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The nostalgic 80s sound of vaporwave, the nocturnal funk-pop of Nite Jewel, the blissful Balearic songs of the Mood Hut label and the kind of balladry heard between bouts of dimension-crossing depravity at a Twin Peaks bar combine on the second album by US singer and producer JJ Weihl, AKA Discovery Zone.Discovery Zone: Quantum Web album artThe period detail is expertly rendered, from Fairlight-style ersatz choral vocals to the same upward-zooming synth sound used by Alice Coltrane on her meditation tapes to evoke an…

Google Chrome is expected to offer the ability to “Install page as an app” as a Progressive Web App (PWA). The feature, discovered inside the Canary (beta) version of the popular web browser, isn’t new but Google is finally simplifying the process. The Chrome browser for desktops and laptops will easily install any website as an app. The browser is essentially offering the ability to create a shortcut to a website on users’ home screen or desktop. Regardless, websites are increasingly offering multiple functions and…

In November, I conducted a survey aimed at SEO professionals, delving into their perspectives on climate change. This article unpacks the survey results, highlighting key findings and offering practical advice for SEO professionals looking to impact the environment positively. But first, let’s explore why the link between SEO and climate change matters.Why ask SEOs about climate change? What’s the link? While we’re slowly transitioning toward a net-zero environment, many scientists believe this won’t be…

Showtime OTT release today: Unlock the glitzy mysteries behind the silver screen as Karan Johar throws his weight behind Disney+ Hotstar's latest web series, "Showtime." The star-studded cast includes Emraan Hashmi, Mahima Makwana, Mouni Roy, Rajeev Khandelwal, Shriya Saran, and other notable actors, promising an insider's perspective into the enigmatic world of Bollywood. Speculation is rife that the series might draw inspiration from Johar's own life, fueling curiosity about the untold tales of the multimillion-dollar…

Google’s Core Web Vitals have been a ranking signal since 2021 when Google introduced three metrics to measure the quality of user experiences on a website. Real user monitoring data can tell you how well you do on Core Web Vitals and what you can do to improve them. This applies especially to the new Interaction to Next Paint (INP) metric that becomes one of the Core Web Vitals on March 12, 2024. What’s the difference between lab data and real user data? When measuring web performance, we can look at either…

OpenAI's AI chatbot ChatGPT has been gaining immense popularity since its launch in 2022. After ChatGPT was launched, tech companies around the world started building AI chatbots of their own. With an increase in popularity, ChatGPT has gained several new features to improve its responses and user experience. Now, OpenAI has introduced a new Read Aloud feature to ChatGPT. This feature will allow ChatGPT to read its responses aloud to the users. Therefore, now users can listen to the responses instead of reading them.…

"I probably will never do anything like it again because I don’t make sense in that world," the actress says of her Marvel debut There’s no harm in trying something out and realizing that it isn’t a perfect fit. People do it all the time — making big moves, committing to an incompatible partner, wearing regrettable fashion trends. Dakota Johnson‘s one-and-done is Marvel’s Madame Web. “I probably will never do anything like it again,” the actress told Bustle in a new interview. “I don’t make sense…

Count Dakota Johnson out of any future superhero movie discourse. After Madame Web became Sony’s latest Spider-verse flop, the movie got ripped apart by the internet despite a rising cult of fans calling the messy film camp. Most recently on Saturday Night Live, Johnson’s co-star Sydney Sweeney joked you probably “didn’t see” her in the film—and as for Johnson herself, her sardonic press tour interviews said a lot in between her finely minced words. The Epitome of 14 inch Gaming | Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 ReviewA new…

Madame Web may be an even bigger critical and financial disaster than Morbius, but let’s give it something: At least it’s not boring. While it was hard to remember anything that happened in, say, Aquaman 2 — and other mediocre superhero movies of that ilk — five minutes after seeing it, the sheer mind-numbing oddness of Sony’s deranged attempt to ignite a franchise lingers in the memory, whether you want it to or not. We’ve seen endless comic book films, and yet no others feature Dakota Johnson yelling at Ebeneezer…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeDakota Johnson has admitted she will likely never be involved in anything like Madame Web ever again after Sony’s blockbuster movie – based on Marvel’s Spider-Man universe – was “ripped to pieces” by fans and critics. Following its cinematic release on Valentine’s Day (14 February), the film was quickly branded an “embarrassing mess” by critics.The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey…