Culture

Players say Wardogs playtest felt 'like the good old days of gaming'

Wardogs is an upcoming first-person shooter from Bulkhead that aims to sit between casual series such as Battlefield and Call of Duty and more realistic games like Escape from Tarkov and Squad. A pre-alpha closed playtest for 4,000 players ran across two sessions on June 26–27; developers warned

AI

Plugin makes Steam AI disclosures hard to miss and hides AI-aided games

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney has criticized Valve's mandatory Steam disclosures for AI-generated content. A browser plugin called "AI warning for Steam", shared on Bluesky by Linux gamer and coder seeeeew, makes those disclosures far more prominent and can hide AI-aided games in Steam search results.

Tech

Google Extends Prime Day Deals on Pixel 10 Pro and Pro XL

Prime Day officially ended on Friday, June 26, but some discounts have stayed live. Among them are price cuts on the Google Pixel 10 Pro and Pixel 10 Pro XL, which have been on shelves for about a year and are now seeing roughly a quarter taken off their prices.

World

Weather tracker: North-west US hit by snow ahead of eastern heatwave

Unseasonal snow fell in parts of the north-west US after a strong cold front moved in from the northern Pacific, bringing an abrupt change to a region that had been experiencing high summer temperatures amid drought. Temperatures from the Canadian border to California have been widely 5-10C below the norm

Culture

Latest House of the Dragon Episode Tops IMDb Ratings for the Series

The third season of House of the Dragon is off to a rousing start, even with a slight dip in ratings compared to Season 2. The season premiere delivered the long-promised Battle of the Gullet, and the latest episode, "Queen's Landing," upended the show's

Culture

S.W.A.T. Returns With Starz Spin-Off 'S.W.A.T. Exiles'

The long-awaited S.W.A.T. reboot, S.W.A.T. Exiles, has landed a home on Starz and will premiere later this year on September 25. The cast includes Shemar Moore and Daniel Harrelson. This article covers a developing story; more information will be added as it becomes available.

Sports

Liam Rosenior poised to take charge at Paris FC after unveiling delay

Liam Rosenior is set to return to management with Ligue 1 side Paris FC after a spell out of work following his brief, difficult tenure at Stamford Bridge. His official unveiling was due this Wednesday, but L'Équipe suggests the confirmation has been pushed back to July 9. Rosenior

Culture

Liza Minnelli absent from Carnegie Hall tribute; Richard Simmons tale featured

Die-hard fans were disappointed that Liza Minnelli did not attend the Carnegie Hall tribute 'Liza! at 80: A Celebration in Song and Dance' last week. Andrew Rannells had apparently hinted to Andy Cohen on 'Watch What Happens Live!' that Liza might be there, which raised hopes

Culture

A Disco Elysium writer told Josh Sawyer 'we can do better than this now'

In a recent chat with the Human Can Opener Podcast, Josh Sawyer recalled that one of Disco Elysium's writers reached out after the game came out with a proposal: an updated response to his 2012 talk about narrative choice, summed up as, "we can do better than

Culture

Nintendo Direct on June 30 will focus on Splatoon Raiders

Nintendo announced Monday that a new Nintendo Direct will stream on June 30 and be dedicated to its upcoming Splatoon spinoff. The showcase, focused on the single-player survival adventure Splatoon Raiders, starts at 7 a.m. PDT / 10 a.m. EDT and will run roughly 15 minutes. The company said

Culture

Ted Danson podcast misspells Edward Norton’s name

Ted Danson hosts the podcast "Where Everybody Knows Your Name." A SiriusXM press release repeatedly referred to guest Edward Norton as "Eduardo Norton," even though the release's subject line used Edward. The release also named Seth Rogen as "Seth Meyers" and said

Tech

RTX 5070 gaming PC for under $1,350 surprises after Prime Day

A prebuilt PC with an RTX 5070 is listed at Walmart for $1,349, a price that stood out amid modest Prime Day options. It sits among RTX 5060 Ti systems but outmatches them for gaming, making it notable in the current market. Judging by RTX 5060 Ti testing, the

Culture

Bulgur ‘risotto’ and tahini rice pudding: Anissa Helou’s Lebanese recipes

Bread is the main staple of Lebanese cooking; grains and legumes follow, and nearly every meal includes one or the other. Bulgur wheat is the preferred grain, especially in rural communities, where households traditionally grew, harvested, parboiled and dried their own wheat before sending it to the mill. From Deir

Culture

The Angry Birds Movie 3 gets first trailer featuring alarming amounts of pee

Paramount released the first trailer for The Angry Birds Movie 3, and it leans hard into parenting and bathroom humor. The big news: Red is a dad now, and the trailer spends an unusually long time on a recurring pee joke. The film opens in theaters on Dec. 23. The

Culture

The Binding of Isaac hits new Steam peak after huge discount

Fifteen years after its original release, The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth has reached its highest-ever player count following a massive sale that bundles the game and all expansions for $5.09 (its previous low was $26.46). SteamDB shows a new peak of 130,181 concurrent players (updated five minutes

Tech

Sony Bravia 8 II OLED still discounted - 65-inch $600 off

Prime Day has passed, but Sony's Bravia 8 II discounts remain available. The 65-inch model is $600 off when bought directly from Sony, while the 55-inch carries a $300 discount; both sizes still sell for over $2,200 with the markdown. A hands-on testing-lab review praised the Bravia

Tech

WHOOP 5.0/MG with 12-Month Life Membership $299 on Amazon

The WHOOP 5.0/MG is a screenless fitness tracker that collects 24/7 data on sleep, strain, recovery and long-term health metrics. The MG adds medical-grade ECG, heart rhythm notifications and blood pressure insights, which are available only on the Life membership tier. The hardware is 7% smaller than

Culture

Netflix's #1 Limited Crime Thriller Officially Confirms Surprise Return

Netflix rarely returns to a limited series unless there is another story to be told, and The Monster of Florence has now become one of those cases. The Italian thriller is moving forward with a new installment that does not simply stretch the first season but turns the same criminal

Culture

Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?

Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure

Crypto

Strategy unveils Bitcoin framework with $2.55B cash reserve

Strategy adopted a new capital framework that allows it to monetize part of its Bitcoin holdings to fund dividends, build cash reserves and repurchase securities while maintaining its long-term Bitcoin strategy. In a Monday 8-K filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission the company introduced the Digital Credit Capital

Sports

How to buy Brazil vs Japan World Cup tickets

Brazil meet Japan in Houston on Monday, June 29, in a Round of 32 clash. Brazil topped Group C and enter the knockout rounds as favourites, while Japan advanced unbeaten and will be remembered for their World Cup wins over Germany and Spain in Qatar. The Last‑Minute Sales Phase

Culture

Austin Sosa moves to fast-track divorce from Jaime King

Austin Sosa filed a Declaration for Default or Uncontested Dissolution on June 22 seeking to finalize his divorce from Jaime King without a trial. In the filing he stated the couple have "no assets or debts to be disposed of by the court" and checked a box relinquishing

Culture

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 hits six million sales in a year and four months

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 has sold over six million copies a year and four months after launch, Warhorse Studios announced on Twitter. The studio thanked the community in the post, writing: "6 million Henrys. An achievement we couldn't have reached alone." The game reached three million

Culture

Meccha Chameleon Fans Are Hiding 3D Figures in the Real World

Meccha Chameleon has become a viral hit on Steam, drawing millions of players in just a few weeks after its low-priced release. The hide-and-seek multiplayer hands players paint to color their character so they can blend into the surrounding environment, and fans have been pushing those camouflage skills beyond the

Culture

Aaron Taylor-Johnson Goes Feral in Trailer for Werwulf

Focus Features has released the first trailer for Robert Eggers' gothic horror Werwulf, offering a glimpse of a 13th-century village terrorized by a bloodthirsty beast. The footage, first shown at CinemaCon, invites viewers to "embrace" the darkness as it teases the nightmare set to unfold this December.