copycats

At a time when an app fetches 100 million sign-ups in five days flat, three years can feel like a lifetime in tech. It was, then, a lifetime ago that Geet last went live on TikTok. On June 29, 2020, around midnight, the infotainment content…

MUMBAI: The immense success of Zerodha and Angel One in the stock broking space is attracting copycats. They are using illegal means to cash in on the brand value and reputation of the two established brokers, the National Stock Exchange (…

The food is familiar, the brand less so.Yet the Vkusno & tochka outlet in Moscow's Pushkin Square serves up burgers, just like during its golden arches days, according to reports from its opening.It's not a McDonald's anymore because…

OTTAWA: Trucker-led protests against coronavirus restrictions in Canada shut down another US border crossing Thursday, as copycat movements gathered steam overseas and Washington called on its northern neighbor to use federal powers to end…

Quilts made by generations of women in Gee’s Bend, Alabama, have hung in the Met, the Whitney, and the Smithsonian Museum of Art. They’ve been shown at galleries and art fairs around the world. But if the quilters want to directly sell…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Apple said it removed several apps ripping off the viral puzzle game Wordle.…

A pair of non-fungible token projects are testing the boundary between plagiarism and parody. Digital marketplace OpenSea has banned the PHAYC and Phunky Ape Yacht Club (or PAYC) collections, both of which are based on the same gimmick:…

“More people getting into social audio is good for social audio,” Maya Watson, Clubhouse’s head of global marketing, said in an interview. “We’re not bothered by it, and, if anything, it makes us feel confident in where we’re going.”At the…

After eight gray wolves were killed by poison in Oregon over the span of several months this year, conservationist Brooks Fahy says he's worried there's more slaughter to come.  "We're afraid that if there isn't a successful prosecution of…