Culture

Blind date: 'Her one dating request was "no one in finance". I work in finance'

Yusuf hoped for someone interesting, good conversation and a fun story — he likes a random side quest. Her smile and a lively northern accent stood out; she seemed confident and excited. They talked about her Hackney half marathon and her stated rule of “not in finance”, which was awkward because

Culture

Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Film?

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 fits the way your mind works. If your answers point to Parasite, you’re drawn to films that operate on multiple levels

Tech

Save $60 on Fitbit Charge 6 — now $99.95 at Amazon

As of June 12, the Fitbit Charge 6 is on sale at Amazon for $99.95, $60 off its full price of $159.95. Every available color has been marked down to that price, a return to the tracker’s lowest level at the retailer. The Charge 6 covers all-day

Crypto

What happens to Satoshi's BTC when Bitcoin's quantum problem is fixed?

A Coinbase-convened advisory board of leading cryptographers says quantum computers are not a threat to blockchains today but urges the Bitcoin community to begin technical planning for post-quantum signatures now. The board includes Scott Aaronson, Dan Boneh and Justin Drake and starts from the premise that nobody knows when quantum

Culture

Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?

A Sci‑Fi Survival Quiz asks eight questions to place you in one of five speculative universes: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, or Star Wars. The questions probe instincts and priorities — whether you guard knowledge, fuel, trust, water or mobility; what kind of threat keeps you up at

Business

Whale Opens $22.3M SPCX Long as Synthetic Price Trades 30% Above IPO

Hypurrscan data shows a trader opened a 2x isolated long on xyz:SPCX worth about $22.29 million. The whale entered near $168 while synthetic SPCX recently traded around $175, leaving roughly $1.15 million in unrealized profit after just over $500 in funding fees. The position's liquidation

Sports

Weather tracker: heat, humidity and thunderstorms a danger at World Cup

With the 2026 World Cup under way, all 48 teams face summer weather across North America. Matches are spread across 16 cities from southern Mexico to Canada, and thunderstorms disrupted play even before the tournament began when England’s warm-up against Costa Rica in Orlando was delayed by about an

Tech

Bluesky launches group chats as it shifts to community features

Bluesky has added support for group chats in version 1.124, offering private spaces for up to 50 people. The feature follows the app’s 2024 messaging rollout and the more recent addition of encrypted chats via the third-party service Germ. The change is one of the first to deliver

Crypto

Major crypto exchanges cancel tokenized SpaceX IPO allocations

Major crypto trading platforms Bybit, Binance, Bitget Wallet and MEXC canceled their tokenized SpaceX IPO campaigns as SpaceX went public on the Nasdaq on Friday. The IPO, reportedly more than four times oversubscribed, raised $75 billion. Shares opened at $150, up from the IPO price of $135, and closed at

World

Canada probes whether Toronto police death tied to global attacks

Authorities are investigating whether the killing of a Toronto police officer while executing search warrants connected to a shooting at the city’s US consulate is linked to a wider series of global attacks. Constable Marc Pinizzotto, 43, a member of the emergency taskforce, was killed on Thursday during a

Culture

The Last of Us Season 3 Casts Peter Sarsgaard as New Seraphite Leader

Peter Sarsgaard has joined The Last of Us Season 3 as Amon, a leader of the Seraphites — a new character absent from the Naughty Dog games but intended to fit the show's world-building. Sarsgaard's credits include Boys Don't Cry, Orphan, The Magnificent Seven and

Culture

Kill Code: Cyberpunk Action Thriller Starring Frank Grillo Set for July 24

Quiver Distribution has picked up the domestic rights to Kill Code, a cyberpunk action thriller starring Frank Grillo alongside Tyrese Gibson, Franzi Schissler and Harvey Keitel, and set it for release on July 24, 2026. A synopsis describes a crime-ravaged future where a power-hungry corporation has taken over the conventional

Culture

Spielberg Reveals Bond Rejection That Created Indiana Jones

Steven Spielberg says he wanted to direct James Bond from the moment he saw Dr. No in 1962 and kept offering himself for the job, only to be turned away by producer Albert "Cubby" Broccoli. On The Rest Is Entertainment podcast he recalled his first approach after Jaws:

AI

Inside Meta’s Applied AI unit: employees call the work 'soul-crushing gulag'

A months-old Applied AI unit of roughly 6,500 engineers and product managers is facing internal turmoil. Wired recounts the unrest began when someone hijacked an employee-only livestream with an expletive-laden meltdown, demanding attendees tell a senior AI executive that he was 'a piece of sh*t.' One

Culture

Jerry's Seinfeld Line About Movie Confusion Feels Sharper Today

Seinfeld's dialogue has stuck with viewers — from George Costanza's self-deprecating lines to recurring gags like "the big salad" — because it captures everyday frustrations and petty obsessions with an economy that still feels familiar. In Season 4, Episode 13, "The Movie," Jerry'

Crypto

ETH Futures Turn Bearish While Staking and Corporate Demand Hold Up

Ether failed to reclaim the $1,700 level over the past week, mirroring a broader weakness across crypto while the US stock market showed bullish momentum. The ETH perpetual futures annualized funding rate flipped negative on June 5, meaning shorts are paying premiums to keep positions open, and aggregate open

Culture

Disclosure Day ending explained: what happens next?

Disclosure Day wastes no time: Daniel is already deep in a conspiracy during a hostage exchange, and Margaret's awakening pushes the story toward proving alien life. Noah moves to stop them as the world edges toward war with North Korea. Spielberg frames the sci‑fi action with religious

World

Trump says US strike killed leader of Tren de Aragua gang

Donald Trump announced that the US military, with Venezuelan help, had killed Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, a leader of the Venezuelan street gang Tren de Aragua. On Truth Social he wrote: “At my direction, the United States Southern Command delivered a swift and lethal kinetic strike to successfully execute Niño

Culture

Daredevil: Born Again Season 3 Confirms Surprising Return of Luke Cage

Marvel Studios returned to New York in live action this year with Daredevil: Born Again Season 2, which ran eight episodes in Apr. and May. The season sent Charlie Cox’s Daredevil into a series of escalations, recruiting fighters to oppose Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk during his time

Culture

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

A sci‑fi survival quiz lays out five universes — The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, and Star Wars — and asks eight questions to determine which world your instincts were built for. The questionnaire probes first instincts, which resource you’d guard, the threats that keep you up at night,

Culture

Hugh Jackman's 'The Death of Robin Hood' Lands Divisive Rotten Tomatoes Score

Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood is an R-rated reboot that casts Hugh Jackman as a bloodthirsty bandit confronting the consequences of a violent life. Footage shown in the latest trailer released by A24 has teased a murderous medieval thriller that aims to deconstruct the myth. Critics

Culture

25 Years Later, Six Feet Under Remains One of TV's Greats

HBO built a reputation for gritty, mature programming, and Six Feet Under distinguished itself by probing life, relationships, and death with an artful authenticity. The series turned dark subject matter into a poignant, occasionally funny encapsulation of human existence, and it still holds up 25 years later. Six Feet Under

Culture

Netflix Renews House of Guinness for Season 2

Netflix has renewed House of Guinness for a second season. Filming is set to begin in early 2027, potentially allowing a return in the back half of the year; the streamer has not commented and no further details are confirmed. There is no confirmation yet on whether Steven Knight will

Culture

44 Years Later, This Is the Greatest Star Trek Quote in Sci-Fi History

Everyone knows Spock (Leonard Nimoy) as probably the most influential character in science fiction. Whenever you mention the genre to people who aren't that familiar with it, everyone tends to know at least the Vulcan salute or "Live long and prosper." As iconic as those are,

Culture

Seinfeld Co-Creators Reunite in HBO Max Trailer for New Series

A new trailer for Life, Larry and the Pursuit of Unhappiness: An Almost History of America reunites Seinfeld co-creators Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld and previews sketches that lampoon U.S. history for the country's 250th anniversary. The trailer touches on the Wright brothers, the Continental Congress and