Sports

Kane converts retake and equals Lineker as England battle Croatia

Harry Kane etched his name into the history books during England's World Cup match with Croatia, converting a rare second chance from the penalty spot and later equalling Gary Lineker's England World Cup scoring record. Less than 10 minutes in, Noni Madueke was felled by Luka

Culture

Anna Faris explains why she left sitcom 'Mom' after seven seasons

Anna Faris opened up about her time on the 2010s sitcom "Mom" after leaving the series following seven seasons. She told host Josh Horowitz on the "Happy Sad Confused" podcast that she loved her "brilliant cast," but the time commitment became too intense. "

Culture

No achievement can be missed in Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced

Ubisoft has published the full list of Assassin's Creed: Black Flag Resynced achievements on Steam, following the same approach it used with Assassin's Creed Shadows. The list, excluding hidden achievements, explains what you need to do to unlock each one and confirms achievements will be available

Culture

Disclosure Day is great. But Spielberg overestimates our capacity for empathy

Steven Spielberg has turned his long fascination with alien life into another big-scale film. In Disclosure Day he follows cybersecurity expert Daniel Kellner (Josh O’Connor) and weather presenter Margaret Fairchild (Emily Blunt) as they become state‑secret whistleblowers, joining Hugo (Colman Domingo) to expose nearly eight decades of evidence

Business

Nagoshi Studios' director appears to have left after funding pull

Nagoshi Studios, founded by Toshihiro Nagoshi and Daisuke Sato after their 2021 departure from Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio, has shown signs of decline over the past year. The situation intensified when Sato updated his Twitter/X bio to read 'ex-Nagoshi Studio,Inc,' suggesting he is no longer with

Culture

Action Thriller Hailed "Best of the Year" Charges Ahead at Box Office

Praised as the "best action movie of the year," The Furious is outperforming rivals at the box office. The Hong Kong-based thriller returns to the classic, bloody action style Hollywood rarely makes, and it is delivering the brutal spectacle action fans expect. The film opened to a decent

Culture

If Patricia From Widow’s Bay Won You Over, Try Kate O’Flynn in Everyone Else Burns

Widow’s Bay, the Apple TV+ series led by Matthew Rhys as Mayor Tom Loftis, quietly made room for one of its most memorable figures: Kate O’Flynn’s Patricia. The municipal worker finds unexpected purpose when Tom gets in over his head, and O’Flynn anchors one of the

Science

Artemis III Astronauts

The Artemis III crew will carry out objectives in low Earth orbit to demonstrate critical systems needed for a future lunar landing: NASA astronauts Randy Bresnik (commander), Andre Douglas (mission specialist), Frank Rubio (mission specialist), and ESA astronaut Luca Parmitano (pilot). Photographs and video stills show the crew in both

Sports

England 4-2 Croatia: Bellingham spark and Kane brace in World Cup opener

England made a winning start to the 2026 World Cup, beating Croatia 4-2 in their Group L opener. Harry Kane scored twice in the first half — after Noni Madueke won a penalty following a foul by Luka Modric, Kane saw his original spot-kick saved by Dominik Livakovic before netting from

Culture

Collin Gosselin calls Colleen his 'real mom' after memoir announcement

Hours after teasing the upcoming release of his memoir, Collin Gosselin posted a tribute to Colleen Conrad on social media, noting it was coincidentally her birthday. He called her “the strongest woman I know, who stepped in at the toughest part of my life and CHOSE to be a mother

Tech

Sony patent explores magnetic shape-shifting buttons for future controllers

A Sony patent has been published exploring new tactile feedback built into a gamepad. The filing describes reactive buttons that can soften or harden in real time (via Cheat Happens), offering different sensations depending on the situation or player preference. The patent outlines several use-cases, including a "finger grab&

Crypto

Bitcoin Under Pressure Following Trump, Warsh Comments

Bitcoin remains under pressure after $2.1 billion of net outflows from US-listed spot ETFs so far in June and a persistent discount versus global Bitcoin/USDT pairs. The token has failed to hold above $80,000 since mid-May, and Coinbase’s BTC price in USD has traded at a

Culture

Japanese Final Fantasy 14 players can earn in-game loot by paying taxes

Final Fantasy 14 devotees can now earn $88 worth of in-game cosmetics by paying their taxes — if they live in Japan. Square Enix has teamed up with Tokyo’s Shibuya Ward to offer digital items to Japanese citizens who contribute part of their taxes to the district. The hometown tax

Tech

Sony patent describes joystick whose buttons can harden as you play

Sony continues to file unusual controller patents, many of which never leave the filing cabinet and serve mainly as legal protection. The company’s latest published patent is shaped like a conventional gaming joystick and describes an "operation member" meant to receive input from a user. The patent

Sports

Cristiano Ronaldo defends Portugal after 1-1 draw with DR Congo

Cristiano Ronaldo defended his Portugal teammates after their 1-1 draw with DR Congo in their World Cup opener in Houston. He stormed down the tunnel at full-time but insisted nothing was missing from the team's performance and urged the squad to keep their heads up. Speaking to Sport

Politics

Donald Trump Jr. buys West Palm Beach lot for 8-bedroom home

A few weeks after their island wedding in the Bahamas, Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson bought a double lot in the Prospect Park neighborhood of West Palm Beach, Fla., and plan to build an eight-bedroom home for their family. The house is expected to provide space for entertaining and

AI

Vampire Survivors dev reviews Fortnite collab after Epic's generative AI reveal

Epic announced several upcoming Fortnite collaborations earlier today, including one with Vampire Survivors. A few hours after the presentation, Vampire Survivors developer Poncle left a brief Reddit comment suggesting the partnership might not go ahead. “Following today's news about gen AI usage by Epic to create all sorts

Health

Recently single Australian men seven times more likely to report suicide attempts

A study using the Ten to Men project, which has followed more than 20,000 Australian men and is run by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (Aifs), found that men who had a relationship breakdown in the past year were about seven times more likely to report a suicide

Culture

KPop Demon Hunters breaks Netflix global top 10 record

KPop Demon Hunters has spent 52 consecutive weeks in Netflix’s Global Top 10, surpassing Extraordinary Attorney Woo’s 20-week run. Since its June 20, 2025 release the film has become Netflix’s most-watched title ever with over 500 million views, after Sony sold it off when the movie was

Politics

UK government paid staff to play GTA Online to study players' experiences

Since late 2024 a small unit in the Department for Education called Policy Lab has run a taxpayer-funded programme in which employees are paid to play GTA Online with random people on the internet. The project involved staff “[spending] time with participants in video games they played regularly” and “[experiencing]

Tech

Idle Taskbar Game Tops Steam Charts Amid Bot-Driven Marketplace

Released at the end of May, TBH: Task Bar Hero is a tiny desktop idler that sits in a portion of the taskbar while pixel heroes fight and gather loot. It has climbed to third place on Steam’s concurrent players chart, just below Counter-Strike 2 and Dota 2, but

Culture

Netflix Confirms Cancellation of The Boroughs After One Season

Deadline has confirmed that Netflix canceled The Boroughs after one season. The series was created by Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews, with Matt and Ross Duffer serving as executive producers. Stranger Things, created by the Duffer brothers, debuted in 2016 and concluded after five seasons on Dec. 31, 2025; its

Culture

Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong in the Most?

The Universe Personality Quiz asks eight questions to reveal which iconic universe — Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, or Star Trek — best fits your instincts, values, and particular way of seeing the world. Topics include what gives your life meaning, the kind of world you

Tech

Xbox's secret weapon could change everything for The Elder Scrolls 6

Microsoft's gaming division is under pressure to produce hits quickly, and leadership has signaled a renewed focus on its biggest franchises. Releasing The Elder Scrolls 6 and Fallout 5 as soon as possible sounds unlikely given Bethesda's long development cycles, but there is one realistic option:

Sports

Best World Cup 2026 merch sorted from the crap

With the England now entering the fray, Fifa fever has officially set in and it's time to break out the best World Cup 2026 merch to show your support. The trouble is, there's a crap ton of... well, crap out there, so a round-up of the