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Culture

Baldur's Gate 2 co-lead declined Baldur's Gate 4: 'That would be insanity'

After the runaway success of Baldur's Gate 3, Hasbro sought a follow-up, but Larian passed. The studio had briefly begun work on Baldur's Gate 4 and Swen Vincke said he was "vulnerable" after the BG3 launch, so he initially agreed to pursue a sequel.

Business

Target raises Pokémon card prices for popular items

Target has raised prices on several popular Pokémon products. The price increase does not appear to apply across the board; instead, it largely focuses on items that are in particularly high demand. So far, the price hikes are: Pokémon Trading Card Game: First Partner Illustration Collection Series 2 — $17.99

Science

Viking mission resources: images, videos and activities

This collection presents images, videos, activities, and other materials related to the Viking 1 and 2 missions. Use the menu at right to jump directly to the section you seek. Highlights include the first photograph ever taken on the Martian surface, obtained by Viking 1 just minutes after landing on

Culture

Millie Bobby Brown says she missed out on socialization while growing up on set

Millie Bobby Brown says the biggest “life skill” she missed was socialization after spending her childhood on the Stranger Things set. “Well, I didn’t go to public school, so maybe a bit of socialization,” the actress told the Happy, Sad, Confused podcast, adding that she sometimes doesn’t know

Business

Class-action suit accuses Samsung, SK Hynix and Micron of DRAM price-fixing

A class-action lawsuit filed in the US district court of Northern California accuses Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron of "concerted anticompetitive behavior by three Oligopolists" in the DRAM market. The complaint was brought by a proposed class of businesses and individual consumers. It alleges that since 2022 the

Crypto

Bitcoin Holds $60K as Selling Slows, Bottom Uncertain

Bitcoin is trading around $60,300 at an important inflection point, with retail investors selling while larger holders remain largely flat. The Crypto Fear & Greed Index sits at 36, and US spot Bitcoin ETFs saw $4.4 billion withdrawn in June. Some strategic buyers are still adding to positions,

Culture

Witch Hat Atelier season 2 officially announced

Witch Hat Atelier has been greenlit for a second season, with director Ayumu Watanabe and Bug Films returning to helm the project. The renewal was posted on the series’ official social media accounts shortly after the first season concluded, confirming that Coco’s journey into the world of magic will

Culture

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

A Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz asks which sci‑fi world you'd survive — The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, or Star Wars. Eight questions with five choices each probe instincts about scarcity, threats, authority, environment, allies and what makes survival worth it. Your answers point to the universe

Culture

A24's low-budget horror Undertone tops HBO Max after weekend

Undertone, A24's low-budget thriller, reached HBO Max's number one spot the weekend after it was added on June 26. The film performed ahead of titles such as How To Make a Killing, They Will Kill You, and Ready Player One on tracking site FlixPatrol. Directed by

Culture

Gorgeous Metroidvania SHADE Protocol hits 150,000 wishlists, smashes Kickstarter

Developer Little Legendary surpassed its $40,000 Kickstarter goal in a single day for SHADE Protocol, and the campaign has since raised $275,420, nearly seven times that base target. The game also reached more than 150,000 Steam wishlists, gained 10,000 followers, and passed $230,000 on Kickstarter

Tech

Sony: We won't sell PlayStation 6 'at significant losses'

Console makers have often sold hardware at a loss, recouping money through game sales and subscriptions. In the 2021 Epic v Apple trial Microsoft said it had never made a penny from console sales, and in 2022 the company was losing $200 per Xbox. The ongoing memory and storage cost

Politics

Keiko Fujimori wins Peru presidency in tight runoff

Keiko Fujimori vowed to restore “order and hope” after narrowly defeating left-wing candidate Roberto Sanchez in the 7 June presidential runoff. The final results showed she outpolled Sanchez by fewer than 50,000 votes out of more than 18 million ballots cast, and the National Electoral Jury is scheduled to

Culture

Scarlett Johansson Reboot of '70s Masterpiece Finally Reveals New Title

Scarlett Johansson, who has largely steered clear of horror despite early roles in Eight-Legged Freaks and acclaim in Under the Skin, will star in an upcoming entry in The Exorcist franchise. The new movie comes from Mike Flanagan, creator of The Haunting of Hill House. Flanagan’s production company, Red

Culture

Terence Stamp's Wartime Memories Shape His Valkyrie Role

Valkyrie, the 2008 thriller often recalled for Tom Cruise’s eye patch and the plot to kill Adolf Hitler, also features Terence Stamp as General Ludwig Beck. Stamp brings something most of the cast did not: memories of World War II from his childhood in London during the Blitz, decades

Culture

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2 gets first full trailer

Netflix dropped the first major trailer for Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, a sci-fi series set to debut this fall. The footage is a sensory overload, offering a first look at the new four-character main cast in motion with plenty of explosions, murder and grainy VHS-style recordings. Much of the trailer is

Culture

Supergirl writer seemingly misinterpreted the Woman of Tomorrow comic ending

Supergirl screenwriter Ana Nogueira appears to have misread the ending of Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, producing a different fate for a key villain in the new film. Nogueira said the comic "ends with Ruthye killing him, but in the far, far future," and that the movie team couldn’

Culture

Supergirl’s Opening Weekend Trails Morbius and Joker

Supergirl arrived in theaters last week. Critics praised Milly Alcock’s performance, but the film received mixed reviews and opened at number two domestically with $38 million, well behind Toy Story 5’s $70 million in its second week. That puts its debut below the opening of any Marvel Cinematic

Culture

Bond Veteran Rules Out Longtime Favorites as Reboot Auditions Begin

Amazon MGM Studios has taken creative control of the Bond franchise from Barbara Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson, and casting director Nina Gold is now helping to find the next star. Longtime Bond casting director Debbie McWilliams — who cast Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan and Daniel Craig — says she does not

Culture

House of the Dragon's Nettles Replacement Imperils Rhaena

Season 3 of House of the Dragon diverges sharply from Fire & Blood by folding the mysterious rider Nettles into the character of Rhaena. The show has Rhaena claim the wild dragon Sheepstealer and ride into battle, a change that reshapes her role in the conflict. That decision quickly puts

Sports

Germany knocked out by Paraguay after VAR cancels Tah header

Germany were sensationally dumped out of the 2026 World Cup after losing 4-3 on penalties to Paraguay following a 1-1 draw in Foxborough. Julian Nagelsmann’s side dominated possession (75 percent) and outshot their opponents 21-7, but fell behind to Julio Enciso’s 42nd-minute opener. Kai Havertz levelled shortly after

Culture

Cryptic crossword No 30,046

1 down. Ferret wounded small creatures in a hole. 7 letters. 2 down. Try united batter and stew. 7 letters. 3 down. Social gathering vital for one usually on laptop. 8 letters and 3 letters. 4 down. Selective eaters may have struggles to eat this protein? 7 letters. 5 down.

Culture

Jerry O'Connell says he likes Rebecca Romijn's 'funky' body odor

Jerry O’Connell admitted his wife Rebecca Romijn’s body odor smells “funky,” but he’s all for it. “Well, I have to tell you, my wife, Rebecca Romijn, rubs crystals under her arms,” the actor shared on the “Thanks Dad with Ego Nwodim” podcast. “And I’m here to

Tech

Memory makers split between silence and ultra-fast kits as prices stay high

Memory kits are painfully expensive right now. Lenovo presented a forecast at a high-performance computing event that said DRAM supply and prices will remain extremely high for many years and may never return to 2024 levels. Despite that outlook, major kit makers have taken a binary approach: keep quiet or

Culture

After 36 years, Akira's manga still offers one of cyberpunk's best endings

Cyberpunk often leaves room for a glimmer of hope. Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 film Akira became a cornerstone of the genre, yet it was adapted from a manga that only finished serialization on June 25, 1990, and the two versions take different paths to their conclusions. Both works follow teen

Tech

How to use an old Android phone as a backup for your home router

Hot weather and stretched infrastructure can knock out power and phone lines, so having a router-level fallback keeps every device on the network connected without changing Wi‑Fi credentials on each one. Using a smartphone as the router's upstream link avoids the hassle of switching every gadget to