Sports

Saha: Mbappe best bet for Golden Boot as France chase World Cup

Club matters have been pushed to the back of Mbappe’s mind for now. He is, while working through pre-tournament friendlies, ready to open another quest for World Cup glory - having claimed that title as a teenager in 2018 and scored a hat-trick in the 2022 final before coming

Business

The trader behind the Beyond Meat short-squeeze shorts three AI stocks

Dimitri Semenikhin, the trader who kicked off last year’s Beyond Meat short squeeze, said on X that he is now betting against three AI infrastructure names: Nebius, Advanced Micro Devices, and Bloom Energy. He argues current valuations embed near-certainty assumptions that demand will keep rising and that compute will

Crypto

Strategy’s Bitcoin Sale Shakes Treasury Trade Assumptions

Strategy disclosed the sale of 32 Bitcoin — its first reported liquidation outside a 2022 tax-related transaction — and the market reacted sharply. The sale was tiny compared with the company’s holdings, but shares of MSTR fell as investors rethought the long-standing view that the firm would only accumulate BTC and

Culture

SNL's He-Man Sketch Brings the Toy to Disturbing Life

Saturday Night Live's Season 40 sketch "He-Man and Lion-O" pushes the snl, season 40, he-man, lion-o, he-man sketch, sketch, toy, disturbing, life, comedy

Tech

The Switch 2's first year was better than the original Switch's in every way

The Switch 2 is one year old, and it's had quite the first 12 months of life. It wasn't as flashy as the original console's opening year, and some have pointed to the earlier system's 3D Zelda and Mario launches as evidence

Culture

Hands on: Gothic 1 Remake — brilliant, bizarre and janky

Brilliant, bizarre, and a bit too obnoxious for its own good, Gothic 1 Remake is a solid redo of a hugely influential RPG. The remake stays faithful to the original’s deeply unique and unfriendly spirit: the visual update is spectacular, the gameplay is tough but rewarding, and the story

Business

David Ellison launches Paramount Games Studio

Paramount Skydance chief David Ellison is reshaping the company he took control of last year, merging Paramount and Skydance’s game operations into a single division called Paramount Games Studio. Paramount announced the new studio on Friday, combining Skydance’s two game studios with Paramount’s IP library. Tony Driscoll,

Culture

Producer Sues Amazon Over Hollywood Hustler Documentary

A producer has filed a defamation lawsuit against Amazon over its Prime Video documentary Hollywood Hustler: Glitz, Glam, Scam, which portrayed him as an accomplice to convicted fraudster Zach Horwitz. The film chronicles Horwitz, who used a manufactured association with Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz and promises of production deals with

Culture

New Moana Release Sets the Stage for Disney Live-Action Remake

A new Moana release is presented as exclusive and is said to set the stage for Disney's next big live-action remake. That release is framed as a prelude to the forthcoming live-action project. The exclusive links this Moana release directly to the remake's development. moana, disney,

Culture

Why no one sings along to Spain's national anthem

The anthem was first mentioned in 1761 in Manuel de Espinosa de los Monteros' Libro de Ordenanza de los toques militares de la Infantería Española, where it appeared as Marcha Granadera. During the Second Republic (1930–1939) the 'Himno de Riego' replaced it, but after Francisco Franco

Culture

Anthony Head's final red carpet appearance

Anthony Head’s final red carpet appearance was three years before his death. He attended the “Dungeons & Dragons: Honour Among Thieves” UK premiere on March 23, 2023, and smiled for photos with his longtime partner, Sarah Fisher, and their daughters, Emily and Daisy Head. The British actor died Friday.

Sports

Fashion goals: World Cup’s style tournament has already kicked off

The 2026 World Cup may not kick off until Thursday, but the fashion tournament has already begun, as teams arrive at training camps across the US. Fashion moments range from the outfits players wear to get to training, to the suits worn on planes and their training gear. The French

Sports

How to watch Haiti vs Peru friendly from anywhere with a VPN

Today's game between Haiti and Peru will kick-off at 6 Jun 2026, 01:00. Broadcasters vary by country — SporTV in Brazil, Premier Sports in Great Britain and Ireland, Tele Haiti, DAZN in New Zealand, América Televisión in Peru, FOX Deportes in Puerto Rico and fuboTV in the USA.

Tech

Five ways Android Auto outperforms your car's infotainment system

In-car infotainment screens are growing, and many modern vehicles include the equivalent of a tablet. Some systems run Android Automotive, but most automakers use their own software, and much of that built-in software is walled off and limited. Android Auto provides access to far more apps and receives regular updates.

Culture

Locals in Palermo protest Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's three-day wedding

Locals in Palermo have protested Dua Lipa and Callum Turner's three-day wedding, which has closed parts of the city. Photos show heavy police outside Palazzo Valguarnera-Gangi, where the couple is expected to host a cocktail reception Friday; authorities have put up rings of steel around squares including Piazza

Tech

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis system requirements revealed

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis received a new trailer at Sony's State of Play, but its release has been pushed back to 2027. Alongside that update, the developer published the game's system requirements. The minimum list calls for Windows 10 or 11, an Intel i5 8600

Culture

The Edward Hopper of the Black Country: Billy Dosanjh's Walsall photographs

It was bitter in Walsall that winter of 1962-3 when snow turned the Black Country white. In After the Storm, Billy Dosanjh’s reconstruction of one especially chilly night, an elderly Sikh man, recently arrived from the Punjab, stands under an old carriage lamp, seemingly seeing snow for the first

Culture

Overgeared anime from Solo Leveling studio arrives on Crunchyroll in October

The webcomic Overgeared, drawn by Redice—the studio behind Solo Leveling—is getting an anime adaptation. It’s headed to Crunchyroll in October, and the show’s first teaser trailer has been released. Overgeared follows Shin Youngwoo (a.k.a. Grid), a low-level player in a popular VR game who

Tech

HYTE's Nexus 3.0 lets you control PC fans and lighting from your phone

HYTE brought an updated Nexus 3.0 to Computex that lets you control a PC from a browser tab. You can scan a QR code with your phone, pair it, and adjust lighting, fan speeds, and display panel configurations, or simply track performance metrics remotely. In a demo I linked

Culture

Secret 'Bad' Ending Discovered in Mina the Hollower

A secret “bad” ending in Mina the Hollower has been discovered. It’s extremely difficult to trigger and noticeably bleak. The game normally only has one ending unless a player meticulously avoids a long list of specific actions throughout an entire run. In a pivotal banquet cutscene before the final

Culture

35 Years Later, 130-Minute Cyberpunk Action Epic Masterpiece Is Streaming Free

Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the 1991 R-rated, 130-minute action film steeped in cyberpunk elements, is streaming free on Pluto TV as part of the June update. James Cameron’s sequel cost $102 million, making it one of the most expensive films of its time, and it went on to gross

Science

First Steps: America’s Grueling Second Spacewalk

One year after Gemini IV astronaut Edward H. White completed NASA’s first spacewalk, the agency prepared for a demanding second excursion. Originally scheduled for Gemini VIII, the extravehicular activity was reassigned to Gemini IX-A after that mission ended early, with Gene Cernan taking on the task. On June 5,

Culture

Which Sci‑Fi Hero Are You Most Like?

A short personality quiz matches you with one of five iconic sci‑fi heroes: Paul Atreides, Captain Kirk, Princess Leia, Ellen Ripley, or Max Rockatansky. Eight questions explore how you respond when the universe turns impossible. The questionnaire asks about leadership under pressure, your greatest strength in a crisis, what

Sports

Fowler: England must face the best, even Ronaldo and Portugal

That mindset also applies to evergreen forward Ronaldo, who is still going strong at 41 years of age. The Manchester United and Real Madrid icon has been a thorn in England’s side before - helping to send them packing on penalties from Euro 2004 and the 2006 World Cup.

Culture

M.I.A. says she learned she was dropped from Kid Cudi tour from her son

M.I.A. said she discovered she had been removed from Kid Cudi’s tour when her teenage son called from school and showed her Cudi’s announcement. “From a different state, my son called me from school and he’s like, ‘Oh, I guess you’re coming home,’ and