Tech

NASA Award Boosts Space Technology Research Capabilities

A new funding opportunity aims to accelerate academic research and technology development. The Minority University Research and Education Project Space Technology Artemis Research (M-STAR) application window opened Thursday and will remain open through 11:59 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, Aug. 11. The research funded through this award supports the

Culture

Mike Flanagan’s Fall of the House of Usher Is a Modern Gothic Masterpiece

Mike Flanagan has become one of modern horror’s most accomplished creators, working across film and television with Netflix. His Fall of the House of Usher, while rooted in Edgar Allan Poe’s 1839 story, expands into an inventive homage that uses a modern lens to explore societal evil. Stephen

Sports

Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams return to full training with Spain

Lamine Yamal and Nico Williams returned to full training with Spain at the team’s base camp in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Thursday, providing a significant fitness boost ahead of their World Cup opener against Cape Verde. The pair, along with Victor Munoz, missed Spain’s final warm-up friendly against Peru

Sports

Mariska Hargitay says Knicks comeback topped her wedding night

Mariska Hargitay said the Knicks' stunning comeback in Game 4 of the NBA Finals might have outshone her wedding night with husband Peter Hermann. "I love my husband, and our wedding night was great and all, but I think it might have been the greatest night of my

Crypto

XRP Patterns Point to Possible June Drop Below $1

XRP's charts show several bearish setups this month that point toward a sub-$1 target. Shorter-time-frame charts display a head-and-shoulders formation and a bear flag, while an on-chain metric signals weak demand or capitulation among traders. Since June 5, price has formed what appears to be a head-and-shoulders

Tech

EVE Frontier is a hardcore, gamepad-friendly space sim

EVE Frontier has had an uphill battle with EVE Online’s dedicated community and a very public early development, but its blockchain integration has been defended by a server-side modding system that’s rare in any game. At this year’s EVE Fanfest I tried the new gamepad support, and

Culture

Pokémon fans call for ID checks after chaotic Pitch Black presale

If you managed to get the Pokémon Trading Card Game Pitch Black pre-orders from The Pokémon Center on Wednesday, there are two possibilities: either luck was on your side, or you were using a bot. Fans who joined the pre-order queue less than 15 minutes before launch often faced wait

Culture

Valor Mortis delayed as crowded September lineup shifts to October

The first delay from the absolute bloodbath that is September 2026 has happened, with first-person soulslike Valor Mortis being pushed back 19 days to October 13. September is stacked: Control Resonant, Valor Mortis, Harvest Moon: Echoes of Teradea, Hot Wheels Infinite Rush, Dragon Quest 11 S: Echoes of an Elusive

Sports

Bayern submit €53m bid for Ismael Saibari as PSV seek club-record fee

Bayern Munich have stepped up their pursuit of PSV midfielder Ismael Saibari by submitting an improved offer worth a total of €53 million. The package reportedly comprises a guaranteed €48 million fixed fee plus up to €5 million in performance-related add-ons, with the Morocco international a priority target as Bayern

Culture

Taylor Swift blooms in Givenchy floral gown at Songwriters Hall of Fame

Taylor Swift arrived on the red carpet at the Songwriters Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York wearing a custom black floral Givenchy gown by Sarah Burton. She made history as the youngest woman ever inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame; at 36 she is the second-youngest inductee

Culture

After playing the Tomb Raider remake, I don't think Tomb Raider can be remade

I remember playing the original Tomb Raider in the late 1990s as a series of fractured snapshots: finding that trapezoid box in my dad's sock drawer, switching from lo-res to hi-res polygons, the eerie quiet of a cave broken by Lara's pistol shots, diving through glittering

Tech

Nintendo restricts Switch 2 purchases to curb scalpers

Nintendo of Japan said on X it will require buyers of the Japanese multi-language Nintendo Switch 2 from its Japanese store to have a Nintendo Account with at least 50 hours of playtime on the Nintendo Switch (excluding demos and free software). Sales will be limited to one console per

Tech

Forza Horizon 6 Space Port Photo Challenge location

The spring Space Port Photo Challenge in Forza Horizon 6 asks you to photograph a Track Toy at the Irokawa Space Port, located in the Nangan Region at the very south of the map. If you’ve raced enough already, you may already own a Track Toy and have visited

Culture

Quick crossword No 17,504

Quick crossword No 17,504. Quick crossword No 17,504. Continue reading... quick crossword, crossword, crossword puzzle, puzzle, clues, grid, word puzzle, no 17504, 17,504, quick puzzle

Culture

Deltarune ARG Updates Again, Leaving Exactly 1,229 Players Eligible

We’re less than two weeks out from Deltarune Chapter 5, and the game's ominous, multi-year ARG again opened and closed faster than most could blink, leaving exactly 1,229 people able to solve it while others remained in the dark. The groundwork began in 2022, but the

AI

Treat AI agents like eager but misguided interns

AI agents are moving beyond chatbots into digital workers that can act on applications and data, and that shift brings new security and governance concerns. Panelists at the Snowflake Summit urged treating these agents like eager but misguided human interns — requiring close oversight, clear instructions, and active human management. Restraint,

Culture

Stephen King's 'Mister Yummy' to Be Adapted by Ben Young

Stephen King's short story 'Mister Yummy' from the 2015 collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is being adapted for the screen, with Ben Young attached to direct. Young previously delivered the Australian crime thriller Hounds of Love. The tale follows a resident of an assisted living

Culture

Marvel Personality Quiz: Which MCU Hero Are You?

Marvel Personality Quiz Which MCU Hero Are You? Answer 10 questions to discover which Marvel Cinematic Universe hero shares your personality, values, and fighting spirit. Six heroes. One destiny. 🕷️Spider-Man 😈Daredevil 🤖Iron Man 💀Punisher ⚡Thor 🛡️Cap Spider-Man — "You carry the weight of the world on shoulders that are younger

Culture

From Vecna to Mr Burns: TV’s greatest ever villains

Javier Bardem biting off toes in Cape Fear, Richard Gadd stomping on heads in Half Man and nightmare neighbour David Morrissey whipping up mob violence in Tip Toe — TV villainy is everywhere. When compiling the list, children’s TV, reality pariahs and talent-show judges were set aside; the focus stayed

Tech

How to watch USA vs Paraguay worldwide with a VPN

Today’s USA vs Paraguay match will kick off at 13 Jun 2026, 02:00. A VPN, such as ExpressVPN, lets you establish a secure, encrypted connection and virtually change your location to a country where the game is being shown, helping to bypass blackout restrictions. To watch with a

Culture

Melanie Moreno's family rejects Ozempic claims as old modeling videos surface

Melanie Moreno’s family rejected claims she used Ozempic after social media users found old plus-sized modeling videos. Her cousin wrote on X: "Melanie is my little cousin and I can tell you it is her!! And no Ozempic." The cousin added, "People are allowed to change,

Culture

Why mech games rarely let you leave the cockpit

Most mech games keep players confined to cockpits, and only a few let you dismount and run around. Titles such as Titanfall, Psycho Patrol R and Brigador Killers offer that option, while Halo arguably comes close but doesn't fully qualify. The developers of Brigador Killers say that choice

Culture

Valor Mortis delayed to October amid crowded September release schedule

One More Level has pushed its first-person soulslike Valor Mortis from Sept. 24 to Oct. 13. The studio announced the change on X, saying it locked in the initial release date before the day became so crowded and that the delay will also allow time to incorporate feedback from the

Culture

Fans brace for terrifying realism in Ocarina of Time remake

Genuine nightmare fuel, for some, comes from hyper-realistic takes on cartoon characters with their features intact. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time contains several entities that could look especially cursed in the upcoming remake as the visuals lean toward realism. King Zora is one example — a plump fishman who

Science

NASA Headquarters redesign featuring artifacts and exhibits

NASA Headquarters redesign featuring artifacts, interactive exhibits, replica mars rover, and donut shop at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. A Moon rock is seen in the NASA Headquarters lobby ahead of an event where NASA outlined how the agency... A model of the Dragonfly rotorcraft is seen in the NASA