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Parler is back, baby. After a year-long hiatus from the web, the conservative social media site has returned to the internet, and this time its new owners are promising it won’t become the radical rightwing hellscape it was when it left. Tesla Investors Not Happy With Mr. Tweet's TweetsParler has been offline since last April when it was bought by a media conglomerate and was subsequently shut down in the hopes of revamping and resurrecting it. Prior to its procurement, the site had been struggling. This week, as part…

With so much content online these days, and a big focus on using phones to access it, there isn’t a lot of focus on good laptops when it comes to things like web browsing. That’s a shame because the bigger screens of laptops mean you get a lot more space to view content and read on; those who often have trouble with smaller letters don’t have to deal with zoomed-in pages on a phone screen. Luckily, there are quite a few options out there when it comes to laptops made for web browsing, and we’ve gone out there and…

Sydney Sweeney is opening up about the many reasons she signs up for a project. The actor, who starred as Julia Carpenter in Madame Web, talked to British GQ about the decision and said that it was more of a ‘strategic business decision’ for securing more future projects. (Also read: Sydney Sweeney got fake blood in her eye while filming Immaculate but said ‘keep shooting’: She was in a lot of pain) This image released by Sony Pictures shows Sydney Sweeney in a scene from Madame Web. (Columbia Pictures/Sony via…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSydney Sweeney has admitted that featuring in Sony’s critically panned superhero blockbuster, Madame Web, was more of a “strategic business decision”.The recently released movie, which was branded an “embarrassing mess” in early reviews, stars Dakota Johnson as clairvoyant superhero Cassandra Web, alongside Sweeney, who portrays Julia Carpenter, the character who eventually becomes…

Apple on Tuesday announced that it was adding support for Web Distribution will roll out in the coming weeks, allowing developers to distribute apps directly from their websites, without the need for installing third party app stores. These apps can also support system integration along with backup and restore functionality. The iPhone maker also revealed that it was making changes to its policies related to support for alternative app stores in the EU, making it easier for developers to…

Lootere OTT release: Hansal Mehta is back with another action drama series which covers the real-life event of ship hijacking. Mehta is known for several OTT web series hits such as Scoop, Scam 1992, and more. Now the new web series Lootere will soon be made available on the OTT platform in the coming days so you can watch this spine-chilling crime drama from the comfort of your home. The Lootere OTT release date has already been announced with the official trailer so you can take a sneak peek of what is going to happen…

Unsplash Sony added a bunch of great functionality to PS5, but one thing that’s missing is a web browser. Unlike its predecessor, PS4, there’s not a standard web browser you can access from your home screen. That’s a bit of a letdown, as it feels like a huge step back from what was available years ago. Thankfully, all is not lost. With a little elbow grease and a lot of ingenuity, you can access a web browser on PS5. The process is quite convoluted, and it’s not the most user-friendly browser, but it’s possible to…

Smartphones are getting increasingly powerful and there don’t seem to be many apps that can choke modern flagships. While the industry is looking towards even higher scores on benchmark apps, Google has reportedly seen the capable chips in a different way, that might actually bring value to users’ regular usage. You may already know that the Google Pixel 8 Pro and the Galaxy S24 series have some innovative and helpful AI features. Google even stressed the Pixel 8 Pro’s capability to run some relatively large AI models…

If there was a superhero with the power to make good comic book movies, one can imagine Sony would be all over trying to buy up the rights. Outside its splendid animated Spider-Man films and a team-up with Marvel on the recent trilogy of films starring Tom Holland’s masked webslinger, the studio has struggled. This is largely because it has inexplicably tried to manufacture interest in an assortment of superheroes and antiheroes who are part of Spidey’s world in the comics, but who the wider viewing public doesn’t know…

This Tuesday, Google will roll out a change to the Core Web Vital metrics where it will replace First Input Delay (FID) with Interaction to Next Paint (INP) as a Core Web Vitals metric. This March 12th you will see FID go away and INP take its place. Please know that this is unrelated to the ongoing March 2024 Google Core update, core updates and Core Web Vitals have zero to do with each other. On March 12, 2024 Google will replace First Input Delay (FID) with Interaction to Next Paint (INP) as a Core Web Vitals…