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Here's your daily crunch. Instagram is going to begin prodding users to share their birthday with the service,

if they haven't already done so.

The company announced it'll now start popping up a notification that asks you to add your birthday to personalize your experience.

But the prompt can only be dismissed a handful of times before becoming a requirement.

The company says the move is a part of Instagram's larger goal to create new safety features

aimed at younger users.

China is restricting gaming among young people to just three hours per week, which isn't much.

For a country with a large games market like China, this is big news. But it's just

one part of a larger regulatory push in China, including things as far afield as taking on online

fan culture, to bring its private companies more in line

with the government's plans.

And in a bid to expand its classical music offering, Apple today announced that it has acquired Primephonic.

The Amsterdam-based service, which launched in 2014, will bring a laser focus on a music genre

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