In Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera, the past is so close you can almost touch it. In fact, many characters do. The film’s central band of Italian tomb robbers — or tombaroli — regularly pillage gravesites peppered throughout the Tuscan countryside. They physically force historical artifacts into the present, transporting them from their longtime homes of…
Since the dawn of the internet, users have gone online to escape. They’ve flooded forums to build community when the outside world was lacking, and they’ve delved into fantasy worlds, fanfiction, and original characters to explore the limits of personal identity. In the ’00s, online accounts, from the blinged-out Myspace pages to fantasy RPG profiles,…
“I still remember when I first used VR, I hadn’t cried so much for a long time. Especially being someone that was failed by the NHS [National Health Service],” Levia*, a trans woman living in Britain, explained. “Many trans people cry when they finally feel whole in VRChat.” Transgender people don’t fit into society’s cisheteronormative…
The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who…
Apple’s new iPad Pro and iPad Air are coming a little later than anticipated. In early March, we’ve seen reports that Apple is about to launch new iPads and MacBooks, but only the latter part actually happened, with the company launching two new MacBook Air devices. Now, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman claims that Apple is planning…
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Tykr Stock Screener is on sale for £79.28 with code GET20, saving you 89% on list price. While it’s initially intimidating to wager your hard-earned cash on stocks, investing is also one of the only ways you can grow your money. But it’s understandably a scary venture for newbies, especially…
TL;DR: A lifetime subscription to Tykr Stock Screener is on sale for £79.28 with code GET20, saving you 89% on list price. While it’s initially intimidating to wager your hard-earned cash on stocks, investing is also one of the only ways you can grow your money. But it’s understandably a scary venture for newbies, especially…
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Oh hey there! If you’re here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we’re serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today’s answer. If you just want to be told today’s word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for March 29’s Wordle solution revealed. But if…
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that’s captured the public’s attention. The game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we’ve served up some hints and tips to get you over the…