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12-year-old girl dies after doing “Deletion Challenge” on TikTok

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

A 12-year-old child was found dead at her home in Argentina last Friday (13). Milagros Soto would have died of strangulation following doing the so-called “Desafio do Apagão” – also called “Desafio do Enforcamento” -, in a live with friends.

Reports from friends who saw the video say that the girl tried to remove the rope from her neck when she realized she mightn’t breathe anymore, but she mightn’t and died during the challenge.

The girl’s aunt, Laura Luque, said that she received the link to watch the live broadcast, but did not see it. For her, Milagros would have been encouraged by someone, as she was ridiculed by schoolmates in the past.

“We are inconsolable. We gave her a lot of love. I believe someone encouraged her to do so. We have a lot of doubts regarding everything that happened to her. She was a very smart girl. She suffered a lot from bullying. She even told us that nobody wanted her at school because she was pretty with blonde hair.”

Laura Luke

Milagros Soto’s Aunt

In turn, the Teniente General Pablo Ricchieri school, where the child studied, posted a note to regret the event and say that “supports the student’s family at this terrible time”.

The “Blackout Challenge” is one of the many challenges on TikTok. Supposedly created in 2008, still outside this social network, it makes users choke until they faint. Milagros would have managed to perform twice previously, but would have died the third time, according to information from Jam Press.

She wasn’t the first to die because of this “challenge”. In 2021, a 10-year-old girl from Palermo, Italy, died asphyxiated due to the same situation.

What is your assessment of these dangerous social media situations? What would you do to prevent a case like Milagros from happening? Comment with us!

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A research team led by ULB returns from Antarctica with a 7.6 kg meteorite

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

The objective of the mission, also composed of VUB researcher Ryoga Maeda and several international scientists, was to investigate new areas of meteorite accumulation around the Belgian Princess Elisabeth Antarctica Polar Station. Using satellite images and GPS coordinates, the team set out to discover the potential of several areas of interest, identified thanks to the work of Veronica Tollenaar, a thesis student in glaciology at the ULB.

“Going on an adventure to explore unknown areas is exciting”, emphasizes Vinciane Debaille. “However, we also had to deal with the fact that the reality on the ground is much more difficult than the beauty of satellite images.” The team was able to benefit from the experience of the explorer and head of polar missions at the Alain Hubert station, who was able to open roads to avoid dangerous areas made up of crevasses. The conditions of the mission were harsh, the team having camped in -10°C and covered tens of kilometers in sastrugis, snow dunes formed by the winds.

The mission bore fruit since the blue ice zone of Nils Larsen, regarding sixty kilometers from the station, was recognized as an accumulation zone worthy of a revisit. The 7.6 kilo meteorite is also a great discovery. Once brought back to Brussels, it will be thawed under controlled conditions in the laboratory at the Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, before being analyzed.

In total, more than 600 meteorites were discovered in the Nansen blue ice field during three VUB-ULB and NIPR (Japan Antarctic Research Institute) missions funded, in particular, by the federal science policy ( Belspo).

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Microsoft faces EU antitrust warning over Activision deal

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

Microsoft (MSFT.O) is likely to receive an antitrust warning from the European Union over its $69 billion bid for Activision Blizzard (ATVI.O), people familiar with the matter said. It can be another challenge to complete the deal.
The people said the European Commission is preparing a charge sheet known as a Statement of Objection outlining its concerns regarding the deal that will be sent to Microsoft in the coming weeks.

The EU antitrust watchdog, which has set an April 11 deadline for its decision on the deal, declined to comment.

Microsoft said: “We continue to work with the European Commission to address any market concerns. Our goal is to bring more games to more people, and this deal will further that goal.”

The US software giant and Xbox maker announced the acquisition in January last year to help it better compete with leaders Tencent (0700.HK) and Sony (6758.T).

However, concerns have been voiced by regulators in the US and UK, with the US Federal Trade Commission going to court to block the deal.

Other sources familiar with the matter said that Microsoft is expected to provide solutions to EU regulators in an effort to avoid an indictment and shorten regulatory action.

On the other hand, the information technology giant may announce its plans to reduce the number of employees in the coming days, noting that the bad economic environment has become the main reason for this decision.

Microsoft is expected to lay off regarding 5% of its employees worldwide in January, which is approximately 10,000 to 11,000 jobs.

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Do you want to have a DQ version of eating chicken? Square Enix releases new mobile game “Dragon Quest Champions” | 4Gamers

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief
written by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

Square Enix today (18th) announced the new “Dragon Quest” series mobile game “Dragon Quest Champions” according to the announcement. It is a 3D role-playing game that emphasizes chaos and combat.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T3QzqFt620

The protagonist played by the player will be an adventurer who aspires to be a brave man. In order to track down his missing father, he decides to participate in the Brave Fighting Conference. In addition, there are Elumia voiced by voice actress Ito Mira and Homido (temporary translation) voiced by Ohara Yoshimi.

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The game is divided into the main story mode and the conference mode. The main line will eventually take risks according to the development of the plot, and complete each task as the goal to clear the level. The conference is the martial arts conference mentioned above, and it will be a battle with other adventurer (player) characters, which is quite different from the “Dragon Quest” series that mostly focused on fighting monsters in the past.

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There are also some real machine demonstrations at this press conference, and you can see the complete process of story mode exploration and combat. The game has a variety of occupations and job transfer systems.

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In the conference mode, 50 players can enter the venue at a time, and the goal is to be the last winner among the 50 players. After entering the map, the circle will shrink with time. Players should try to collect growth balls that can improve attributes within the time. There are various monsters in the map that will also drop growth balls, including metal slimes with high experience values ​​in the past, and metal slimes in buildings. There are also props that can be looted (the player can equip a certain number of props).

The important thing is that there are rules of shrinking circles, attacking other players will enter the battle, other players can also enter the battle (you can also enter other people’s), and other players can also enter during the battle (you can also grab other people’s monsters), the loser will leave the field, and the winner can take away the loser’s attribute ball, so it will make the battle more like a chaotic battle.

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Seeing this, everyone must have felt it. This game can be said to be “DQ version of Battle Royale”.

“Dragon Quest Champions” has not yet announced the release date and market region, and the platforms are iOS and Android.

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