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Image Source : BLUESKY Bluesky reopens sign-ups after a slight break Bluesky, a Twitter rival backed by Jack Dorsey, has announced the reopening of sign-ups after temporarily disabling them a few days ago. The company stated that any outstanding invite codes can now be used to create an account. The announcement was made via a screenshot shared by The Verge. The surge…

Last updated: July 3rd, 2023 at 14:28 UTC+02:00 The latest two beta versions of WhatsApp that rolled out through the Google Play Beta Program over the past few days appear to contain two new exciting changes and additions. They are now getting tested with the help of a small number of beta users. The first big change, spotted in WhatsApp beta version 2.23.14.10, adds an option to send high-quality videos. These files are larger but have a higher resolution of 1296 x 608 rather than 880 x 416. Beta testers (via…

Studio Wildcard has announced that Ark: Survival Ascended is slated for a launch in October for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S, though players will see a slight discount to its price. Ark: Survival Ascended, an Unreal Engine 5 remaster of Ark: Survival Evolved, is proving more problematic than originally thought. “We’re discovering new ways each day to push the technology to the next level; combined with the work needed to support a fully cross-platform-moddable game ecosystem on consoles and PC, it’s clear…

American high school is a shark pit at the best of times. But it’s particularly tough if, like Ruby Gillman (voiced by Lana Condor), you are a member of a family of krakens – blue-skinned, tentacled, invertebrate sea creatures – who have been passing as human for the past 15 years. And while Ruby thought that negotiating prom was her main challenge, it turns out that her mother (Toni Collette) hasn’t been entirely straight with her. Ruby has a monster-size problem.Key to understanding it all is the grandmother she never…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThere’s a wide gap between outright acceptance and outright rejection. And it’s somewhere within that muddled centre that Dionne Edwards has set her directorial debut, Pretty Red Dress, about a husband’s reckoning with what it means to be a man. Edwards’s film is an admirable if somewhat slight attempt to explore how the gender binary harms all. And, more specifically, the rigid…

EV maker Polestar revealed Tuesday that the 2024 Polestar 2 will start at $51,300 (including destination fee). Although the price is slightly higher than last year’s model, the 2024 version includes more range and new features. Since its debut in 2020, the Polestar 2 has continued expanding into new markets and territories, propelling car sales to grow by over 500%. Polestar’s first electric car has been a breakout hit with its Swedish minimalist design, high performance, and fun-to-drive…

Tesla has implemented a very small price increase on Model 3 and Model Y. It’s so small that it’s hard to explain, but it does result in a discount on new inventory vehicles. After consistently and gradually increasing its electric vehicle prices over the last two years, Tesla has started bringing those prices down in 2023 to keep demand up. It started with a big price drop in early January, and then some smaller price adjustments after with the latest coming in February for Model 3 and…

Microsoft launched 'new' Bing with artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities earlier this year. Features such as Bing Chat put the company's search engine into the spotlight, helping it cross 100 million daily active users early in March. In another such feat, the integration of OpenAI's technology into Bing has also driven its page visits even as market leader Google has seen a drop.According to data from analytics firm Similarweb, traffic on Bing (bing.com) has risen 15.4% and traffic to Google (google.com) is down…

Bethlehem Hospital is the legendary institution which gave rise to the word “bedlam” – its name has been reapplied, without obvious irony, to a fictional geriatric hospital in Yorkshire for this gentle, shrewd ensemble comedy, adapted by screenwriter Heidi Thomas from the much-admired 2018 stage play by Alan Bennett with a new Covid-aware coda bolted on to the end. Richard Eyre directs with a sure hand.The “Beth” is a small community facility which has attracted donations from celebrities after whom various parts of the…

Playdate, the quirky gaming handheld with a crank, is finally getting its on-system storefront Catalog today. That update comes ahead of a small price increase for the system, which will begin retailing for $199 instead of $179. This news came during Panic’s first Playdate Update showcase of 2023, which was mostly focused on introducing Catalog and its launch game lineup. When players find a game they like on the storefront, they can crank to buy it once their credit card info is connected to their…