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Bust out the blue sequins, polish up your roller skates, and start sending those congratulatory gifts to Taylor Swift. As the country participated in the gratuitous orgy of capitalism otherwise known as Super Bowl LVIII, the real ones know that even though the Chiefs came out on top in a down-to-the-wire overtime win over the 49ers, the bona-fide highlights of every Super Bowl Sunday are those super spots. Judging by motifs of the past, some years the commercials are downright weird, while other eras the bulk focused…

Pop spectacles, Springsteen's marathon, Left Shark and loads of soul revues – we've seen 'em all There is no gig in music like the Super Bowl halftime show. You have 15 minutes to justify your legend. You have 150 million people watching, most of whom are distracted by the nachos platter, how much beer is left in the fridge or how much of the rent they bet on the game. Chances are it’s the biggest worldwide audience of your life, and getting it right means rising to the hugeness of…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Tap into any social media platform, turn on the television or cue up a podcast, and it is easy to find examples of hypocrisy or bad behavior in political discourse, and new research from University of Nebraska–Lincoln political scientists may explain why. The findings from a large survey study appearing in Political…

In 2014 L'Oréal USA was involved in a scandal for claiming that their skincare boosts gene activity to rejuvenate the skin without any scientific evidence to back it up.This can only labelled as marketing fraud - an illegal practice that makes false or misleading claims for financial gain. It includes talking big about the product’s attributes, concealing side effects or potential harm, and selling poor-quality items as up-to-par ones.This company is just one example of how organizations are taking advantage of…

Taylor Swift made history, SZA gave a moving speech, Miley Cyrus sounded incredible — and Tracy Chapman defined 'triumphant return' These days, the Grammy snoozefests of years past are just a distant memory. For a few years now, Music’s Biggest Night has felt like a show made by people who actually love music (imagine that!). This year’s ceremony fell in line with that trend, with more than three hours of heartstring-tugging, vocals-blazing moments from the biggest stars of…

iPhone 15 Pro satisfaction continues to fall as customers spend more time with the iPhone 15 lineup. Of all the new models, the owners of the 6.1-inch Pro model are the most unsatisfied about their purchase.The data was revealed by PerfectTrec, and it’s a follow-up of another survey published last October. Since then, cumulative satisfaction with this model decreased from 73.5% to 66%, making it the worst iPhone 15 model and the worst-rated iPhone Pro ever. That said, while overheating was the main issue last…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeThe death of the legendary rock star Meat Loaf on 21 January didn’t just remind us of his musical prowess, but also his acting history. One of those pop giants who somehow never felt out of place on the big screen, Meat Loaf stole scenes in Fight Club, The Rocky Horror Picture Show and, um, Spice World: The Movie.But Meat Loaf isn’t alone when it comes to musical talents showing off…

Arzette: The Jewel of Faramore is getting a controller worthy of its inspiration — for better or worse. The upcoming game, a spiritual successor to the infamous 1993 Zelda titles for the Philips CD-i, will launch with a limited edition controller that resembles one of the largely forgotten system’s original remotes.Developer Seedy Eye Software (a homophone for “CD-i software”) says using the controller on “Classic Controls” mode will let you “play Arzette, as it might have played back in 1993.” That’s when the title’s…

The study highlighted that edtech, childcare, and coding apps accessed the highest number of dangerous permissions, with about two-thirds of childcare and edtech apps having access to children's exact locations. 100% of edtech and coding apps having access to the camera…

January 26, 20244min readChanges in the climate may have caused disruptions to Roman society that manifested as disease outbreaks, researchers have foundBy Tom MetcalfeJules Élie Delaunay's "Plague in Rome" (1869) The sixth-century C.E. Plague of Justinian was “a pestilence, by which the whole human race came near to being annihilated,” according to the Byzantine historian Procopius.Up to half the population of the Roman Empire and tens of millions of people around the Mediterranean may have been killed in the pandemic,…