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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeNick Mohammed’s “Mr Swallow” skit at the Baftas had his starry audience looking very confused. The 2024 British academy film awards, now in its 77th iteration, took place on Sunday night (18 February) at the Royal Festival Hall in London.The star-studded event was hosted by Doctor Who star David Tennant, and was attended by actors including Margot Robbie, Claire Foy, Ayo Edebiri, Ryan…

The biggest story of the year so far in games has been Palworld, the “Pokémon-with-guns” early access game that broke and rebroke concurrent player records on PC. It’s showing a few signs of being unsustainable, as those player numbers have dropped off in recent weeks and the developers reveal the eye-watering cost of keeping servers online for so many people (almost $6m a year), but it’s still in with a shot of being 2024’s biggest game in terms of pure revenue.There’s something a little unsavoury about Palworld that has…

The Samsung Galaxy Fit 3 is one of the worst-kept secret products from the company to date. The wearable has already been the subject of several leaks ahead of the official launch. We already know the key specs and have seen many photos & a video of the fitness tracker. Now, a fresh leak has left nothing to the imagination. The gadget tipster Roland Quandt has posted complete information and press images of the Fit 3 on the German website WinFuture. Galaxy Fit 3 will be a basic fitness tracker dressed like a…

A spat between an Airbnb host and a married guest has been dragged to court after the “superhost” emailed a photo of the man with another woman to his wife.Shawn Mackey, the guest from Mississippi, is suing Airbnb and “superhost” Pamela Fohler for the fiasco and the “damage” that Fohler caused to his marriage. “The plaintiff’s marriage has suffered as a result,” said Mackey’s 22-page complaint, which was initially filed last September.Mackey has faced “extreme emotional distress” and “public humiliation” due to the…

Sons of the Forest will leave early access on Steam and launch on February 22, and developer Endnight Games released a new trailer showing off what to expect in the game's 1.0 version.The trailer shows footage of players being able to rescue others by calling an SOS, paraglide, and fight off infected monsters. In Sons of the Forest, you're sent off to a remote island with the task to find a missing billionaire. However, upon arriving, you find that it's filled with cannibals. As with many survival games,…

Kansas City police chief Stacey Graves confirmed one person has been declared dead following gunshots firing during the Super Bowl celebration parade on Wednesday. The total number of victims was still unknown, but the chief noted it could be upwards of 10 to 15. Police also said that two people were detained. Fans were urged to exit the area as quickly as possible. The shooting broke the celebratory mood on Valentine’s Day as Chiefs fans marked their third Super Bowl title in five seasons with…

Andrej Karpathy, a leading researcher in the AI community and a founding member of OpenAI, left the company on Monday, as first reported by The Information. Karpathy later confirmed his departure.I Gave Sam Altman a Copy of My Eyeballs | Future Tech“Yes, I left OpenAI yesterday,” Karpathy said in a tweet Tuesday. “First of all nothing ‘happened’ and it’s not a result of any particular event, issue or drama,” said the researcher. “My immediate plan is to work on my personal projects and see what happens. Those of you…

Moms deserve a break every once in a while. But when this parent needed an upgrade from “mom duty” to “mom luxury” and left her baby and boyfriend in economy while she enjoyed a baby-free flight in business class, people questioned her moral compass.Ellis Cochlin, from the UK, admitted that she had left her 10-month-old daughter in economy with her boyfriend, Rob, during a flight, while she had taken the liberty to fly in business, prompting her to question if she was “horrible” to do so.Ellis escaped to business class…

February 12, 20244 min readOur research finds that language is often a barrier for people dealing with cybercrime issues and that it’s important to close this security gapBy Fawn Ngo & The Conversation USPeople in the U.S. with limited English proficiency are particularly vulnerable to cybercrime. The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.In the United States, the Internet Crime Complaint Center serves as a critical component in the FBI’s…

Prince Harry is already heading home to California after a whirlwind 24-hour return to the U.K. that came after this week’s shocking revelation of King Charles III’s cancer diagnosis.  The royal was spotted returning to Heathrow Airport on Wednesday afternoon, the New York Post reports, after touching down there on a red-eye from L.A. around 2 p.m. on Tuesday. The 39-year-old was ushered in a convoy to Clarence House, a royal residence in the London borough of Westminster, for a reported 45-minute visit…