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Sydney Sweeney on Cassie’s OnlyFans storyline in Euphoria Season 3

Sydney Sweeney reflected on her character Cassie’s polarizing OnlyFans storyline in Euphoria Season 3, telling Vanity Fair that “from the very beginning, you can see that Cassie has this need to be loved.” She said the character, who attracts attention as a model on the subscription-based site after tying

Tech

Prime Day keyboard, mouse and controller deals

Amazon Prime Day 2026 runs June 23–26, and retailers are already rolling out discounts on keyboards, mice and controllers. You don't need an Amazon Prime subscription to find savings—many online stores are joining the sales, and Amazon offers a free 30-day trial if you want access

Tech

Marvel Rivals 8.5 finally makes Cyclops playable

NetEase outlined what’s coming to Marvel Rivals season 8.5, and the midseason update headlines Cyclops as a playable character. He looks awful — for anyone going up against him. Cyclops is a Duelist who relies on his visor beams for precision shots, but he’s not just a Hawkeye

Culture

House of the Dragon showrunner says season 4 scripts are being shown to HBO

Season 3 is only just arriving on HBO, but showrunner Ryan Condal says work on season 4 is already moving forward and that they've begun showing scripts to HBO. "We're actually starting to show HBO," he said at a recent press conference, noting the

Science

Flight Dynamics Research Facility Characteristics

The Flight Dynamics Research Facility (FDRF) is a large, subsonic wind tunnel with a vertical test section used for flight dynamics research, including stability, controllability, free-fall, aircraft spin and spin-recovery testing of atmospheric vehicles. The test section measures 20 ft. in diameter by 24 ft. high. Airflow speed ranges from

Tech

Anker SOLIX C1000 Gen 2 Portable Power Station 53% Off with 100W Solar Panel

Amazon is offering a 53% discount on the Anker Solix C1000 Gen 2 power station bundle, cutting the price from $1,328 to $630. The deal is an early Prime Day discount and available for a limited time. The 2,000W unit has 10 ports, letting you run a smartphone,

Culture

Naomi Ackie Joins Long-Awaited 'It Follows' Sequel

They Follow, the long-awaited sequel to David Robert Mitchell’s cult horror It Follows, has taken a major step forward: Deadline names Naomi Ackie among the cast. The follow-up was announced in 2023. The sequel is set a decade after the last entry and is looking to start shooting this

Culture

‘Starship Troopers’ Star Has One Rule for Returning [Exclusive]

Which Sci-Fi Hero Are You Most Like? Five iconic heroes. Five completely different ways of facing an impossible universe. Eight questions will tell you which one. Paul Atreides · Captain Kirk · Princess Leia · Ellen Ripley · Max Rockatansky. One of them shares your instincts, your values, and your particular way of refusing

Crypto

MiCA Architect Says EU Should Prioritize Tokenization Over DeFi Rules

The European Union should focus on a broader digital-asset framework that covers real-world assets and tokenization rather than try to regulate decentralized finance through a second version of the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, an adviser at the European Commission said. The commission launched a public consultation on MiCA in May,

Sports

Tuchel issues fitness update on Bukayo Saka before Costa Rica friendly

England head coach Thomas Tuchel has given a fitness update on Bukayo Saka ahead of the final World Cup warm-up against Costa Rica. The winger missed the 1-0 win over New Zealand after joining the squad late following Arsenal’s involvement in the Champions League final on May 30, and

AI

Researchers furious over Anthropic's hidden AI limits

Anthropic's new Mythos-based models were deliberately made less helpful when they detect users working on AI research, the company's system cards for Mythos 5 and Fable 5 say. The firm limited the models' usefulness for tasks related to developing frontier large language models, citing concerns

Business

Secretlab CEO on copycats, patents and the cost of innovation

Ian Ang, who co-founded Secretlab with Alaric Choo around 2014, traces the company back to their days as semi‑professional esports players playing StarCraft II. They started by building a chair to complete a gaming setup rather than pursuing a Twitch strategy, and the business grew from that esports foundation.

Culture

Dengeki Daisy anime confirmed for 2027 by Aniplex and Studio DEEN

Sony-owned Aniplex is reviving the long-running shojo manga Dengeki Daisy with a new TV anime animated by Studio DEEN. The project was announced on June 9 after a multi-day countdown and is scheduled to broadcast in 2027; Studio DEEN is known for Fate/Stay Night, Higurashi When They Cry and

Culture

Tales of Eternia remaster returns after 26 years

Tales of Eternia Remastered was unveiled during Nintendo's June Direct and will launch on October 16 for Nintendo Switch and Switch 2, PS4 and PS5, Xbox Series X, and PC (Steam). Originally released in Japan in 2000 and in North America as Tales of Destiny 2 in 2001,

Culture

Final Fantasy Resonance: HD-2D Rebuild of a Mobile Gacha Game

Final Fantasy Resonance is being billed as the franchise’s first HD-2D entry and, unexpectedly, it’s a port of the mobile gacha game Final Fantasy Brave Exvius. Square Enix says the new release is based on the mobile title’s first story arc but has been refined and extensively

Culture

'The Pitt' Confirms Another Major Exit in Season 3

Shabana Azeez has confirmed that her character Victoria Javadi will not be working in the emergency room in Season 3 of The Pitt, moving into a psychiatry rotation to focus on a career in mental health. Azeez said, "I can say that I’m not in the ER this

Culture

Sudoku 7,342 medium

Click here to access the print version. Fill the grid so that every row, every column and every 3x3 box contains the numbers 1 to 9. Continue reading... sudoku, sudoku 7342, medium, puzzle, print version, 3x3 box, fill grid, grid, rows, numbers 1-9

Culture

Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive?

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? The quiz lays out five universes: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, and Star Wars. Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built

Sports

Raphinha reportedly offered four times his salary by Saudi clubs

Mundo Deportivo says the Saudi Pro League is looking to lure Raphinha from FC Barcelona by offering him four times his current net salary. Two clubs, Al-Nassr and Al-Hilal, are pursuing the 29-year-old Brazilian, with the sovereign wealth fund PIF backing both suitors. His net pay would rise from €12

AI

US desk workers are the world's biggest AI skeptics

More than half of US desk workers consider themselves AI skeptics, a level far above the global average. A Salesforce and YouGov survey of more than 1,500 desk workers across four continents finds American workers are 43% more likely than the average global worker to be skeptical. Workers in

Culture

Andy Cohen asks if West Wilson was on beta blockers at Summer House reunion

Andy Cohen asked West Wilson if he was on beta blockers during the final part of the Summer House Season 10 reunion. The question followed Jesse Solomon breaking down about possibly "losing a brother" after learning of Wilson's secret relationship with Amanda Batula, while Cohen noted

Culture

Is Overwatch's 52nd hero a robot or a human?

Overwatch's soft reboot earlier this year has kicked off more story development. Several new short stories, comics, and webcomics are building up to something big, and those pieces look necessary for figuring out what is going on with its newest hero. The trailer for Overwatch's 52nd

Culture

Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 — a flashy, entertaining co-op shooter

With several horror-focused Alien projects in the works, Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 chooses to lean into the series’ action side. The original Fireteam Elite was underrated at launch, but the sequel expands that co-op shooter formula and could become a major multiplayer title while serving as a more action-heavy counterpart

Culture

Project a Black Planet review: theory overwhelms where it should sing

Lynette Yiadom-Boakye is a painter with the imagination of a great novelist. She paints fictional people not portraits — a young woman reading avidly, a man in Pierrot-like fancy clothes, another in a cool green coat. For this group of paintings she has a white-walled room to herself; her young moderns

Culture

West Wilson says he loved Amanda Batula 'for a very, very long time'

In a preview for “Summer House: The Aftermath,” West Wilson tells Amanda Batula’s estranged husband, Kyle Cooke, that he loved her "for a very, very long time." The admission came during an emotional three-hour sitdown weeks after the reunion, after Wilson asked, "Do you want full