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Oompa, Loompa, doompa-dee-doI’ve got a perfect puzzle for youRemember the disastrous “Willy Wonka Experience” in Glasgow a few weeks ago? Parents paid £35 per ticket, lured in by AI-generated ads depicting a lush candy paradise only to be greeted by a near-empty warehouse with a couple dinky decorations. Now nobody trusts Willy Wonka. Perhaps we never should have. After all, this is the man who invited five children to his factory and set them up to meet grisly fates. Let’s Eat a Chocolate Xbox ControllerThis week Wonka…

“Men putting on weight is different from women putting on weight.” So says the boyfriend of Rika Machida, a Tokyo-based journalist on the verge of “becoming the first woman to make the editorial desk” at her newspaper, the Shūmei Weekly, and the protagonist of this delicious offering – a bestseller in Japan – from Asako Yuzuki. In taking a cleaver to such comments, Yuzuki exposes the misogynist gristle, resulting in an incisive, at times thrilling novel about fatphobia, the pleasures of consumption and the often murky…

Sony Interactive Entertainment With the launches of Helldivers 2, Nightingale, Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League, Foamstars, and Skull & Bones, February 2024 has been packed with new multiplayer games planned to have live service tails. They have all released to varying degrees of success. Warner Bros. and analysts have suggested that Suicide Squad underperformed, while an Insider Gaming report claimed the same about Skull & Bones. On the other hand, games like Nightingale and Helldivers 2 have garnered…

We all know that cheating is wrong. It shows a lack of character. It’s unfair to your classmates. It’s disrespectful toward the entire academic community. And it disappoints the people who invested in your education. However, this doesn’t deter some students. They think that they can ‘easily’ get away with bending the rules.However, some educators don’t take this sort of behavior lightly. Case in point, redditor u/C05m1c-VagRant revealed how they messed up their students’ plans to cheat off each other in a simple but…

The Google Pixel 8 (Review) has one of the most powerful cameras of any smartphone today, so any bug that occurs sticks out that much more. Right now, Pixel 8 users are experiencing a bug where the tap to expose feature is not working. This feature is a bit weird, however. When using the Pixel 8 camera, you have the ability to adjust the exposure of the image based on the area you tap. Tapping on bright areas will lower the exposure and tapping on darker areas will raise it. This is just in case you want the image to…

Next month, in EU member states, third-party app stores will appear on the iPhone for the first time in the device’s history. The change was prompted by the European Commission’s Digital Markets Act (DMA), which is designed to ensure that there’s more competition in the tech industry by forcing giants such as Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Amazon to open up some of their platforms so that smaller companies can better compete. In Apple’s case, the DMA mandates that the company allow competing app stores on the…

It's hard to meet expectations on a regular basis. People are so demanding these days. And, thanks to the glories of social media, everyone is so emotional. Update: People were always so emotional, but these days they have more outlets in which to vent and more choices among competing brands.Please, then, waft with me among some of the juggernauts, the brands that your parents would want you to marry.Which brand is the number-one loyalty object among smartphones? Apple. What about headphones? Apple, too. And which…

By U.S. Department of Energy January 11, 2024Scientists have uncovered the intricate workings of a three-protein complex in the cell replication signaling pathway, a breakthrough that could lead to novel and more effective cancer treatments. This research, using advanced imaging techniques, enhances our understanding of protein interactions and offers new avenues for drug development. Credit: SciTechDaily.comUnlocking Cancer Drug Targets Through Protein Complex AnalysisThree proteins work together to transmit signals for…

Film: Nocturnal BurgerCast: Bebo Madiwal, Millo Sunka,Trupti Khamkar, Pushpendra Singh, Viraj Selot, Somnath Mandal, Vicky Shinde, Shrikant Mohan Yadav, Mukesh PachodeDirector/Writer/Co-editor : Reema MayaCo-editor: Rohan KapoorProducer: Michael Y. ChowCinematographer: Harshvir OberaiRating: 4/5Runtime: 28 mins After having its World premiere at Sundance Film Festival and winning 34 awards, Reema Maya’s internationally acclaimed short Nocturnal Burger about child abuse is now in consideration for Best Live Action…

Apple Music’s full year-end Replay experience has arrived. Although elements of the personalized recap are available year-round (including a continually updating playlist), the company spruces up its web interface this time of year for a sleeker presentation as you reflect on your 2023 listening habits. Apple Music also announced its Artist of the Year (Taylor Swift, who you may have heard of) and subscribers’ top choices in various categories.If you listened to Apple Music this year, you can head to the service’s Replay…