buttocks and made thrusting motions toward her overnight between Saturday and Sunday. The pair allegedly filmed and livestreamed the incident with commentary before police found the robot stashed in a car trunk and confiscated it along with their phones.
A writer describes attempting to boycott Disney after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel Live! following his comments about reactions to Charlie Kirk's murder, and found the effort complicated by Disney's ownership of Hulu, ESPN, FX, ABC, and stakes in other networks and games. Cancelling Disney+ alone was easy, but avoiding all Disney-linked content meant giving up favorite shows, sports broadcasts, and other entertainment spread across many platforms.
Apple is launching a new live music venue called Apple Music Hall inside London's Battersea Power Station, opening September 28. The 600-person venue will host single-show performances that are simultaneously live-streamed to Apple Music subscribers, backed by a 38-foot stage and a 48-speaker Spatial Audio system. Apple also confirmed it is relocating its London-based Apple Music Radio hosts to new studios at the same site.