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20. No Doubt – Trapped in a Box (1992)Their debut single offered what you might call No Doubt version 1.0, Madness-loving exemplars of the US ska revival. Ignored at the height of grunge, Trapped in a Box is fun – there’s a hint of 30s jazz about its sound – although No Doubt themselves would swiftly move on.19. Gwen Stefani – Luxurious (2004)From Gwen Stefani’s debut solo album, Love Angel Music Baby, this is a Nellee Hooper-produced diversion into R&B slow jam territory: G-funk synths, a sample from the Isley…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has added his voice to those criticizing Apple’s compliance with the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulation, which forces Apple to open up its App Store and allow developers to use their own payment systems, among other things. During Meta’s Q4 earnings call this afternoon, Zuckerberg responded to an investor question asking for Meta’s thoughts on the DMA by saying Apple’s new rules were “so onerous” that he would be surprised if any developer adopted them. The new regulations were…

Alongside her close buddies Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu is one-third of one of the most beloved action trios ever, but does the Charlie's Angels star think that that iconic threesome will ever return for a third edition of the 2000s movie franchise?Liu portrayed the highly skilled crime fighter Alex Munday opposite Diaz's Natalie Cook and Barrymore's Dylan Sanders in the 2000 action-comedy, a film adaptation of the famous 1970s television series. The original Charlie's Angels film was successful enough at…

Hon Hai Precision Industry warned of its fourth consecutive decline in quarterly sales after a 5.4 percent slide in the last three months of 2023 suggested consumer electronics demand remains muted.The Taiwanese firm, also known as Foxconn, reported a steep 27 percent drop in December sales to NT$460.1 billion ($14.8 billion, or roughly Rs. 1,23,073 crore), concluding a NT$1.85 trillion quarter. It now sees sales falling in the current period as well, adding to concern about the latest iPhone generation's momentum heading…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeZack Snyder’s Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire has achieved impressive numbers in its first week after debuting on Netflix, but critics and industry experts are still expressing doubts about the new franchise.The streaming giant announced earlier this week that the sci-fi fantasy film had become the most-viewed title after its release on 21 December, generating 23.9 million views…

The vivo X100 Pro might be the new king of the hill, it certainly came out of last week’s poll with glowing results. The company hasn’t announced its plans for the rollout outside of China and that was one of the primary concerns that people had – vivo has a wide distribution, but it’s not quite global. So, the popularity of the X100 Pro will shift in the coming months as the company brings the flagship to new markets. There is something else that is currently unknown, the price, and that was another concern that…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeRichard O’Brien has expressed doubts about whether his hit musical The Rocky Horror Show could be written in modern times.The writer, performer and presenter of The Crystal Maze wrote the 1973 stage show and co-wrote the screenplay for its film adaptation, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, two years later.Rocky Horror revolves around the character Dr Frank-N-Furter (played by Tim Curry in…

A person receives a COVID-19 vaccination dose, during a free distribution of COVID-19 rapid test kits for those who received vaccination shots or booster shots, at Union Station on January 7, 2022 in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration's independent panel of advisors raised doubts about the need to "periodically" update Covid vaccines, noting that it's unclear if the virus is seasonal like the flu.Advisors on Thursday unanimously voted that new jabs for the fall should be…

Public confidence in vaccines has declined across sub-Saharan Africa since the COVID-19 pandemic, new research shows. A survey of 17,000 people in eight African nations found that the share of respondents agreeing with the statement that “vaccines are important for children” dropped by up to 20 percentage points from 2020 to 2022. The survey also revealed growing doubts about the safety and effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines and other immunizations in some…

The judge overseeing FTX's US bankruptcy said Thursday that he would not defer to a Bahamian court about key issues like which FTX entity should collect assets and repay customers of the bankrupt crypto exchange.Liquidators for FTX Digital Markets, the exchange's Bahamas-based subsidiary, have asked US Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey to let them seek a ruling from the Bahamas Supreme Court that their company controlled FTX.com's crypto exchange for international customers. FTX's US bankruptcy team seeks to block the Bahamas…