Culture

Tribeca reunions: 'Boy Meets World' stars meet, Frampton walks red carpet

At the Tribeca Film Festival, 'Boy Meets World' alums Will Friedle, Danielle Fishel and Rider Strong reunited for the world premiere of Doc Meets World, the documentary about the sitcom. The trio, who host the rewatch podcast Pod Meets World, posed for photos; Ben Savage was notably absent.

Tech

No, Blade is not cancelled, Arkane artist confirms

Marvel's Blade, the daywalker action game in development at Arkane, is not cancelled. Arkane lead concept artist and assistant art director Jean-Luc Monnet posted a short reassurance on X after the game missed its second consecutive Xbox Showcase: "Let us cook." Worries about Blade and the

Tech

Paramount eyes Yellowstone and Sheridan-verse video games

Paramount announced at Summer Game Fest that it is launching Paramount Games Studio and said a Yellowstone video game could be on the table. The studio also revealed a collaboration with PlatinumGames on an adaptation of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin, whose trailer offered a brief look at

Culture

Rumors of a new Wario game grow ahead of tomorrow's Nintendo Direct

With a Nintendo Direct set for tomorrow, speculation is focused on a potential Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time remake — but Wario could steal the spotlight. On June 7, leaker noarmsandnolegs shared a gif of Wario alongside Link, a post that aligns with earlier leaks suggesting a new Wario Land

Politics

Bandits abduct villagers invited to peace talks in north-west Nigeria

Armed bandits seized dozens of villagers who had been invited to a meeting about possible peace negotiations in north-west Zamfara state. Local police said 39 people were taken on Sunday during a gathering in the forest near Magamin Diddi village in Maradun municipality, though some residents and officials put the

Culture

Inside the Big Revamp of Disney’s Millennium Falcon Ride

Millennium Falcon—Smugglers Run is a motion simulator built like an elaborate cockpit arcade game. Launched in 2019 on Nvidia-backed technology and running in Unreal Engine 4, the attraction places six players inside a detailed Falcon set next to a 114-foot replica of the ship. Teams split into two pilots,

Culture

12 Angry Men Returns to Streaming on Prime Video

Sidney Lumet's 12 Angry Men returned to streaming in June 2026 and was added to Prime Video on Jun. 1. It is expected to remain on the platform for the next 12 months, following the typical one-year licensing windows used by subscription services. Released in 1957, the courtroom

Science

Did you solve it? Do you have a snout for numbers?

There is a number N beginning with 4 such that moving the 4 to the end creates a new number that is a quarter of N. In other words N is of the form 4[…], and N ÷ 4 = […]4. What is the lowest possible value of N? Start with two

Culture

Which Iconic Universe Do You Belong In?

A personality quiz maps your instincts and values to one of five legendary universes: Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Game of Thrones, or Star Trek. Eight questions guide the result. The quiz asks what gives your life meaning, which kind of world you want to inhabit, how

Sports

Michael Olise hat-trick as France beat Northern Ireland 3-1

Michael Olise scored three as France overcame a brief scare from Northern Ireland to finish their pre-World Cup friendlies with a 3-1 win. The Bayern Munich star was effective throughout, and Les Bleus saw off the visitors without really getting out of second gear. It's hard to imagine

Tech

MacOS 27 highlights: Siri AI, Liquid Glass tweaks and Safari smarts

At Apple's Worldwide Developers’ Conference, the company unveiled MacOS 27, codenamed "Golden Gate," a relatively slim update due later this fall. Branded as a "Snow Leopard" release focused on performance rather than big additions, it refines features from MacOS Tahoe—most notably the Liquid

Culture

Inside the Tony Awards afterparty with Daniel Radcliffe and Megan Thee Stallion

Broadway’s best partied until 4 a.m. at the Tonys afterparty held at the Carlyle. Hosts PR guru Rick Miramontez and producers John Gore and Jamie DuMont toasted the winners in the Upper East Side haunt, while Jim Caruso and Billy Stritch performed standards at the hotel’s Bemelmans

Culture

Derelict Star review

Derelict Star pairs some of the chunkiest pixels seen since the '80s with a strict 1:1 aspect ratio, presenting a deceptively simple aesthetic that masks an exacting design. At its core it is a momentum-based 2D platformer with a rigorous, masterable physics system: no combat, no bosses, just

Culture

Julio Le Parc review – as if Bridget Riley had opened a riotous funfair

Julio Le Parc’s retrospective at Tate Modern plunges you into 1960s Paris, where avant-garde mischief meets optical play. The show invites touch and movement — Marcel Duchamp’s late title Prière de Toucher (Please Touch) would have made a fitting name — and simple pieces like Pattern to Manipulate reward a

Culture

Silent Hill: Townfall might complete the series' surprising renaissance

After a long drought, Konami’s Silent Hill series feels like it is in the midst of a renaissance. Bloober Team’s remake of Silent Hill 2 and NeoBards Entertainment’s Silent Hill f have reset expectations, and this September Screen Burn Interactive could complete a hat trick with Silent

Tech

Shift Up prioritizes playability for Stellar Blade: Blood Rain

Stellar Blade: Blood Rain arrived at Summer Game Fest during a volatile, expensive moment for gaming hardware. Current-generation consoles have become costlier, PC builds are harder to source, and new devices such as Valve's Steam Machine have been delayed by parts shortages. A large share of the pressure

AI

Fumito Ueda Says New Studio Avoids Generative AI in Development

A new trailer for Gen Atlas at Summer Game Fest 2026 highlighted the sci‑fi project from Fumito Ueda, which his studio genDESIGN is developing under an agreement with Epic Games. Ueda says the studio does not rely on generative AI for core development. "Everything that is considered game

Culture

Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone Spinoff 'Marshals' Returns in First Look

Paramount+ has confirmed Marshals, the Yellowstone spinoff, has begun production in Park City, Utah, and released a photo of Luke Grimes as Kayce Dutton riding a horse while carrying an assault rifle. The series follows Kayce after he leaves the Yellowstone Dutton Ranch and joins an elite unit of U.

Science

NASA-DARES Draft Strategy Open for Public Comment

The NASA Astrobiology Program and DARES Task Force 2 have opened a public comment period for the draft Decadal Astrobiology Research and Exploration Strategy (NASA-DARES). The draft report is available in slide form. Findings from Focus Area 9: Astrobiology in Society are forthcoming, and an abbreviated summary presented at AbSciCon

Culture

The Dog Behind Wishbone Didn’t Just Audition — He Stole the Show

Thirty years after PBS introduced a generation to classic literature through a quick-witted Jack Russell Terrier, a new documentary explores how that canine star was chosen. In a preview clip from What's the Story, Wishbone?, series creator Rick Duffield and the show's creatives travel to Hollywood

Sports

Olivier Giroud signs one-year extension with Lille under Davide Ancelotti

Olivier Giroud has agreed a one-year contract extension with Lille, ensuring he will continue playing top‑flight football into his 40s. He will lead the line next season under newly appointed manager Davide Ancelotti, son of Carlo Ancelotti. L'Équipe says the 39‑year‑old finalised talks with Lille&

AI

Apple's WWDC 2026: AI-first updates, Siri overhaul, and parental controls

Tim Cook gave his final WWDC opening speech as Apple's CEO as the company previewed software coming to the iPhone, Mac, iPad, Apple Watch, and Vision Pro. The keynote centered on "Apple Intelligence," the branding for a suite of AI features the company said are threaded

Crypto

Tokenized RWAs Growth Bucks Crypto Slump as Stocks, Gold Lead Surge

Tokenized real-world assets remained one of the few bright spots in the crypto industry as macroeconomic headwinds and policy uncertainty weighed on markets in 2026, Binance Research said. The market for active tokenized RWAs surged 589% from early 2025 to June 2026. In dollar terms, bonds and money market funds

Tech

Xbox lost 'millions' of Game Pass subscribers after 2025 price hike

Microsoft rolled back the steep Game Pass price increases it imposed in 2025, bringing costs down close to their previous levels after public pushback. During a Summer Game Fest interview with Game Business Live, Matthew Ball — a games industry analyst and newly-installed Xbox chief strategy officer — said Game Pass lost

Culture

The Dog Stars trailer shows Jacob Elordi in Ridley Scott's post-apocalyptic film

Ridley Scott's next film, The Dog Stars, is a post-apocalyptic survival story that opens in theaters on Aug. 28. The latest trailer paints desolate vistas and stages gunfights against Mad Max–style raiders. Jacob Elordi stars as Hig, a pilot hunting the origin of a mysterious radio broadcast