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Even the Disaster Movie King Couldn't Make Moonfall a Hit

After making films such as Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow and 2012, Roland Emmerich became closely identified with the big‑scale disaster movie. His work relied on massive casts, sweeping spectacles and striking images — the Statue of Liberty buried in ice for The Day After Tomorrow even served as

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Here's what Claude Fable 5 means for crypto and DeFi

Anthropic's Claude Fable 5, the first public Mythos-class model, brings stronger reasoning and coding abilities and is released in two variants: a public version that blocks the most dangerous uses and a less restricted Claude Mythos 5 available only to vetted cybersecurity users. High-risk requests are routed to

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Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?

A sci‑fi survival quiz asks eight questions to determine which of five universes best fits your instincts: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, or Star Wars. Each answer points to the temperament and survival strategy you’d rely on when the future goes wrong. The questions probe practical

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Avalanche Treasury Lists on Nasdaq, Shares Fall 16%

The Avalanche Treasury Company debuted on Nasdaq under the ticker AVAT and closed down 16% on its first day. The listing followed a merger with SPAC Mountain Lake Acquisition in a $675 million deal first announced in October. Backed by institutional investors including Dragonfly, Pantera, ParaFi Capital, VanEck, Galaxy Digital

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Bumblebee is free on Tubi and still the best Transformers film

Bumblebee, long held up as the franchise’s best entry, is now available to stream for free on Tubi. The movie felt like a corrective after later entries such as The Last Knight leaned into ever-larger mythology and spectacle while sidelining the human characters, producing moments that read as disjointed

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After a 2-Year Wait, X-Men '97 Returns With New Season 2 Trailer

After an agonizing two-year wait, X-Men '97 is set to return: Season 2 will debut on July 1, 2026, and Marvel has released a new trailer. Season 1, an Emmy-nominated continuation of X-Men: The Animated Series, exceeded expectations with a visually striking and surprisingly heartfelt approach and ended on

Sports

Evo 2026 is struggling to attract as many competitors

Final registration numbers for Evo 2026 show a clear decline from 2025. The tournament remains the world’s largest fighting game event and takes place each year in Las Vegas; thousands are still signed up for games such as Street Fighter 6 and Tekken 8, but returning titles saw notable

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Middle-earth Quiz: Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You?

Middle-earth Quiz: Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You? One Quiz · Ten Questions · Your Fate Revealed. The road goes ever on. Ten questions stand between you and the truth of who you are. Answer honestly — the One Ring has a way of revealing what we most want to hide.

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Ruben Amorim emerges as AC Milan’s leading managerial candidate

Ruben Amorim has moved to the top of AC Milan's managerial shortlist after a fresh round of talks with the former Manchester United boss. The Portuguese coach has emerged as the frontrunner to lead the Rossoneri's new era, leapfrogging other candidates in a rapidly evolving search

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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce require wedding guests to sign 'ironclad' NDA

TMZ reported that guests invited to Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s upcoming wedding must sign an "ironclad" non-disclosure agreement before receiving details. Insiders said confirmed guests are sent the NDA link, and anyone attending is barred from sharing information; penalties for violations were not disclosed. Names reportedly

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Remake director Naoki Hamaguchi wants to make another JRPG

Naoki Hamaguchi, who has directed the entire Final Fantasy 7 Remake trilogy, says his next project will more than likely be another JRPG. The Remake series finally comes to a close with Final Fantasy 7 Revelation, which is due next year. He has toyed with the idea of DLC, but

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Qatar vs Switzerland Live Stream: How to Watch World Cup 2026 Free

Qatar and Switzerland meet at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara on Saturday, June 13, kicking off at 3:00 PM ET (12:00 PM PT, 8:00 PM UK). ITVX will stream the match free in the UK while FOX carries it over the air in the US; cord-cutters

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Which song features nine times in the film Groundhog Day?

The Saturday quiz asked 15 questions. Answers included Bangui and Ubangi; red kite; Look Back in Anger; I Got You Babe; Henry the Young King; actors and other entertainment pros; Kielder Forest; obsidian. Other solutions were counties in names (Bruce Kent; Devon Malcolm; Sarah Lancashire; Leonard Cheshire); unbeaten in the

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Close Encounters streaming on The Criterion Channel ahead of Disclosure Day

This weekend marks the release of Disclosure Day, and Steven Spielberg returns to his sci-fi roots. Ahead of that, his 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind is now available on The Criterion Channel, a rare streaming opportunity for the Academy Award-winning feature. Made after Jaws' box-office success,

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15 Years Later, Black Mirror’s Best Sci-Fi Quote Is Still Its Most Relevant Line

A sci‑fi survival quiz asks which fictional universe you'd survive: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, or Star Wars. Eight questions guide the result, from sensing something wrong with the world to what would actually make survival worth it. The prompts probe instincts about knowledge, resources,

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Resident Evil Veronica tops Steam wishlists after Summer Game Fest

Steam wishlist data shows Capcom's Resident Evil Veronica was the most popular game revealed across recent Xbox, PlayStation, Nintendo and Summer Game Fest showcases, drawing 803,000 wishlists. It had more than 300,000 additional wishlists than ArenaNet's Guild Wars 3 (496,000) and Panache Digital

Tech

Phone battery draining fast? Malware is one of several possible causes

If your smartphone is losing charge much faster than before, there are many possible causes. Batteries degrade with time, settings like screen brightness and always-on displays can consume extra power, apps running in the background may be syncing constantly, and exposure to extreme heat or cold can reduce battery performance.

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Prince George suppresses sneeze during national anthem at Trooping the Colour

At the 2026 Trooping the Colour, 12-year-old Prince George stifled a sneeze while the royal family stood on the Buckingham Palace balcony for the Royal Air Force flypast. As the anthem ended he covered his nose and mouth and sneezed, then shared a laugh with his mother, the Princess of

Tech

Crimson Desert patch raises pet cap to 100 and adds more chainsaw access

A new patch for Crimson Desert raises the number of pets players can register to 100, up from 30, unlocked via reward items for the existing pet challenge. Players can summon up to 50 pets at camp at once. The update also includes a variety of small changes, such as

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Coinbase Tool Lets AI Agents Trade Crypto, Make Payments

Coinbase launched Coinbase for Agents, a tool that lets AI models such as ChatGPT and Claude connect with a user’s exchange account to make trades or execute strategies on their behalf. The agents can also make payments using Coinbase’s AI payments protocol x402, enabling bots to pay for

Tech

Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered challenges GTA 6

Publishers are steering clear of Grand Theft Auto 6’s Nov. 19 release date, crowding September and October instead. Atari plans counter-programming: Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee Remastered will arrive on Nov. 3, one of the few games currently scheduled for November. The remaster revisits a GameCube-exclusive kaiju brawler from

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Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie?

Five Oscar Best Picture winners. Five completely different visions of what cinema can be — and what it can do to you. Ten questions will figure out which one. The quiz asks what kind of film experience you want, from a rug‑pulling twist or formal daring to production design, pace,

Sports

Man Utd poised to bid £70m for Mateus Fernandes

Manchester United are preparing a £70m offer for West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes after abandoning their pursuit of Nottingham Forest's Elliot Anderson when Manchester City emerged as the frontrunner and Anderson's asking price proved prohibitive. Carrick's recruitment team moved quickly to target Fernandes as

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Why Brooklyn Beckham didn't open the door when sister Harper stopped by LA mansion

Brooklyn Beckham was in New York City when his 14-year-old sister Harper stopped by his Los Angeles mansion on Friday. He posted an Instagram Story of himself on a run in the Big Apple, while Harper was photographed exiting an SUV and approaching the Beverly Hills home around 2 p.

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Gaussian splatting could bring low-cost photo‑real graphics to more creators

Gaussian splatting is a capture-and-rendering method that turns photos or video into a real-time 3D representation. Instead of polygons, scenes are built from millions of small semitransparent 3D Gaussians, often called “splats,” each with a position, size, orientation and opacity, plus view-dependent behaviour via spherical harmonics; when rendered they project