Business

Iowa emerges as key player in aerospace

When aerospace and defense firms look beyond traditional hubs, Iowa is increasingly on the shortlist. The state exports nearly $1 billion in aviation parts and electronics to more than 125 countries and ranks third in concentration of mechanical engineers, third for manufacturing workers, and second for the share of its

Culture

Macy's 4th of July Fireworks Special 2026: What to Know

America marks a major milestone in 2026, and Macy's 4th of July Fireworks is celebrating one too. First held in 1976, the annual event pairs bombastic musical performances with the explosive light show above New York City, as tens of thousands of fireworks are detonated and NBC brings

Culture

X-Files: I Want to Believe director's cut delayed on Disney Plus

Disney had announced on June 11 that a new director’s cut of The X-Files: I Want to Believe would debut on Disney Plus, but as of June 16 the film is no longer listed on that press release and has not appeared on the streamer. It is still coming,

Culture

'Toy Story 5' Rotten Tomatoes Score Officially Revealed

Reviews posted online ahead of the film’s June 19 release show Toy Story 5 holding a 93% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 89 reviews. That places the sequel among the franchise’s highest-rated entries: Toy Story (1995) and Toy Story 2 (1999) each sit at 100%, Toy Story

Culture

Which MCU Hero Are You? Marvel Personality Quiz

A Marvel personality quiz asks 10 questions to reveal which MCU hero matches your personality: Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man, Punisher, Thor or Captain America. The prompts cover values and choices — what drives you to do what’s right, where you are at 2 AM, how you handle a villain who

Sports

Kylian Mbappé says Real Madrid move let him live more freely

Kylian Mbappé has described a newfound freedom since joining Real Madrid, saying the move has allowed him a more normal life as he prepares to lead France in their 2026 World Cup opener against Senegal. He acknowledged two technically difficult years at Real despite personal scoring success, and noted his

Tech

Disney isn't building a 'super app' for park tickets, tech chief says

Disney is not planning to turn Disney+ into a hub for buying park or cruise tickets, the company’s chief product and technology officer for Disney Entertainment and ESPN told employees at a town hall. "At the moment, I can definitively say there is nothing on the road map

Tech

Less than a month before launch, survival RPG Outward 2 delayed into 2027

Developer Nine Dots Studio announced on Steam that survival RPG Outward 2 has been delayed from a July 2026 release into 2027. Nine Dots CEO and Outward 2 creative director Guillaume Boucher-Vidal wrote, "I apologize that we couldn’t give you the game you guys deserve on time."

Culture

Sudoku 7,349 medium

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Culture

Paddington: The Musical heads to Broadway in 2027

Paddington Bear is heading to Broadway: Universal Music UK announced that Paddington: The Musical will play New York’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre beginning March 30, 2027. Tickets are on sale starting at $69. Universal Music UK also released a teaser of the aggressively adorable Paddington puppet making his way to

Culture

House of the Dragon season 3 release schedule and episode 1 times

House of the Dragon season 3 may have crept up on us like Vhagar, and its premiere is set to feature one of Westeros’ biggest naval battles. The season premieres on June 21 at 9:00 PM Eastern (6:00 PM Pacific) on HBO and HBO Max. In the UK,

Tech

The DIY era of smartwatches has begun - Google and Apple already have me hooked

Two recent updates aim to make automating device tasks easier: Google announced Create My Widget for its smartwatches, and Apple unveiled Describe a Shortcut as part of iOS 27. I first turned to Shortcuts to open my gym app after leaving the subway; setting it up required creating a “Do”

Culture

Deconstructed Flamin’ Hot Cheetos Poured Into a Glass Goes Viral

A video showing a woman pouring the ingredients from a bag of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos into a tall glass spread across social feeds. Keith Fitzgerald shared the clip to BlueSky on June 15, and it quickly dominated timelines as people mocked its silliness. The clip was made by a creator

Culture

JR transforms Paris’s oldest bridge into an overground cave

With the Eiffel Tower to one side and Notre Dame to the other, Pont Neuf — Paris’s oldest bridge despite its name — has been turned into an overground cave. Vast swathes of fabric, woven to resemble the stone of the city and inflated over the span, create an installation called

Culture

I learned Dutch so my child could connect with his Belgian roots

When I first matched with my now-husband on a dating app, his profile said he was from Belgium and I assumed he spoke French. I had been studying Spanish for years and briefly entertained the joke that dating a speaker would speed up my learning. Before our first date I

Culture

Sofía Vergara and Shakira Shine Together in New Photo

Sofía Vergara took advantage of a break in filming Season 21 of America's Got Talent to attend Shakira's Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran World Tour at the Intuit Dome in Inglewood, California on June 14. She had a front-row seat and spent time backstage with Shakira.

Culture

Bobbi Brown calls Jones Road's Bright Skin Illuminating Drops 'vacation in a bottle'

Jones Road has introduced Bright Skin Illuminating Drops, a hydrating highlighter that blends shimmer with skin care. Described as “like molten metals bottled,” the formula aims for a soft, understated sheen rather than heavy sparkle. Formulated with aloe vera, glycerin and fruit extracts, the drops are designed to keep skin

Culture

Thanks for the Soup makes broccoli farming the heart of its horror

Thanks for the Soup is an immersive horror sim in which you deliver soup from 5pm to 1am to patrons stuck inside by a vague lockdown or simply too busy to cook. Filling orders earns money that can be spent on food, fishing or farming. I chose to invest in

Science

Cold Atom Lab Aboard Space Station Gets Chilly Upgrade

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station have switched on the newly upgraded Cold Atom Lab, a one-of-a-kind facility designed to improve how scientists explore the fundamental workings of matter and develop new quantum technologies. By leveraging microgravity in space, the lab can accomplish cutting-edge science impossible to do anywhere else.

Business

Steam game made in two months by one developer nets nearly $10 million

Meccha Chameleon is a hide-and-seek game in which players paint themselves to blend into the scenery while opponents try to find all the concealed players. The Steam page looks rough around the edges—the characters resemble placeholders, the UI is basic, and the visuals give a whiff of Microsoft Paint—

Tech

How to complete the Forgotten Relics event and Converging Paths in Arc Raiders

The Forgotten Relics event in Arc Raiders runs for 42 days, ending on July 28, 2026, and includes a Merit-based progression path plus a Converging Paths player project. To kick off the project you must deal damage to Arc enemies in the Swamp (the area south of the Dam Battlegrounds)

Culture

Housemarque hopes Saros can follow FromSoftware’s path

Saros is more generous than Returnal but it’s still tough as nails. The core loop of punishing death and revival runs through Housemarque’s latest PlayStation 5 exclusive. The studio uses this "bullet ballet" setup in Saros and Returnal to help players enter a "flow state&

Crypto

Ripple Expands Africa Strategy With Flutterwave Investment

Ripple has bought an equity stake in African fintech Flutterwave, deepening its push into cross-border payments. Flutterwave CEO Olugbenga Agboola said the undisclosed investment values the company at $3.3 billion. The deal makes Ripple a shareholder rather than an owner or commercial partner and gives it exposure to Africa’

Culture

Bradley Cooper eyed for Sean Penn's Jan. 6 cop drama

Sean Penn is directing a film about the January 6 Capitol attack that focuses on the real-life police officers caught up in the violence. Described as an unexpected story about friendship, the project is framed as a biographical drama that follows one officer’s early life, the events of January

Culture

Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner?

Five legends and ten questions promise to reveal which action hero would be built to have your back. The quiz presents Rambo, James Bond, Indiana Jones, John McClane, and Ethan Hunt as possible partners and asks how you react in high-pressure scenarios. Questions range from being dropped into a dangerous