Culture

Swatter of GTA 5 actor sentenced to four years

Ned Luke, the actor who plays Michael in Grand Theft Auto 5, was swatted during a Thanksgiving livestream in 2023. He posted an Instagram message with a photo of a Department of Justice letter he said resolved the case, writing: "Don't drop the soap in the shower

Culture

Netflix’s Devil May Cry Renewed for Third and Final Season

Netflix announced that the animated series Devil May Cry will return for a third and final season. In a press release, showrunner Adi Shankar wrote: "For those of you who have been paying attention to the episode names, I have been showing you the structure the entire time. This

Tech

How to smash vending machines in Forza Horizon 6

Vending machines are scattered across the Japan map in Forza Horizon 6, often outside shops and gas stations. Smash five of them to complete a Festival Playlist challenge for the winter season and unlock the 2023 Lotus Emira; driving into the machines breaks them and awards 1,000 skill chain

Crypto

Bitcoin Must Hold $60,000 Next After $2 Trillion Crypto Market Wipeout

Bitcoin returned below $64,000 after Thursday’s Wall Street open as bulls nursed 13.5% weekly losses. The focus is on $60,000 and its ability to hold as support, a key line in the sand for bulls. Price strength barely recovered after a slide to the lowest levels

Tech

Series S Memory Issues Delay Xbox Port; Calls to Change Parity Rule

Moon Studios’ top-down action RPG No Rest for the Wicked is headed to PlayStation 5 after an extended early access run on PC, but Xbox players will have to wait while the studio optimizes the game to run on the smaller Xbox Series S. The PlayStation reveal came during Sony’

Culture

National Symphony Faces Uncertain Season as Kennedy Center Plans Closure

The National Symphony Orchestra has been unable to finalize its next season without an approved budget or a secured venue. Since President Trump took over the Kennedy Center at the start of his second term, audiences have diminished, artists have canceled and key staff have departed. The center’s plan

Culture

Alan Ritchson Stars in New Poster for Motor City

One of the buzziest action films of the year features almost no dialogue and centers on a raging Alan Ritchson seeking vengeance after being incarcerated for a crime he didn't commit. Set in 1970s Detroit, the revenge thriller will draw Reacher fans when it hits theaters later this

Culture

2026’s Biggest Fantasy Blockbuster Officially Breaks Fandango on Ticket Sale Day

Tickets for Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s The Odyssey went on sale today for IMAX and other premium formats, and the rush overwhelmed ticketing site Fandango. The crash occurred earlier today, and users are still having trouble selecting seats even as other parts of the site appear to

Sports

Proposed record transfer collapses as Said El Mala turns down Brentford

Said El Mala was expected to leave 1. FC Köln this summer after one season, but a proposed record transfer has now fallen through. Bild said Köln had decided to accept FC Brentford's €50 million offer — €45m up front with €5m in add-ons, a 15% sell-on clause, a

World

US Army trains to hide command posts in digital noise

Future warfare’s speed and chaos are pushing the US Army to rethink its field command posts. Those posts emit a high volume of transmissions that advanced adversaries can detect and target, and recent strikes in Ukraine on Russian command centers — which killed more than a dozen generals — have underscored

Culture

Amy Sedaris and Jimmy Fallon Reenact Love Island Meeting

The Season 8 premiere of Love Island USA left such an impression on Jimmy Fallon that he reenacted one of the episode's moments on the June 3 episode of The Tonight Show. Love Island USA fans were transfixed by a scene of OG Islanders Aniya Harvey and Kenzie

Culture

Wardogs moves its Steam early access date forward

Bulkhead's Wardogs will launch into early access on Steam later this summer, earlier than the studio had planned, after pre-release testing produced very positive feedback. A statement on the game's official X account said testers told the team that performance and optimisation exceeded expectations and, most

Culture

‘Hallucinating inside a Scandinavian kindergarten’: my night alone in Ikea

More than 5,000 people logged on for the chance to sleep over in Ikea’s Sydney pop-up; I was one of the few who scored a $19.95 stay in a house kitted out with the Post Scriptum (PS) collection’s 10th edition. The company billed it as the

Tech

Set of Counter-Strike 2 Cologne Major stickers nears $20,000

Dramatic shifts in the Counter-Strike 2 market have pushed prices for some Cologne Major stickers to eye-watering levels. Valve sleuth Gabe Follower flagged that buying one of each of the 100 top CS2 Cologne 2026 Major stickers now costs $19,447.37, with the priciest sticker listed at $1,522.

Tech

Subnautica 2 Devs Promise It’s About To Get Way Scarier

Since launching into Early Access on May 14, Subnautica 2 has seen a steady stream of hotfixes, most recently dialing down the aggression of some of the game's more frustrating fish. Today developer Unknown Worlds offered the first look at larger upcoming updates, including a whole new region

Tech

Motorola Razr Fold vs Razr Ultra — which one should you buy?

Motorola's 2026 foldables take two different approaches: the Razr Fold opens like a book into an 8.1-inch display and aims to replace a small tablet, while the Razr Ultra is a compact flip with a 7-inch main screen and a small cover display. Both pack flagship hardware

Culture

Keep Daniel Craig's Narnia Villain True to the Books

With a release window now in place for Greta Gerwig’s Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew, the author revisited The Chronicles of Narnia and pictured the cast. Gerwig’s adaptations often take creative turns, but one character they hope remains faithful is Daniel Craig’s Uncle Andrew. In the book,

Culture

RWBY cast give slim Volume 10 update and share hopes for the show's future

Fans have been waiting since Volume 9 premiered in 2023. Rooster Teeth shut down in 2024, creating uncertainty until Viz Media acquired the IP, and showrunner Kerry Shawcross later confirmed that Volume 10 was in development in 2025 — but few concrete updates have followed. At a panel moderated by Maggie

Culture

MC Escher review – hallucinatory insights from the mind-bending master

We think we know the world of Maurits Cornelis Escher with its mind-bending staircases and buildings that impossibly twist upon themselves. Yet a shocking glimpse of reality intrudes in Somerset House’s gripping journey through his metaverse: in 1945 Escher designed a diploma for students at a temporary academy in

Sports

Concerns persist ahead of World Cup warm-up: Neuer's fitness uncertain

Manuel Neuer's return to full training with the German national team has been pushed back once again. The 40-year-old, back in the squad, sat out Thursday's closed-door session in Chicago as he continues to recover from a calf injury. The DFB says he is still "

Politics

Jill Biden's book details awkward inauguration ride with Melania Trump

In her memoir View from the East Wing, Jill Biden recalls an uncomfortable car ride with Melania Trump from the White House to the Capitol for Donald Trump's 2025 inauguration. She notes it is customary for the outgoing and incoming presidents to travel together while their spouses ride

Culture

Alan Jackson Farewell Concert Special to Air Primetime

Alan Jackson: The Last Show was filmed before a sold-out crowd at Nashville's Nissan Stadium and will be broadcast as a primetime concert special later this year, with a streaming release the following day on Peacock. The telecast will spotlight Jackson's remarkable catalog spanning more than

Culture

Timothée Chalamet's 'Marty Supreme' diamond pendant at Knicks Finals

Timothée Chalamet, 30, traveled to San Antonio’s Frost Bank Center to cheer on the New York Knicks in the NBA Finals and wore a custom diamond pavé "Marty Supreme" pendant from The Crown Collection, designed by Ryan Rehbock and commissioned through Doni Nahmias. Rehbock said he designed

Culture

Resident Evil team has considered a game set in Japan

The Resident Evil team is riding the momentum from Requiem’s launch. Requiem became the fastest-selling Resident Evil title and drew glowing reviews (I gave it a 92 in our Requiem review), leaving fans eager for more. In a recent interview with Japanese news site Futaman (via Automaton), producer Masato

Science

Colorful, Chaotic Jupiter

Juno captured this color-enhanced view of Jupiter’s northern hemisphere during its 61st close flyby of the giant planet on May 12, 2024. Citizen scientist Gary Eason made this image using raw data from the JunoCam instrument, applying digital processing techniques to enhance color and clarity. It provides a detailed