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World of Warcraft will be 20 years old in 2024. After two decades, one might think that players of Blizzard's MMORPG have seen it all. But 2023 proved that Blizzard still has plenty of ideas about the game's future, and if the last year is any indication, that future certainly looks bright.The latest expansion for the modern version of WoW, Dragonflight, launched at the tail-end of 2022 to positive reviews, alongside an ambitious content release roadmap for 2023. The expansion itself proved to be a…

Last year, Valve irreversibly changed PC gaming with the launch of the Steam Deck. The portable PC platform was certainly not the first attempt of its kind, but with the experience of Valve's engineering and the tight integration with Steam, it quickly became the de facto device to recommend for a powerful and reliable gaming experience on the go. The timing couldn't have been better, too, with the Nintendo Switch only seeing an OLED upgrade the year prior and its heavily rumored specification bump…

This year has been an amazing one for new observations by the various observatories that we have staring off into the cosmos. Notably, the past few days have delivered some absolutely breathtaking images, too, and the latest is a 1.5-billion-pixel image of the Running Chicken Nebula captured by the European Southern Observatory’s (ESO) VLT Survey Telescope.The image is absolutely beautiful, and showcases the many clouds of the nebula, which is located in the constellation Centaurus, roughly 6,500 light-years from…

Tinsel, tiaras, and Carlos filled the air as Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck unveiled their star-studded Christmas wonderland to Hollywood's A-listers. The Christmas bash occurred at the newlyweds’ Los Angeles home. Barbie fame Margot Robbie, Lily Rabe, and Michael B. Jordan are just a few names who joined the star couple for a dazzling spectacle. Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck attend the 2023 Eastern Congo Initiative Poker and Blackjack Tournament hosted by TAO Group Hospitality at LAVO Restaurant & Nightclub…

Proceeds from the single will benefit Prine’s charity The Hello In There Foundation Bright Eyes have released a cover of John Prine‘s 1973 song “Christmas in Prison.” The song features a sample from “A John Prine Christmas,” off 1993’s A John Prine Christmas EP. Listen here. Proceeds from the single will go to Prine’s charity, The Hello In There Foundation, an initiative established by his family to honor his memory. It aims to “offer support for people who are marginalized, discriminated…

In mid-July, viewers hoping to catch a glimpse of a SpaceX rocket launch were stunned to see it followed by a bright aurora-like phenomenon over Arizona. The rocket had formed a hole in the upper atmosphere, evinced by a red glow captured by photographers on the ground.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedThe glow itself was nothing new, these types of disturbances in Earth’s upper atmosphere have been happening for years. The glows are often spherical and are caused by interactions between rocket exhaust…

In “Harry Clarke,” the protagonist who gives the play its title claims to have worked for the singer Sade. While that’s a big fat fib, he is certainly the smoothest operator you will ever have the pleasure to meet. Played to dapper perfection by Billy Crudup, whose theatrical instincts remain as captivating as his boyish good looks, Clarke is a charmer and a rogue indulging in a full-throttle confessional about sex, lies, and shape-shifting. Who among us hasn’t fantasized about becoming someone new? For a woebegone…

OnePlus 12 could be equipped with the brightest display on a smartphone in the coming months, according to details of another flagship smartphone recently leaked by a tipster. The purported successor to the OnePlus 11 is expected to make its debut with Qualcomm's yet-to-be-announced Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 SoC under the hood. The Chinese smartphone maker could launch the OnePlus 12 with an OLED display that is brighter than both the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra or the recently launched iPhone 15 Pro Max.According to…

Plenty of saxophonists learning the game in the 1950s made John Coltrane their lodestar for his famous ferment of spiritual gravitas and storming improv intensity – but his best disciples took that sound as a call to freedom, not idolatry. The modestly masterful Kent-born saxophonist Paul Dunmall reveres Coltrane’s emotional eloquence to this day, but has also been profoundly affected by the very different, ’trane-influenced digressions of his UK sax contemporaries John Surman and Evan Parker: Surman’s lyrical affection…

The Mahindra Scorpio-N is currently one of, if not the most popular full-size ladder-on-frame SUVs in its segment in India. The SUV is so popular that the company is sitting on open orders of around 1 lakh. Despite delivering so many every month, the bookings keep on increasing. The Scorpio-N has resonated extremely well with SUV buyers in the country, and a ton of people who have already received their cars are now modifying them to make them look distinct in the ocean of Scorpio-Ns in the country. Recently, a few…