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Quote of the day:
Keep smiling. It makes people wonder what you are up to. Anonymous
Jokes of the day:
Why did the girl smear peanut butter on the road? To go with the traffic jam.
My parents raised me as an only child, which really annoyed my younger brother.
Top 10 news of the day:
Killbox construction kit Meet Your Maker is out now
Meet Your Maker is about constructing killboxes and trying to infiltrate other player’s killboxes, and it’s out now on Steam.
Meet Your Maker is out. The first-person shooter from the developers of Dead By Daylight is set in a post-apocalypse in which players alternately construct death mazes to protect their precious resources, and infiltrate the death mazes of others. Her… [1260 chars]
Spotify shows how the live audio boom has gone bust
In the latest sign that live audio is well and truly on its way out, Spotify is shutting down its Spotify Live app.
This is Hot Pod, The Verge’s newsletter about podcasting and the audio industry. Sign up here for more. Lots of news to start off the week. Let’s get right into it: Spotify Live gets the ax, the Obamas land another podcast deal, and iHeart signs a to… [6224 chars]
Kim Kardashian says her skincare line has made her ‘confident’ to wear LESS makeup
Kim Kardashian launched her SKKN line of skin care last June. She’s opening up about how her new routine has changed her life. ‘I receive so many compliments on my natural skin now!’
Kim Kardashian is opening up about how her life — and skin — has changed since she launched SKKN BY KIM last summer. In a video on the brand’s Instagram Stories she was asked: ‘How has prioritizing skincare impacted your confidence?’ The mother of fo… [3688 chars]
Kick Elden Ring enemies around with this great mod
Give baddies the ol’ mighty foot with an Elden Ring mod that enables big ragdolling kicks, as well as an impressive first-person camera.
A new mod for Elden Ring adds one of the most important things a game can have: a really hefty kick to boot people onto their bums and over edges. This has come with an update to First Person Souls, an impressive mod which gives FromSoftware’s game a… [1727 chars]
Acclaimed island mystery Call of the Sea comes to Meta Quest 2 next week
Call of the Sea VR, the virtual reality adaptation of developer Out of the Blue’s acclaimed 2020 tropical island myster…
Call of the Sea VR, the virtual reality adaptation of developer Out of the Blue’s acclaimed 2020 tropical island mystery adventure, launches for Meta Quest 2 and Quest Pro on 13th April. Call of the Sea, if you’re unfamiliar, tells the story of Norah… [978 chars]
Spotify Is Shutting Down The Best Part Of Its App
Spotify is shutting down one of the best aspects of it’s programming, effective almost immediately. Here are all the details.
Spotify Is Canceling Its Live Audio App Spotify will be canceling its live app at the end of this month. By Sckylar Gibby-Brown | After two years of trying to get its live audio app to take off, Spotify is finally pulling the plug. The app, which was… [2346 chars]
Japan: Persona fans reveal their all-time favourite Persona game
Japanese company Netorabo Survey Team conducted a research survey to find out what the definitive Persona video games are. The franchise has always been huge…
Japanese company Netorabo Survey Team conducted a research survey to find out what the definitive Persona video games are. The franchise has always been huge news in Japan and has been a big sales success in the west with Persona 5 and the enhanced v… [527 chars]
Devastated fiancé’s tribute as Yorkshire woman dies of blood poisoning at 26 and family issue plea
‘Everything just turned upside down overnight, it was horrible,’ Hannah’s fiancé Ben Richardson said
Loved ones hope the memory of a young Yorkshire farmer who died from blood poisoning aged just 26, will help raise awareness of sepsis. Hannah Brown, from Newton-le-Willows, North Yorkshire, sadly died on March 26, 2021 — just two days after developi… [3962 chars]
Xbox Game Pass Kicks Off April With Two Surprise Arrivals
Including a day one release! — We didn’t think we were getting any new Xbox Game Pass titles today, but Microsoft has trea…
The first of the two games today is Loop Hero, which is launching on Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S for the first time following its release for PC and Nintendo Switch back in 2021. The game is highly rated on Metacritic with an average of… [1324 chars]
Schoolgirl was left with ‘huge’ ulcer after ‘alternative treatment’ from controversial orthodontist
Dr Mike Mew (pictured) was behind a TikTok ‘mewing’ craze that claims to change the shape of your jawline without surgery. He allegedly performed the reshaping on toddlers.
A six-year-old girl was left with a ‘huge’ ulcer after receiving alternative treatment from a controversial orthodontist, a misconduct tribunal heard. Dr Mike Mew was behind a TikTok ‘mewing’ craze that claims to change the shape of your jawline with… [4156 chars]
