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Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on Saturday. The event precedes the South Carolina primary results expected later on Saturday, where he is predicted to defeat his competitor, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and the former South Carolina governor, in her home state. The hour-and-a-half rambling speech covered his typical gamut, where he touted his cognitive abilities while demeaning President Biden’s; defended Jan. 6…

Honkai: Star Rail is making the jump from Version 1.6 to Version 2.0 with a new playable area to explore. As someone who played Star Rail at launch but dropped it soon after, I wanted to see if it was worth revisiting. Luckily, I was granted access to a preview of Honkai: Star Rail’s newest update, so I hopped onto the Astral Express to check out the new area: Penacony, the Planet of Festivities. A bit of background about me: I’m a Genshin girl. I started playing Genshin Impact on release day in 2020, and I’ve been…

This article was originally published on .cult by Melina Zacharia. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Honeypot presents the story of Ruby on Rails. Hear the origin story from the engineers who worked on the project from day one. And if you don’t have time to watch the whole thing, we also made it into a neat little article for…

This article was originally published on .cult by Patrick Helm. .cult is a Berlin-based community platform for developers. We write about all things career-related, make original documentaries, and share heaps of other untold developer stories from around the world. Once, there was a little online quiz with 10 questions. Each question displayed a tiny method and one had to guess if it was defined in the Ruby core language, or within the Rails framework. Neither Matz nor DHH scored 10/10. TNW…

Screenshot: Universal Studios JapanAt Universal Studios Japan, Super Nintendo World’s “jumping” Donkey Kong ride puts visitors in the mine-cart action of the video game, broken tracks and all. That’s right, you’ll be experiencing a very realistic simulation of being in Kong’s cart and jumping onto a completely different rail on this coaster set to open at Universal Studios Japan.What Was Your First Experience with Super Mario Bros? | io9 InterviewTheme Park attraction trackers CoasterTalk revealed a look at the tech in…

In 2013, Elon Musk published a white paper that teased the idea of zipping from Los Angeles to San Francisco in just 35 minutes through a vacuum-sealed tube — a system he called hyperloop. The idea “originated out of his hatred for California’s proposed high-speed rail system,” according to his biographer Ashlee Vance. Ten years later, the most high-profile startup that tried to follow in Musk’s footsteps — Hyperloop One — is closing its doors. And the news of its demise broke less than two…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeJohn Cusack is one of several Hollywood stars speaking out about unfair wages for actors as the performers’ union goes on strike. On Thursday (13 July), the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (Sag-Aftra) joined screenwriters in strike action, picketing studios for fairer standards for actors and performers across the industry.This effectively means…

French transport multinational Alstom debuted the world's first hydrogen fuel-cell passenger train back in 2016, which went into service in Germany last year. Now the Coradia iLint is rolling down the track in North America for the first time.The first hydrogen-powered train journey in North America took place on June 17 as part of a three-month demonstration project in Canada, and transported a hundred passengers on a stretch of the Réseau de Charlevoix railway network – a 90-km (56-mile) route between Parc de la…

On June 18, Bebe Rexha was performing a hometown show at The Rooftop at Pier 17 in Manhattan. During the performance, an audience member threw an iPhone at the pop singer-songwriter, which hit her just over the right eye. The impact immediately ended the show, and Rexha required three stitches in the aftermath, leaving her with a nasty bruise around her eye. 27-year-old Nicolas Malvagna was quickly arrested as the alleged culprit behind the attack. According to a criminal complaint obtained by The New York Post, Malvagna…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeIn a keynote speech to Harvard University graduates, Tom Hanks argued that Americans who don’t embrace liberty and those who remain indifferent to it are harmful to “creating a more perfect union”.On Thursday (25 May), the Oscar-winning actor was invited to send off over 9,000 graduates at the university’s 372nd commencement ceremony. Welcoming him on stage, Harvard President Lawrence…