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When TechCrunch first covered gift registry platform Thankful Registry eleven years ago, its philosophy was turning the act of asking for gifts into a mindful process, instead of a greedy grab for stuff. Fast forward more than a decade, Thankful continues to lean into that mindset with its relaunch. In addition to a redesign, Thankful also has new features like the ability to send cash with more transfer apps. When Amazon removed the ability to add items from other sites to its Wishlists and registries in 2023, it…

Having worked his way through the sonatas of both Beethoven and Schubert for Signum, Llŷr Williams now turns his attention to Schumann’s piano music. Whether this generously filled two-disc set is intended as the first instalment of a more comprehensive survey isn’t clear. The sleeve notes give no hint either way, nor, more crucially, do they explain just why Williams has settled upon this particular selection of six works. It ranges chronologically from Schumann’s Op 2, Papillons, completed in 1831, to Faschingsschwank…

As energetic advocates for folk music go, Jon Wilks is one of the busiest. He runs the lively Tradfolk website (with its enviable wassailing directory), the excellent Old Songs podcast (dissecting ballads and tunes with guests from Jim Moray to Burd Ellen) and his three albums to date have included dusty deep dives into the broadside ballads of Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. He’s also a lightning rod for folk royalty past and present, with Martin Simpson, Eliza Carthy and Angeline Morrison all getting thanks on…

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook expressed cautious optimism about the flood of new artificial intelligence services, saying that while the technology has huge potential, there also are “a number of issues that need to be sorted.” Speaking on an earnings call Thursday, Cook noted that Apple already uses AI across much of its lineup, including in features like fall detection on its smartwatch. The company will continue to add the technology to more of its products, he said, but on a “very thoughtful basis.”…

A gifted singer and accomplished multi-instrumentalist, Lucy Farrell has spent the past decade playing alongside British folk aristocracy in assorted aggregations, most recently as part of the Furrow Collective with Alasdair Roberts, Rachel Newton and Emily Portman. This debut has been a long time coming, a collection of songs written along the way, through romances, breakups, motherhood and more.Its freshness, then, is all the more remarkable. Opener Paperthin bursts out in a flurry of guitars and double-tracked vocals…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeKeanu Reeves has reportedly gifted customised T-shirts to John Wick: Chapter 4’s stunt crew.The 58-year-old actor, who has often been called the “nicest guy in Hollywood”, gifted the film’s stunt performers T-shirts that bore the number of times they had died over the course of the entire film. For some, the number was over 20.Fight coordinator Jeremy Marinas, discussed scenes from the…

Navanwita Bora Sachdev is a freelance contributor and the Editor of The Tech Panda.The consequences of using Application Programming Interfaces (API) are undoubtedly far reaching, something that could be heaven sent for dispersing information and services on a large scale. Groomed with good design, thoughtful APIs for Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) could transform a society into a well-informed entity. APIs are often called the unsung heroes a user doesn't know about. Few users know just how many APIs are…

Cinema has traditionally had a rather dubious relationship with the subject of terminal disease. Imminent death is dressed up in a decorative swirl of romance; patients tend to remain photogenically asymptomatic until the last possible moment. But director and co-writer Emily Atef’s More Than Ever is different. This French and English-language drama is a film about taking ownership over the end of life; about dying personally and, if necessary, selfishly.Vicky Krieps, so wonderfully frosty and autocratic in Corsage, shows…