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Alan Ritchson's War Machine Reaches Netflix Top-Ten Milestone

Alan Ritchson's sci-fi action film War Machine has dropped out of Netflix's weekly top 10 after weeks at number one, but it has secured a place among the platform's most-viewed movies. The film now ranks as Netflix's ninth most popular movie ever,

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Lawmen: Bass Reeves' Netflix Surge Strengthens Case for Season 2

The streaming era lets series find new homes and new audiences. Lawmen: Bass Reeves, an eight-part Western that debuted on Paramount+, has quietly climbed into Netflix's Top 10, reigniting interest in the show and prompting renewed discussion about a second season. The period drama stars David Oyelowo as

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Great Deku Tree Lego set is retiring and nearly sold out

Lego's 2024, 2,500-piece Great Deku Tree set is retiring and largely sold out, making the $300 set much harder to find. The brick recreation of Nintendo's talking tree has seen renewed demand as interest in Zelda grows. The two-in-one build pays tribute to The Legend

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Celebrity babies born in 2026: All the stars who welcomed kids this year

Hollywood’s next generation arrived throughout 2026, with stars welcoming babies and expanding families. Lindsay Arnold and Sam Cusick welcomed their third child — their first son — on June 11 via cesarean section. Rory Culkin and Kate Arizmendi introduced daughter Havoc Moon on May 23. Aurora Culpo and her fiancé Zac

AI

Pokémon Go data helped train AI systems used for military drones

Pokémon Go remains widely played and its developer's game division was bought by Savvy Games Group for $3.5 billion in 2025. Data collected through the game's AR features has also been used to help train AI systems now being developed for military drone positioning. Niantic

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Toronto police officer shot dead during raid linked to US consulate attack

A Toronto police officer has been shot dead as officers raided an apartment allegedly linked to the March attack on the US consulate, the city’s police chief, Myron Demkiw, said. Demkiw said 43-year-old constable Marc Pinizzotto was shot while conducting an early-morning search warrant in the north-west of the

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Spider-Verse creators are returning to 21 Jump Street for 24 Jump Street

It has been 12 years since 22 Jump Street, and Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s R-rated reboot is poised to continue. Lord and Miller, along with stars Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill and Ice Cube, appear ready to make good on the sequel’s post-credits gag. Variety names Rodney Rothman

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"I am utterly livid": Destiny 2 lore master on secret scene

Destiny 2's sendoff update, the Monument of Triumph, hides a scene that appears to set up the next big narrative saga that would have followed if Bungie had not ended development. My Name is Byf, a near-household name who has spent years collating the game's stories

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Exo Rally Championship is a tough but exciting intergalactic rally sim

I was racing across an alien world, just a few seconds away from crossing the finish line, when I lost traction and hit a large hill at a strange angle. I could just use my thrusters to reorient my intergalactic dune buggy to save me from a nasty crash. It

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'Supergirl' Writer Confirms Status of DCU's 'Wonder Woman' Reboot

Wonder Woman is being rebooted for the new DCU as a project disconnected from the previous DCEU. Gal Gadot starred as Diana Prince in 2017's Wonder Woman and 2020's Wonder Woman 1984, but plans for a third Gadot solo movie were canceled when James Gunn and

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Sci-Fi Personality Quiz: Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like?

Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. The quiz matches your instincts and values to one of five figures — Paul Atreides, Captain Kirk, Princess Leia, Ellen Ripley or Max Rockatansky — using eight focused questions. Questions probe how you lead under pressure, your greatest strength in

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Widow's Bay renewed for season 2 on Apple TV

Apple TV has confirmed that the horror-comedy Widow’s Bay will return for a second season ahead of its June 17 finale. The series premiered on April 29 to a glowing critical reception, earning praise for balancing folk horror and humor. Widow’s Bay follows Tom Loftis (Matthew Rhys), the

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Timberline Studio bundles Beastro and The Red Lantern for $10

Timberline Studio has bundled its new "cozy culinary adventure" Beastro with its 2021 dog-sledding survival game The Red Lantern on Steam for $10. Beastro casts you as Panko, a cat who runs a local eatery and feeds the heroes who fight monsters beyond the town's walls.

Business

Matthew Ball: 'It Has Become Difficult To Articulate Why You Should Pick An Xbox'

The differences between video game consoles have been fading for years. Performance is generally in the same ballpark. Prices are often comparable. The only real question when a new console owner walks into a GameStop anymore is "Do you want to play God of War or Halo?" Xbox’

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Lawman: Bass Reeves Hits 20 Million Hours in First Week on Netflix

At the start of June, Taylor Sheridan’s western Lawman: Bass Reeves arrived on Netflix and quickly found a new audience. Three years after its 2023 debut on Paramount+ and the Paramount Network, the series climbed Netflix’s global streaming charts and briefly appeared on the weekly Top 10 in

Tech

4 Android Auto default settings to change right away

Android Auto is designed to make driving easier, but you might not be using it to its full potential. The software is highly customizable, and its developer settings let you tweak the interface and behavior to suit your needs. Some defaults, however, create a cluttered, busy UI and can be

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Obsession's On-Set Controversy Highlights a Wider Hollywood Problem

One of 2026’s breakout hits, Obsession, has earned $229 million worldwide on a $750,000 budget, but celebration has been tempered by an Instagram post from the film’s art director, Sally Choi. She described low pay and harsh working conditions, a post that drew both applause for calling

Sports

Alisson: Ancelotti has transformed Brazil dressing room

Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker said Carlo Ancelotti has completely "transformed" the atmosphere in Brazil’s dressing room since taking charge, and that the squad had endured a very difficult period before the former Real Madrid boss arrived. Ancelotti took over in May 2025 and will be the first

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Katia and Marielle Labèque: 55 — a handsome three-disc tribute

In 1969 two teenage students at the Paris Conservatoire recorded Olivier Messiaen’s formidable Visions de l’Amen under the composer’s nerve-racking supervision; it was released in 1970. Fifty-five years later, Katia and Marielle Labèque’s musical curiosity is undimmed, as this handsome three-disc tribute set demonstrates. A mix

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Jordyn Woods' 'lucky' Knicks bag boosts her fashion brand

Jordyn Woods has made a $125 tux clutch mini from her Woods by Jordyn line a courtside fixture, carrying it through a 13-game Knicks winning streak after it first appeared in the postseason on April 18. A Madison Square Garden no-bag policy tied to Donald Trump's attendance kept

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Does Disclosure Day Have a Post-Credit Scene?

Steven Spielberg has released a new sci‑fi film, Disclosure Day, which is now playing in theaters. It marks his first release since The Fabelmans (2022), and in a recent interview with CBS Sunday Morning he said, "The movie for me is a summation of my life in science

World

Search for Nancy Guthrie reignites after anonymous tip about possible grave

An anonymous tip prompted searchers in Mexico to comb remote areas for Nancy Guthrie after members of Buscando Corazones Nogales, the group that locates missing people, said they were told a grave possibly belonging to the mother of “Today” co-anchor Savannah Guthrie had been found. Ramona Guadalupe Ayala Ortiz, head

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A crab has the third-highest player kill count in Path of Exile 2

Playing Path of Exile 2 on hardcore difficulty means one death permanently ends your character. Streamer Zizaran lost a hardcore character in a mundane combat encounter, and during a recent interview the game's co-directors revealed the culprit was an accidentally deadly crab. Co-game director Jonathan Rogers said the

Science

Chandra Finds Possible Supernova Remnant Near Milky Way’s Center

Using data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers may have found a supernova remnant in the middle of our galaxy. A paper describing the findings was published in The Astrophysical Journal. Supernova remnants are the expanding remains of exploded stars and provide elements like iron, oxygen, and silicon that

AI

Niantic Spatial Denies Pokémon Go Data Is Being Shared With A Drone Company

Pokémon Go’s AR scans have been used to help build AI-powered map models, a practice that players had to opt into but that left some users uneasy. That unease deepened when Niantic Spatial—set up after developer Niantic’s acquisition by Scopely—entered an agreement with Vantor, a spatial