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Uber's take rate surpasses 50% in some cities, study finds — Businessinsider

Uber's take rate surpasses 50% in some cities, study finds

A new analysis finds Uber now keeps more than half of the fare in some cities this year, leaving a smaller share for drivers. Len Sherman, an executive in residence and adjunct professor at Columbia Business School, examined nine years of ride-hailing data for three Uber drivers in Dallas, Miami,

Matt Damon revealed his rapper alter ego 'The Nomad' — Nbc

Matt Damon revealed his rapper alter ego 'The Nomad'

During his June 9 appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Matt Damon used an unexpected approach to promote Get Blue, an environmental campaign focused on bringing safe water to the world. He interrupted Jimmy Fallon's monologue, received a long standing ovation from the live audience and

Tim Allen says 'Home Improvement' reboot stalled by cast 'personality problems' — Pagesix

Tim Allen says 'Home Improvement' reboot stalled by cast 'personality problems'

Tim Allen said a possible Home Improvement reboot has not moved forward because "they get stuck" over what he called "personality problems right now with the boys." He added that the actors who played his on-screen sons — Zachery Ty Bryan, Jonathan Taylor Thomas and Taran Noah

NASA, NOAA to Hold Joint Session on Commercial Satellite Data — NASA Science

NASA, NOAA to Hold Joint Session on Commercial Satellite Data

NASA’s Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) program and NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) Commercial Data Program (CDP) will host a joint session titled "Advancing Weather and Environmental Science Through NASA and NOAA Commercial Satellite Data Programs." The session is part of the

Redditor finds AMD PC once belonging to ex-CEO Rory Read in basement — Pcgamer

Redditor finds AMD PC once belonging to ex-CEO Rory Read in basement

A Reddit user who works as an HVAC tech says they discovered a PC likely belonging to former AMD CEO Rory Read in a customer’s basement. The machine appears to be an Xigmatek XEN6329 Mini-ITX cube chassis signed by several people, including a note that reads, “To Rory, All

Anchorage Requests Treasury Clarification on GENIUS Act AML Rules — Cointelegraph.com News

Anchorage Requests Treasury Clarification on GENIUS Act AML Rules

Anchorage Digital submitted a public comment supporting the Treasury Department’s proposed Anti-Money Laundering and sanctions framework for the GENIUS Act, saying the rules largely balance compliance and innovation. The letter urges Treasury to clarify secondary-market sanctions liability, enterprise-wide AML programs and correspondent account requirements. Anchorage argued issuers should not

Xbox CEO says RAM crisis will force new business models for Project Helix — Polygon

Xbox CEO says RAM crisis will force new business models for Project Helix

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma warned that shortages and high pricing of computer memory — the "RAM crisis" — will produce "radically different business models" for game consoles, and that these changes could take effect as soon as this year. She reiterated plans for Project Helix, the next-gen Xbox

Meta faces pressure to win gamers before Steam Frame arrives — Gamesradar

Meta faces pressure to win gamers before Steam Frame arrives

Prime Day is approaching and big discounts on the Meta Quest 3 and 3S seem unlikely, but the sale might be one of Meta’s last clear opportunities to persuade more gamers to buy its hardware. The Steam Frame is set to launch this summer, and its arrival will change

The new Fable finally feels like a real game — Kotaku

The new Fable finally feels like a real game

For years the Fable reboot never really felt like a real game. That shifted on June 10, when Xbox and Playground Games uploaded a 30-minute, minimally edited deep-dive to the official Fable YouTube channel; Xbox blocked embeds for age reasons, so the footage was also reuploaded via GamersPrey. The video

Doctor Who's Cancellation Highlights a Wider Problem for Franchises — Movieweb

Doctor Who's Cancellation Highlights a Wider Problem for Franchises

I'm devastated by the news about Doctor Who, though not overly surprised given the current state of TV and movie fandoms. Despite the exit of Russell T Davies and the revelation that the 2026 Christmas special was never in production or written, there's still confidence the

Star Wars Quiz: Which Force User Are You? — Collider

Star Wars Quiz: Which Force User Are You?

Star Wars Quiz — Which Force User Are You? The Force is not a binary. It is a spectrum — from the serene halls of the Jedi Temple to the shadowed corridors of Sith space. Ten questions will reveal where you truly fall. The quiz asks about your relationship with the Force

Netflix's War Machine is now one of its biggest films — Polygon

Netflix's War Machine is now one of its biggest films

Netflix's War Machine is now among the streamer’s top 10 original films. The sci‑fi action movie, released in March and directed by Patrick Hughes, began life at Lionsgate and reportedly cost around $80 million. After a weak theatrical showing in Australia, Netflix acquired international rights and

Xenoblade Switch 2 adds out-of-place racing minigame 'Xenoblade Kart' — Gamesradar

Xenoblade Switch 2 adds out-of-place racing minigame 'Xenoblade Kart'

Yesterday was a fantastic day to be a Xenoblade fan. A Nintendo Direct revealed a brand new game in Xenoblade Genesis, and a shadow-dropped Switch 2 Edition of Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition added a surprise minigame fans are calling Xenoblade Kart. Monolith Soft also introduced Ether Jets, all-new high-speed vehicles

JBL Go 3 Bluetooth Speaker Falls to $30 at Amazon — Kotaku

JBL Go 3 Bluetooth Speaker Falls to $30 at Amazon

Amazon has a limited-time deal that drops the JBL Go 3 to $30. The speaker is small enough to fit in a jacket pocket, light enough to clip to a backpack strap, and loud enough to fill a hotel room, a shower, or a picnic blanket. JBL’s Pro Sound

How to turn leftover dressed salad into an Asian lettuce omelette — Lifestyle | The Guardian

How to turn leftover dressed salad into an Asian lettuce omelette

Looking for a way to use up leftover dressed salad? The lettuce omelette has become a social media trend and is also a classic Japanese, Chinese and Taiwanese dish. The popular method separates egg whites and yolks: the whites are mixed with lettuce, cooked and rolled, then the yolks are

How the One Wish Willow Works in Obsession — Movieweb

How the One Wish Willow Works in Obsession

Curry Barker's Obsession centers on a novelty toy from the 1980s called the One Wish Willow, a fake willow branch that grants a wish when snapped. The film follows Bear, who wishes that Nikki would love him "more than anyone else in the world," and that

Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner? — Collider

Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner?

Five legends. Five completely different ways of getting out alive — with style, with muscle, with charm, with luck, or with a plan so intricate it probably shouldn't work. Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back. You're dropped into a dangerous

3 signs someone is using your Wi-Fi - and how to kick them off — Latest news

3 signs someone is using your Wi-Fi - and how to kick them off

Surveillance increasingly reaches into daily life, and the idea of it entering the home is particularly troubling. If you spot an unfamiliar device on your network or notice bandwidth dropping, someone may be using your Wi‑Fi without permission. Warning signs include a sudden slowdown that can’t be explained

How to buy Pitch Black Pokémon TCG cards from The Pokémon Center — Polygon

How to buy Pitch Black Pokémon TCG cards from The Pokémon Center

Mega Evolution: Pitch Black is available for preorder from The Pokémon Center. The set is being sold in Elite Trainer Boxes (11 packs), Booster Bundles (6 packs), Booster Packs (a single pack of 10 cards) and Booster Display Boxes (36 packs) and does not release until July 17, 2026. The

Square Enix announces HD-2D, turn-based Final Fantasy Resonance — Gamesradar

Square Enix announces HD-2D, turn-based Final Fantasy Resonance

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation dominated discussion after Summer Game Fest 2026, but Final Fantasy Resonance — reworked from Brave Exvius and due October 22 — has stood out as a fresher direction for the series. Resonance returns the franchise to turn-based combat and adopts the HD-2D style that defined Octopath Traveler and

‘A poisoned chalice’: will Doctor Who survive Russell T Davies’s exit? — Culture | The Guardian

‘A poisoned chalice’: will Doctor Who survive Russell T Davies’s exit?

The BBC has abandoned the planned Doctor Who Christmas special and ended its partnership with Russell T Davies and the Bad Wolf production company, a development many fans had already suspected. The lack of visible filming for a programme that usually requires lengthy post-production added to the sense that something

Ubisoft to close two studios and cut up to 380 staff — Kotaku

Ubisoft to close two studios and cut up to 380 staff

A source familiar with the ongoing restructuring says Ubisoft will close two offices and cut up to 380 staff as part of another round of layoffs. One of the studios being shut is Ubisoft Winnipeg, which opened in 2018 and grew to roughly 100 employees, most recently helping ship Rainbow

Spielberg Says Kubrick's Death Pulled Him From Harry Potter — Movieweb

Spielberg Says Kubrick's Death Pulled Him From Harry Potter

For years one of cinema’s great what-ifs has been how Harry Potter might have looked in Steven Spielberg’s hands. He was attached to launch the franchise in the late 1990s, sat in on early casting with J.K. Rowling, and then handed it back. The commonly told reason

LEGO Batman pays tribute to Batman Forever’s 'Kiss from a Rose' — Collider

LEGO Batman pays tribute to Batman Forever’s 'Kiss from a Rose'

In LEGO Batman: Legend of the Dark Knight, TT Games pulls together moments from across Batman’s screen history — from Batman: The Animated Series and The Dark Knight to Batman and Robin. Amid the familiar homages, the game’s credits use Seal’s 'Kiss from a Rose' rather

Valve ends physical Steam gift cards amid widespread scams — Polygon

Valve ends physical Steam gift cards amid widespread scams

Valve announced on a Steam support page that it will stop selling physical Steam gift cards. The company said it will cease restocking the cards this year; when retailers run out of stock in 2026, the physical cards will no longer be available. Valve first began offering physical gift cards