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In March 2024, user Flimsy-Zebra3775 posted about an eBay listing for a PS3 development kit. One of the images for the console showed a game that never made it to market or even close to the light of day. TimeSplitters 4. Initially, they checked in with the PS3 community. After all, the developer of the TimeSplitters franchise, Free Radical, all but disappeared after its PS3 launch title Haze failed to impress. It’s since completely closed as a result of the Embracer Group layoffs. However, it seems as though this…

The Galaxy S23 series came out last year running version 5.1 of One UI out of the box. Samsung didn't waste time in bringing it to other devices: One UI 5.1 was released for devices like the Galaxy S22 and the Galaxy Z Fold 4 before the Galaxy S23, S23+, and S23 Ultra hit retail shelves. Before One UI 5.1, Samsung traditionally released One UI updates for older devices after the flagship they debuted with became available for purchase, and with One UI 6.1, the company has returned to that tradition. The Galaxy S24 went…

Google will start enforcing tougher restrictions on personalized ads related to consumer financial products and services from tomorrow, February 28. Any breaches of the updated policy will prompt a warning, with the possibility of account suspension. It’s worth noting that the full enforcement of these measures may take approximately six weeks to be fully implemented. Why we care. Make sure your personalized ads comply with Google’s updated policy now, as this is your final opportunity before the new…

Upgrading to a new flagship phone every year has never made financial sense, and it's especially true right now given how flagship phones no longer bring a lot of major hardware upgrades. Smartphone manufacturers are putting more of a focus on the software experience, and for the Galaxy S24 series, Samsung's entire marketing campaign is based on Galaxy AI, a suite of AI features that enhance your productivity and make tasks like photo editing more useful and fun. But as we said in our Galaxy S24 Ultra review, the AI…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeAt last year’s Baftas, a number of things happened: a two-hour-and-a-half German-language film won Best Picture; Irish actors swept the supporting categories; and a Californian heartthrob picked up the Best Actor award for playing a Mississippian heartthrob. These moments, however, have been almost totally erased in our collective memory in favour of a short rap interval in which…

Influencer Olivia Jade Giannulli is back in the news this week, and, as usual, it’s because of her association to other people who are more famous — or infamous — that she is. First off, Us Weekly reported that the 24-year-old model and YouTube star has once again broken up with Jacob Elordi, the 6-foot-5-inch Australian actor who became one of 2023’s breakout stars with his performances in “Priscilla” and “Saltburn.” He’s also set to host “Saturday Night Live” this weekend. Australian actor Jacob Elordi poses during the…

screenshot / DigitalTrends.com Google is now making efforts to ensure users understand the meaning of Incognito Mode on its Chrome browser following a class-action lawsuit that cost the company $5 billion. The publication MSPoweruser discovered Google tested a Canary build of Chrome with an updated definition of Incognito Mode that more clearly spells out the stipulations of what is hidden when you enter the browsing state. The new disclaimer includes an added line in the first paragraph that reads: “This won’t…

Most TV shows set in the world of Pokémon focus on trainers and their magical pets ripping and running from one region to another in pursuit of becoming legendary battling teams. But fighting for glory is the last thing on anyone’s mind in Pokémon Concierge — Netflix’s new stop-motion animated series from Dwarf Animation Studio and director Ogawa Iku. Instead, Pokémon Concierge imagines a tropical paradise where humans and pokémon alike would want to get away to for some much-needed downtime, and the show does such a…

This is a gentle reminder that Google is updating its ad-serving requirements in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the UK in the coming weeks. Under the new rules, publishers and developers using Google AdSense, Ad Manager, or AdMob in these regions must use a certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) that has been certified by Google and has integrated with the IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework (TCF).Enforcement will begin on January 16, 2023, and will affect a small percentage of EEA and UK…

Wilco – Ashes of American Flags“I want a good life with a nose for things, the fresh wind and bright sky to enjoy my suffering.” Pretty much every line on Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a quietly devastating jolt to the heart, but it was this couplet from the whispery middle section of Ashes of American Flags that grabbed me while listening to this album on repeat at the tail-end of this summer. It painted a picture, to me, of modest goals that are nonetheless worthy of aspiring to: a life that allows for simple…