Tech

Sony Drops LinkBuds Clip to Lowest Price Ahead of Prime Day

Sony's open-ear LinkBuds Clip earbuds have been discounted to $198 from their usual $230, a $32 saving ahead of Amazon Prime Day. The earbuds clip onto the ear rather than sealing the ear canal, designed to be feather-light and to stay in place while keeping you aware of

Science

Student Airborne Research Program Begins in Houston

Thunderclouds roll across the sky and raindrops fall sporadically, yet at 81 percent humidity they barely register as 48 undergraduate students gather in Houston for a hands-on research experience. The Student Airborne Research Program is an eight-week internship usually held on the East and West coasts; this year SARP East

Business

Fidelity lowers account minimum to $2,000 for SpaceX IPO access

Fidelity will allow customers with as little as $2,000 in a retail brokerage account to seek SpaceX shares at the IPO price, a major shift from prior IPO participation rules that sometimes required as much as $500,000 in assets. The brokerage said the change reflects increased share availability

Tech

Everyone in Rust is getting a new face

Rust's character customization has always been unusual: you don't get to choose. Looks are generated by a random seed, covering face, race, gender and even the size of your dong or boobs. With the newest update, those faces are changing. Facepunch Studios says it has overhauled

Crypto

Coinbase to Let Borrowers Use Crypto for Fannie Mae‑backed Mortgages

Coinbase and partner Better Home & Finance will let qualified borrowers pledge digital assets to fund Fannie Mae‑backed mortgages, with the program set to launch by summer 2026. Borrowers will initially be able to use Bitcoin (BTC) or USDC as collateral for loans to cover down payments. The initiative,

Culture

Tom Holland brought Christopher Nolan to Marvel's Spider-Man in spirit

Marvel Studios still produces some of the biggest cinematic spectacles, with recent hits like Deadpool & Wolverine, The Fantastic Four: First Steps, and the looming Avengers: Doomsday. As the franchise grew into the highest-grossing in history, its production pipeline shifted toward flexibility over practicality, prompting the question of what a

Culture

Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2 Gives Joker a Radical New Look

Prime Video has released the first official images for Batman: Caped Crusader Season 2, confirming all 10 episodes will debut on Jul. 31, 2026. The gallery, shared exclusively by IGN, offers a first look at how Gotham's rogues have been reimagined for the show's retro, moody

Culture

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive?

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? This sci‑fi survival quiz uses eight questions to figure out which universe fits your instincts: The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, or Star Wars. Questions ask how you react when something is wrong, what resource you'd guard most fiercely,

Sports

Napoli president warns Lukaku and De Bruyne after public criticisms

Napoli president Aurelio De Laurentiis warned his squad that no player is untouchable after public outbursts aimed at former coach Antonio Conte, saying he is prepared to sanction sales this summer. "They have made statements that are either acceptable or unacceptable depending on your point of view," he

Culture

Emmys, Polk Award and other honors for the outlet

The outlet's video team picked up two wins at the 2025 News & Documentary Emmy Awards for The Man Who Feeds Gaza's Children and The True Cost of Mining Electric Car Battery Metals. Its work has been recognised for investigative and original reporting, creative use of

Culture

Amazon Says It Has 'Great Relationship' With 007 First Light Devs

Amazon said it has a "great relationship" with IO Interactive and praised what the studio accomplished on 007 First Light, a game that has sold over 1.5 million copies and is earning strong reviews. The clarification follows comments from Amazon Game Studios boss Jeff Gattis, who noted

Culture

Ice Age: Boiling Point trailer arrives for 2027 theatrical return

It has been ten years since the last Ice Age theatrical film, Ice Age: Collision Course (2016). That release came three years before Disney acquired 20th Century Fox, and the franchise briefly returned as the Disney+ spinoff The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild in 2022. The first trailer for

Health

How to reduce your screen time: 12 realistic tips

Phones have been engineered to keep us hooked: a US court found Meta and YouTube’s platforms were designed to be addictive, and the companies paid a combined $6m. Prof Marcantonio Spada warns that “we’ve outsourced our brain to California – our emotions, our thinking,” and that apps use intermittent

Culture

James Mangold’s Forgotten Sci‑Fi Thriller Is the Perfect Weekend Binge

Zoo, produced by James Mangold in the mid-2010s, leaned into a wildly imaginative tone: kamikaze bats, wolf-organized prison breaks and giant computer-hacking octopuses all figured into its strange, attention-grabbing plotlines. Based on James Patterson’s novel—at least for its first season—the series followed a mysterious virus that made

Sports

Rafael Leao offered nearly double AC Milan salary as he weighs exit

Rafael Leao looks increasingly likely to end his time in Serie A as Galatasaray emerge as the leading contenders for his signature. The Turkish side have presented a contract that would see the winger earn €10 million per season plus bonuses, nearly double the €5.5m plus performance-related add-ons he

Business

Top economist warns US economy is flashing a key warning signal

Moody's chief economist Mark Zandi warns that while GDP has risen this year, the economy is growing below its potential and the situation is tenuous. He cautions that unless growth picks up, unemployment will rise, labor-force participation will fall, and those shifts could eventually undercut growth altogether. Zandi

AI

I tried Google Drive's new AI cleanup tool — here’s the result

I'm an Apple person: I've owned an iPhone since 2007 and a Mac longer than that, and I pay $10 a month for the 2TB iCloud+ plan with 488GB of data and nearly 40,000 photos. At the same time, after 14 years of using Google

Tech

Marshall Tufton Portable Speaker Restocked at 42% Off ($280)

The Marshall Tufton portable Bluetooth speaker, normally $480, is discounted 42% to $280 for a limited time at Amazon. For over 60 years Marshall has been a pioneer in sound. Its early JTM45 guitar amplifier helped shape generations of music, and the Tufton echoes that legacy with textured casing, metal

AI

What to expect from WWDC 2026: Siri revamp and Apple Intelligence updates

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference, WWDC 2026, kicks off Monday at 10 a.m. PT/1 p.m. ET. The event will stream live via the Apple Developer app, Apple’s website and the Apple Developer YouTube channel. The headline is a major AI upgrade to Siri, transforming it into

Culture

Wilmer Valderrama Confirms Major Casting Changes for NCIS Season 24

Wilmer Valderrama says NCIS will see major casting changes as it heads into its 24th season, telling attendees at the 2026 Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival that the show’s creators listen to what fans want to see. He warned viewers to expect "a major shake-up happening"

Culture

Solo Leveling's Japanese Print Run Ends with Final Volume

Solo Leveling's Japanese print run concludes with its final volume on June 23, 2026, nearly seven years after the series first appeared in Japan. The edition launched through Kadokawa on December 23, 2019, and will finish with Volume 25. The property began as a web novel by Chugong

Crypto

Gray peptide vendors embrace stablecoins as safety fears deepen

Chainalysis said off-label peptide sales have climbed past a $100 million annual run rate, with first-quarter sales in 2026 reaching $32 million — up 159% from $12 million in the prior quarter. The blockchain analytics firm linked the surge to rising public interest in peptides and the mainstream discussion around GLP-1

Sports

Bayern reach verbal agreement for Germany left-back; €60m fee stalls deal

Bayern Munich have reached a full verbal agreement with Eintracht Frankfurt left-back Nathaniel Brown. Manager Vincent Kompany has pushed for the move after positive discussions with the 22-year-old, who is in Chicago with the Germany squad ahead of the World Cup and a friendly against the USA; the club have

Business

Becky Vinter promoted to VP of creative strategy and studios

The company promoted Becky Vinter to Vice President, Creative Strategy & Studios, recognizing her leadership across some of its most ambitious branded content and revenue-driving initiatives. Over nearly a decade she led development of the company's multi-award-winning Studios, which was recently named Best Branded Content Studio of the

Tech

Fly Foundational Robots to test a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit

Set to launch in late 2027, Fly Foundational Robots (FFR) will deploy and operate a commercial robotic arm in low Earth orbit, turning the spacecraft into an in-space platform and destination for robotic demonstrations. Developed by small business Motiv Space Systems, the arm can perform dexterous manipulation, autonomous tool use,