Culture

I moved to Europe and earn 67,000 Euros a year — I still feel worthless

A 25-year-old living in the Netherlands wrote that after 15 years of planning to leave their home country they finally made it to Europe 1½ years ago and now work in tech sales, earning 67,000 Euros a year. After rent, food, and bills there isn’t much left, and

Culture

Rivage is a time-loop puzzle game where power forces the reset

Miranda Vigneau wakes aboard the A.R.E.S. space station above the planetary candidate VESTA to find her crew gone and the station behaving oddly. Ominous logs scattered around the facility offer pieces of a mystery you must stitch together as you explore. Aiding your progress is the K9

Culture

Lost in a downpour, a man with a rainbow umbrella helped me

It was bucketing down, absolutely pouring. I was on my way to a birthday dinner but got lost in central Sydney’s labyrinth of streets, so I ducked into an internet cafe to look up directions to the restaurant. I then wrote those directions down by hand – such were the

Culture

Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In?

Taylor Sheridan Universe Quiz: Which Taylor Sheridan Show Do You Belong In? Four worlds. All of them brutal, complicated, and built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. Ten questions will reveal which one of his worlds you were made for. Yellowstone · Landman · Tulsa King · Mayor of Kingstown You

Sports

Juventus eye Alexander Sörloth as Dusan Vlahovic's successor

Juventus have identified former Bundesliga striker Alexander Sörloth as a likely successor to Dusan Vlahovic. Atlético Madrid have chosen Sörloth, but the two clubs still need to agree on a transfer fee. The former RB Leipzig striker joined Atlético from Real Sociedad in 2024 for €32 million, scoring 44 goals

Tech

Time Strike offers time-stopping combat in a voxel setting

Playing FPS games makes me feel old; my twitch reflexes are shot and that usually means I get shot. I wished I could stop time to reposition, line up a headshot, grab an enemy missile and redirect it, or teleport behind them. The reveal trailer for Time Strike at the

Crypto

CME launches bitcoin volatility futures; Monarq and DV Chain place first trades

CME's bitcoin volatility index futures began trading last week, offering investors a way to trade and hedge price volatility. DV Chain and Monarq Asset Management executed the first block trades, kicking off trading in the contracts. The contracts track the CME CF Bitcoin Volatility Index (BVX), which represents

Sports

Warren Zaire-Emery hails Rayan Cherki's 'genius' after France display

Rayan Cherki is emerging as a central figure for France after a strong first season at Manchester City. He scored France's goal in the warm-up defeat to Ivory Coast and made a wider impact on the team's play. Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Warren Zaire-Emery praised Cherki'

Tech

Five biggest Xbox Games Showcase 2026 announcements

Xbox Games Showcase 2026 opened with a celebration of Xbox's 25-year anniversary and a message reading "here's to the next 25." The stream delivered new looks at Fable, Clockwork Revolution, Persona 6 and the return of Spyro, with honorable mentions including Metro 2039, Senua,

Tech

Xbox: Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution are not timed exclusives

Xbox opened its latest showcase with Gears of War: E-Day, a prequel to a series long associated with the console, and revealed a release date alongside the announcement that E-Day will be a true Xbox console exclusive. Xbox Wire said E-Day will be an Xbox console exclusive as part of

Culture

Signet City: Citizen Sleeper creator's hand-drawn, fungus-infested RPG

From the creator of Citizen Sleeper comes Signet City. Developer Jump Over the Age, led by Gareth Damian Martin, unveiled a dark, moody RPG set in a British city overtaken by a mega-fungus. The world premiere trailer at the PC Gaming Show is hand-drawn by Martin. It follows a punkish

Health

Is sugar really 'toxic'?

'It's a common myth,' says Dr Emily Leeming, a dietitian at King's College London — and one that thrives on social media. The confusion often comes from people cutting out sugary foods and feeling better; removing ultra-processed sweet treats can improve overall diet quality and

Sports

Marc Cucurella jokes he may shave his hair if Spain win World Cup

Marc Cucurella has hinted he might shave his trademark curls if Spain lift the 2026 World Cup. After famously dyeing his hair red following Spain's Euro 2024 triumph, the Chelsea full-back posted a cryptic social media clip saying: "The World Cup is coming, but this year, I&

World

Ukraine laid anti-drone netting totaling about 510 miles this year

Ukraine has installed 822 kilometers, roughly 510 miles, of anti-drone protection on frontline roads this year, the defense ministry said. About 131 miles of that netting was laid in May alone, while the north–south length of Florida by road is roughly 447 miles from the Georgia border to Key

Culture

Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game turns Minesweeper into a deckbuilder

Mr Magpie's Harmless Card Game reimagines Minesweeper as a card-based deckbuilder. Revealed at the PC Gaming Show, the game from Giant Light Games and published by Behaviour traps you in an elevator with a terrible felt puppet that repeatedly executes you. Gameplay puts a table of cards before

Crypto

Bitcoin rebound triggers biggest short liquidations since late April

Traders betting against bitcoin lost $504 million over 24 hours as the coin bounced from below $60,000, the most in a single day since late April, according to CoinGlass. Bets on rising prices lost $151 million, bringing total crypto liquidations to about $655 million and affecting more than 104,

Politics

Galaxy Lowers Odds of CLARITY Act Passing to 60%

Crypto firm Galaxy Digital has cut its estimate that the CLARITY Act will become law, lowering the probability to 60% after earlier raising it to 75% on May 22 from 55% the morning of May 14’s Senate Banking markup, Galaxy’s head of research Alex Thorn said in a

Sports

Serhou Guirassy set against summer move to Saudi, aims to stay in Europe

Serhou Guirassy's future at Borussia Dortmund remains uncertain, but he has reportedly ruled out a move to Saudi Arabia this summer. Saudi Pro League clubs are said to be spending less than in previous years, and his brother and agent, Karamba, has allegedly offered him to Middle Eastern

AI

Legora CTO: tokenmaxxing is a 'really stupid way' to encourage AI use

Jacob Lauritzen, Legora's chief technology officer, said there are far better ways to encourage AI use than tokenmaxxing. "A lot of people, say, get a leaderboard and bring up token usage at performance reviews," he said. "That leads to tokenmaxing, which is people just burn

Culture

Lovecraftian horrors and hard choices in roguelite climber Ascenders

Climbing games have become a trend, and Ascenders: Beyond the Peak was outlined at the PC Gaming Show by the creative director of developer Ludogram. You build a team and plan a route up a deadly mountain, but the ascent is far from simple—monsters, Lovecraftian horrors and the mountain

Sports

How to watch Netherlands vs Uzbekistan from anywhere with a VPN

Today's game between Netherlands and Uzbekistan will kick-off at 8 Jun 2026, 19:45. If you are travelling abroad or just want to access your usual streaming services from a different part of the world, you may run into geo-restrictions. A VPN, such as ExpressVPN, creates a secure,

Science

West Ireland's limestone springs, myth and Hollywood legend

“If you take all these springs together in terms of flow, it’s by far the largest in Ireland, and one of the biggest systems in the world,” said Dr Benjamin Thébaudeau, geologist for the newly designated Unesco Joyce Country and Western Lakes Geopark in western Ireland. Over a few

Business

Dan Loeb says $5 trillion Nvidia is still undervalued

Nvidia is worth about $5 trillion, but Third Point CEO Dan Loeb told the All-In podcast that the AI chip maker remains undervalued. "I think we'll look back at some point in time and say that was a foolish way to think about Nvidia," he said.

Culture

Two mods already ease Gothic Remake's punishing lockpicking

The Gothic Remake's progression system rewards investment with smoother combat and steady improvements, but its lockpicking mechanics have been widely criticised as tedious and unrewarding. Developer Alkimia Interactive says it is "monitoring the sentiment" and notes the minigame becomes easier once you add skill points. In

Crypto

XRP steadies above $1.10 after four-month lows

XRP recovered from four-month lows on elevated volume, but the token remains capped below key resistance as ETF inflows and exchange outflows continue to build. More than 25 million XRP left exchanges in recent days, while XRP-linked ETF products drew roughly $118 million in inflows during May, pushing cumulative inflows