Culture

Meghan shares Princess Lilibet's Beyoncé T-shirt in new family photos

Meghan Markle posted a new Instagram photo of Princess Lilibet wearing a white t-shirt featuring a drawing of Beyoncé that reads, “B is for Beyonce.” In the sketch Beyoncé wears large hoop earrings that spell out “Queen Bey.” The shirt is sold by the National Women’s History Museum for

Tech

What you give up when you put on a smartwatch or ring

Modern smartwatches and smart rings do far more than count steps. They continuously collect fitness, sleep, fertility and other health data and upload it to apps, which raises questions about privacy, security and who actually owns that information. The more data collected, the greater the risk of breaches or of

Tech

12 PC gaming gift ideas for Father's Day

Father's Day falls on Sunday, June 21 this year, and if you're scrambling for a present, there are 12 PC gaming gift ideas that should make any gaming dad very, very happy. The picks include mouse pads and tool sets as well as gaming controllers, mice,

Tech

Xenoblade Genesis announced during June Nintendo Direct

Nintendo revealed a brand-new Xenoblade game during Tuesday's Nintendo Direct. The trailer for Xenoblade Genesis showed some early moments but was light on gameplay. A special power known as Anima permeates the world, and warriors called Vesselai can wield it. Based on the trailer, players will seemingly take

Culture

Stranger Things: The First Shadow to close in London and New York

The London and New York productions of Stranger Things: The First Shadow, the theatrical prequel to Netflix’s TV blockbuster, are to both close this winter. The final performance at the Phoenix theatre in London will be on 27 December and the last show at the Marquis theatre in New

Health

'X-Men' star Tyler Mane reveals breast cancer diagnosis

Tyler Mane, best known for playing Sabretooth in the 2000 film "X-Men" and a former World Championship Wrestling star, has revealed he has been diagnosed with breast cancer. The 59-year-old shared the "super rare" diagnosis on June 8 and said he was beginning chemotherapy, telling viewers

Tech

KTC M27T6S: affordable 1440p mini-LED with impressive HDR

The KTC M27T6S is a 27-inch 2,560 x 1,440 IPS panel with a 200 Hz refresh rate, 1 ms MPRT response and VESA DisplayHDR 1000 certification. It uses 1,152 mini-LED dimming zones to reach up to 1,000 nits, and is pitched at a budget price of

Culture

Nintendo Direct 2026: Every Switch 2 game reveal, trailers, and announcement

Nintendo's 2026 Direct delivered more than two dozen announcements, spanning ports, updates, and new titles. Highlights included ports of Metaphor Re:Fantazio and Dragon's Dogma, an update for Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave, an appearance from Kingdom Hearts 4, and a new turn-based Final Fantasy

Culture

What to do first in the Gothic 1 Remake

The Gothic Remake starts you without a map and only a rough hint from Diego when you crawl out of the pool. Before moving on, exhaust Diego's dialogue so you understand the basic situation and the immediate goals. On the canyon path you can find pickaxes and rusty

Science

Tyndall’s Trail of Bergs

An astronaut aboard the International Space Station photographed Tyndall Glacier in southern Chile through a veil of clouds on May 10, 2026. Fragments that had calved from the glacier floated across Lago Geikie, which formed at Tyndall’s terminus around 1940. Tyndall drains the Southern Patagonian Icefield and has been

Tech

FromSoftware’s Duskbloods to Hold Switch 2 Network Test This Summer

Nintendo Direct offered a brief new look at FromSoftware’s upcoming online action RPG The Duskbloods. There’s still no release date beyond the vague 2026 window originally promised, but the game will hold its first online network test on Switch 2 sometime this summer. Duskbloods, announced in April 2025

Culture

Stranger Things: The First Shadow to Close in London and New York

Stranger Things: The First Shadow will end its West End run at the Phoenix Theatre on Dec. 27, 2026, and close on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre on Jan. 3, 2027. The play, set mainly in 1959, features younger versions of characters such as Jim Hopper, Joyce Byers (then Maldonado)

Crypto

Crypto Users Wary as Anthropic’s Claude Mythos Goes Live

Anthropic released the first public version of its Claude Mythos model, called Fable 5. The company says Fable 5 was "made safe for general use" and includes safeguards that reroute some topics, such as cybersecurity, to a different model, Claude Opus 4.8. Anthropic warned that "Releasing

Culture

Which Sci‑Fi Hero Are You Most Like?

Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. A short sci‑fi personality quiz asks eight questions to match your instincts and values to one of those figures. Questions probe how you lead under pressure, your greatest strength in a crisis, what you would sacrifice, how

Sports

Atletico mock Real after €150m Alvarez bid revelation

Atletico Madrid mocked arch-rivals Real Madrid on social media after Real published an official statement saying a €150 million bid for Julian Álvarez had been turned down. The Rojiblancos dismissed the announcement with a sarcastic list of clarifications and publicly taunted their neighbours. Real's statement said: "Real

Culture

Ciara Miller rejects Amanda Batula’s apology over West Wilson romance

Ciara Miller rejected Amanda Batula’s apology for secretly dating West Wilson during the third and final part of the “Summer House” Season 10 reunion on Tuesday. Host Andy Cohen gave Batula the floor and she said she had ‘‘developed feelings for someone that I wasn’t supposed to’’ and

Tech

2026 looks thin for GPUs as Nvidia's RTX 50 Super pushed to 2027

Mid‑2026 hasn't been a vintage year for GPU launches. Benchlife, as noted on Videocardz, now places Nvidia's RTX 50 Super Series at CES 2027 in January at the earliest, despite earlier indications of a late‑2026 debut. So far this year the notable arrivals have

Tech

Samsung 990 PRO SSD on Clearance at Nearly 40% Off

SSD prices have been volatile in 2026 as demand tied to AI lifted costs, but the Samsung 990 PRO is trending lower for now. The drive comes in 1TB, 2TB and 4TB sizes; last year they sold for roughly $100, $170 and $300 respectively. Prices spiked in January to about

Culture

Olivia Wilde Leads Gregg Araki's R-Rated Erotic Thriller

Director Gregg Araki returns with I Want Your Sex, an R-rated erotic thriller written by sex columnist Karley Sciortino. Olivia Wilde stars as Erika Tracy, a provocative artist who hires Elliot (Cooper Hoffman) and quickly brings him in as her sexual muse. The trailer dropped today and leans into a

Culture

Star Wars quiz determines your place in the Force

A new Star Wars quiz asks ten questions to reveal where you fall in the Force. 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. The prompts probe your relationship with the Force, how

Sports

England must navigate play-offs despite 3-0 win over Ukraine

England will have to navigate the play-offs to reach the 2027 Women's World Cup despite a 3-0 win over Ukraine at the Hill Dickinson Stadium. They had needed Iceland to take points off Spain after La Roja thumped Sarina Wiegman's side, and Spain's eventual

Business

Britain’s priciest home — and the man who lives on its porch

When it last changed hands in 2020, 2-8A Rutland Gate sold for £210m. The word “house” hardly fits: the Knightsbridge property has 45 rooms, four lifts, an indoor pool and 116 windows, 68 of which face Hyde Park. Yet it has stood empty for years. On the porch a makeshift

Culture

Three Chinese cities with the best food — and one disappointment

After a decade exploring China's culinary landscape — from the deserts of Xinjiang to the rainforests of Yunnan — I narrowed my favorites to three epicurean destinations worth the trek, and one city that fell flat for me. Hangzhou sits about an hour by high-speed rail from Shanghai and is

Culture

Every AGT 21 Act That Auditioned in Episode 2: A Yes or an X? (RECAP)

After the premiere had a record-breaking three Golden Buzzer-scoring Acts, Season 21 was already off to an amazing start. The second night of Auditions brought another crop of diverse, exciting performers who delighted the judges — Howie Mandel, Simon Cowell, Mel B and Sofía Vergara — while host Terry Crews could barely

AI

Testing iOS 27's AI photo tools: skeptic finds useful results

Apple unveiled several AI-powered updates for the Photos app at WWDC, and the iOS 27 developer beta introduces three AI photo editing tools: an improved Clean Up tool, Extend, and Reframe (Spatial Reframing). I tried the enhanced Clean Up on a street‑performer photo to remove passersby. Clean Up automatically