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Science

Curiosity Sols 4908-4912: Goodbye Campo Marte

Drilling kept the rover in place for a while, and our 47th successful drill, "Campo Marte," was no exception. The team used that downtime to run many observations. Having served three times as Science Operations Working Group chair while we were here, I find this a real goodbye

Culture

The Critic creators say reboot 'never been closer' to happening

The Critic ran for 23 episodes in the 1990s, following gluttonous, self-important film critic Jay Sherman and starring Jon Lovitz. Created by former Simpsons writers Al Jean and Mike Reiss, the show spent one season on ABC and another on Fox before it was canceled. The duo later returned to

Culture

X‑Men don't exist in Marvel's Wolverine, and Spider‑Man won't appear

Despite showing Jean Grey and Mystique, Marvel's Wolverine centers solely on Logan rather than a team of X‑Men. Marcus Smith, the game's creative director, said the developers wanted to build a Wolverine story in a world where mutants aren't well established. Smith clarified

Crypto

Treasury pushes Bitcoin reserve, expects CLARITY Act to pass this summer

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Senate lawmakers the department is pushing to establish a strategic Bitcoin reserve and digital asset stockpile, more than a year after President Donald Trump called for one in a 2025 executive order. Speaking at a Senate Finance Committee hearing on the department's fiscal

Business

Valve Allegedly Threatened Delistings Over Cheaper Store Prices

For the last five years Valve has been at the center of a class action lawsuit in which developers allege the company holds a monopoly and penalizes partners that undercut Steam prices elsewhere. The suit began in the U.S. in 2021, was originally filed by Humble Bundle and Wolfire

Culture

Ridley Scott's Kingdom of Heaven Arrives on Peacock

Ridley Scott returned to historical action with Kingdom of Heaven, directed by Scott and written by William Monahan. Set in the 12th century during the Crusades, Orlando Bloom stars as Balian de Ibelin, a widower who joins his father, navigates the Christian army's politics and must defend Jerusalem.

Culture

Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like?

Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? The quiz presents five iconic figures — Paul Atreides, Captain Kirk, Princess Leia, Ellen Ripley, and Max Rockatansky — and uses eight short questions to match you with one of them. The questions probe how you lead under pressure, your greatest strength in a crisis,

Sports

They didn't ask me: Van Dijk on Arne Slot's surprise sacking

Liverpool captain Virgil van Dijk said he was completely surprised by the club's abrupt decision to sack manager Arne Slot after a disappointing campaign. He revealed he was not consulted and only learned of the dismissal after the news leaked on Saturday: "I landed in Amsterdam on

Politics

Sarah Kellen considering memoir but fears giving up 'get-out-of-jail' card

Sarah Kellen, who began working for Jeffrey Epstein in 2001 and remained with him for about 15 years, has begun work on a tell-all memoir but worries it could hand over her “get out of jail free” card. She also worked closely with Ghislaine Maxwell. Kellen was named as an

Tech

Computex 2026 shows PC gaming tech is no longer just for gamers

Computex 2026 made one thing clear: the PC gaming sector still exists, but its edges are becoming harder to define. With the broader PC market and global economy feeling shaky, many products on show seemed more aimed at doing many things well rather than fitting neatly into a single ‘gaming’

Culture

How to Rob a Bank is modern day Heat meets Twitch

Director David Leitch, of Deadpool 2 and Bullet Train fame, dares to ask: What if Michael Mann's 1995 American crime-thriller Heat took place in the modern day? The result is the daring, adrenaline-pumping action film How to Rob A Bank. Featuring a star-studded cast of Nicholas Hoult, Zoë

Culture

Crossword editor’s desk: celebrating 30,000 cryptics with a treasure hunt

Cryptic No 30,000 has been published, and here — in the order solvers experienced it, but presented in reverse — is how the milestone was marked. In 2024, seeing we were approaching the last half of the 29,000-numbered puzzles, we decide the best way to celebrate it is to have

Culture

Not every publisher is running from GTA 6, Devolver says

GTA 6 has loomed over the industry for so long it feels like a force of nature, prompting fans to speculate about trailers and pushing many publishers to reshuffle release dates ahead of its November 19 launch. Devolver responded to a Kotaku headline on Twitter, noting "not every publisher&

Tech

What We Learned From the First Extended Look at Marvel’s Wolverine

State of Play delivered the first extended look at Marvel’s Wolverine, and the footage makes one thing clear: this is not an open-world or sandbox game. Game director Mike Daly said, “I can say we did not set out to make an open-world game or a sandbox game,” explaining

Tech

Rhino Linux's Lomiri snapshot recalls the glory days of Unity

Rhino Linux is preparing a major change: a new Lomiri desktop that aims to revive the convergence idea behind Ubuntu’s Unity. The developers have released an early snapshot of that build, and it can be booted as a live image for testing. As a snapshot, the build is unfinished

Culture

Prime Video Cancels Stargate Revival, Producer Joseph Mallozzi Reacts

Prime Video has scrapped a new Stargate series developed by Martin Gero, Joseph Mallozzi confirmed. Gero worked on the project for two years and it had been greenlit in November of 2025. Mallozzi said, "Creator Martin Gero developed a new Stargate series over two years, ultimately crafting a show

Culture

Which Taylor Sheridan World Do You Belong In?

Taylor Sheridan's four worlds — Yellowstone, Landman, Tulsa King and Mayor of Kingstown — are brutal, complicated and built on power, loyalty and the price of survival. Sheridan doesn't write heroes — he writes people who do what they have to do and live with the cost. A ten-question

Culture

London Gallery Weekend 2026: 10 must-see shows

London hosts hundreds of world-class galleries and thousands of exhibitions, yet high rents and a difficult economy have forced many spaces to close — the Tiwani Contemporary recently announced it will shut. Even so, London Gallery Weekend, now in its sixth year, brings the city's biggest and brightest galleries

Sports

Why Belgium superfan Adam El Manawy is driving across America

Adam El Manawy's car is called 'The Beast' — a 1982 BMW 3 Series coupe that he rebuilt after it was falling apart. An actor, director and filmmaker who counts Jean-Claude Van Damme among his collaborators, El Manawy is first and foremost a devoted Belgium fan; he

Culture

Vasana Montgomery apologizes after N-word videos resurface

Vasana Montgomery has issued a statement after being removed from the Season 8 cast, following the resurfacing of videos that showed her using a racial slur. “I want to address a couple videos from my teen years that have recently resurfaced,” Montgomery began in a statement posted to her Instagram

Culture

Final Fantasy 14 seasonal events schedule: what to expect

Final Fantasy 14 runs a steady rotation of seasonal events, from Valentine's, Easter and Halloween variants to celebrations inspired by Japanese holidays and in‑world festivities. Square Enix rarely posts exact dates far in advance, but each event tends to return at roughly the same time each year.

Culture

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl makes Krenko, Mob Boss obsolete

Krenko, Mob Boss has long been the poster child for explosive token strategies, but a new card from the Marvel Super Heroes set changes the matchup. Unbeatable Squirrel Girl is a four-cost 4/4 Squirrel Human Hero that creates a 1/1 green squirrel token when she enters the battlefield

Science

Digital Resource Hub: International Space Station

Twenty-five years ago humanity set out on a sustained effort to live and work together in space. What began as a fragile framework of modules has become the longest-running platform for international cooperation in orbit — the International Space Station. The hub offers a 2026 calendar and downloadable desktop and mobile

Culture

A convincing theory links God of War Laufey's cube to Metatron's Cube

Phranque, the talking cube unveiled in the God of War Laufey trailer, was widely mocked on first viewing. Enthusiasts online, however, have proposed a more serious interpretation: that the cube is a physical manifestation of Metatron's Cube, an idea first highlighted by GameSpot. Learn Religions describes Metatron'

Tech

Wario64 Banned And Unbanned In Record Time Over Rayman Leak

Online deals guru Wario64, who likely helped at least a few of you reading this with buying a PS5 or Switch 2, was briefly banned (and then unbanned) last night after posting a publicly accessible link to a store page for the then-unannounced Rayman Origins Enhanced. At around 1:30