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World of Warcraft's first update of 2024 is just around the corner, and although it's technically labeled as a "minor" patch, it will add some game-changing new features to Blizzard's MMORPG.Blizzard has announced WoW's next update, Seeds of Renewal, will arrive on January 16. Update 10.2.5 will bring Dragonflight's excellent dragonriding flight system to all of Azeroth, something players have requested ever since they first got their hands on the new type of in-game flight during Dragonflight's Alpha…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain In a recent study centered on China's primary social shopping community, researchers shed light on the factors influencing the growth of the follower networks of content creators. The empirical study, published in the International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering, focuses on the role of social media likes in this process, revealing intriguing insights pertinent to the content…

Gov. Gavin Newsom will not challenge a California appellate court’s decision to allow parole for Leslie Van Houten, moving the former follower of Charles Manson closer to release following more than 50 years behind bars. “The governor is disappointed by the Court of Appeal’s decision to release Ms. Van Houten, but will not pursue further action as efforts to further appeal are unlikely to succeed,” Newsom’s communications director, Erin Mellon, said in a statement Friday. Van Houten, 73, is serving a life sentence for…

A California appeals court said Tuesday that Leslie Van Houten, who participated in two killings at the direction of cult leader Charles Manson in 1969, should be let out of prison on parole. The appellate court’s ruling reverses an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom, who rejected parole for Van Houten in 2020. She has been recommended for parole five times since 2016. All of those recommendations were rejected by either Newsom or former California Gov. Jerry Brown. Newsom could request that…

Leslie Van Houten, a follower of cult leader Charles Manson who took part in murders on his orders, is entitled to parole after spending more than 50 years behind bars, a California appeals court ruled Tuesday, reversing Gov. Gavin Newsom’s decision to deny her release. Van Houten, 73, has been recommended for parole five times since 2016, but all were denied by Newsom or his predecessor, Gov. Jerry Brown. Tuesday’s decision by the 2nd District Court of Appeal is the first time a court has overruled a governor’s denial…

Has your list of followers on LinkedIn changed? If so, it’s because LinkedIn said it is now removing “hibernated” and “restricted” accounts from the connection and follower counts of all members and will continue to regularly do so heading forward. New Help documentation. LinkedIn has added new Restricted and hibernated account filtering Help documentation. It explains: “In order to better support LinkedIn members and contributors with more reliable engagement and reach insights, restricted and hibernated…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeElle Fanning has revealed the grim feedback she once received after being rejected from a big franchise film.Fanning – the younger sister of child star Dakota Fanning – rose to fame with roles in a handful of Noughties classics, including Because of Winn-Dixie and Daddy Day Care, later hits like Super 8 and We Bought a Zoo and more recent TV shows, The Great and The Girl From…

Wait a minute… Why do people pay for Twitter Blue again? Right, there was that boost in the algorithm that Elon Musk promised users. Well, it doesn’t look like it’s working all that well. Based on a new report, about half of the Twitter Blue subscribers have less than 1,000 followers.This was discovered in a report from researcher Travis Brown. He kept track of Twitter Blue subscribers since January this year, and he concluded that about half of them failed to even crack the 1,000 follower mark. This figure is about…

In 1969, 20-year-old Linda Kasabian came to California to find God. Instead, she found Charles Manson.Just weeks after joining his ragtag “family” of lost and damaged souls, Kasabian was entwined in the brutal bloodbath that became known around the world as the Tate-LaBianca murders. Actress Sharon Tate and six others were killed under orders from Manson during a two-night rampage that would terrify Los Angeles and bring the 1960s to an abrupt and grisly end.Kasabian, who went on to serve as the chief prosecution witness…

Twitter is riding on some rough seas right now as the hurricane known as Elon Musk is blowing through. However, amid a massive job cut, it appears that there are still people working on the Twitter Android app. According to 9To5Google, Twitter is finally getting its themed icon for Android 13.Material You’s themed icons have been a popular staple in Android for over a year. What turns a lot of people away from it is the fact that not all apps supported it. This made for a really inconsistent look for the software. Half…