Culture

Mariah Carey uses a necklace to lift her Schiaparelli gown

Mariah Carey attended a dinner at Santa Monica’s Giorgio Baldi in a white Schiaparelli gown with a built-in gold lariat. She looped the oversized chain around her neck to lift the floor-grazing skirt off the ground; the dress retails for $8,300 and the chain attaches to the hem

Culture

Warren Spector on Deus Ex: console influences, Quake plans, and a 2052 setting

A 1997 interview with Warren Spector records his move to Ion Storm and the project that became Deus Ex. He described it as "A first-person roleplaying game," adding, "First-person perspective is where it's at. I'm not much interested in doing anything else."

Business

Water access is now a risk factor in SpaceX’s IPO

SpaceX added new language to its IPO filing that warns investors about access to water, a resource the company says is needed to cool its data centers. The filing, which now reflects the addition of Elon Musk’s AI unit xAI, places water on the same list of critical constraints

Tech

Sony sets 2026 release dates for FlexStrike, gaming monitor and speakers

Sony released new details on its 2026 hardware lineup, including release dates, pricing and pre-order information for the FlexStrike and a new 27-inch PlayStation gaming monitor with a built-in DualSense charging hook. The FlexStrike wireless fight stick will arrive Aug. 6, the same day Arc System Works and Sony XDev&

Culture

CD Projekt Red praises Witcher 3 expansion Blood and Wine as 'unforgettable'

The Witcher 3 still holds up as one of the best open-world games ever made some 11 years after its release, and arguably its best expansion, Blood and Wine, is exemplary of some of the game's finest quest design and writing. In a tweet celebrating 10 years of

Crypto

Grayscale nears Hyperliquid ETF launch with 0.29% fee

Grayscale moved closer to launching its Hyperliquid exchange-traded fund after amending its S-1 registration to add a 0.29% sponsor fee and the proposed HYPG ticker, bringing the product nearer to the U.S. market as demand for HYPE-linked funds grows. The 0.29% fee undercuts 21Shares’ THYP, which charges

Tech

007: First Light's Biggest Flaw Is Random Disconnections

007: First Light is a damn fine video game. Over the weekend, I marathoned IOI’s next big adventure and had a blast with it. But about 12 or so times during my 14-hour playthrough, I was randomly disconnected from the game while playing single player and it was always

Science

What’s Up: June 2026 Skywatching Tips

Early in June, look west shortly after sunset to see Venus and Jupiter, two of the brightest planets. Around June 9, they will appear very close together in a planetary conjunction. From June 11 through June 15, Mercury joins them low in the western sky, creating a mini parade of

Culture

The 10 best movies coming to Netflix in June

Netflix's June lineup brings a mix of classics, sports dramas, and romantic comedies. Arriving June 1 are The Big Lebowski — the Coen brothers classic with Jeff Bridges as a burnout bowling enthusiast known as "The Dude" who gets into trouble after a case of mistaken identity;

Culture

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Guests This Week

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon returns this week, airing weeknights at 11:35/10:35c on NBC with episodes available the next day on Peacock. Monday, June 1 features Tina Fey and Marlon Wayans alongside a performance by the cast of Schmigadoon! Other guests later in the week include

Culture

Why Joy Behar is absent from 'The View'

Joy Behar is stepping away from the “Hot Topics” table — temporarily. Though she typically doesn’t appear on Monday episodes of The View, the June 1 airing marked the beginning of her two-week absence. “There’s been a lot of media attention on me lately because I’m taking off

Crypto

Strategy’s Bitcoin sale alters how investors view its treasury role

Shares of Michael Saylor’s Strategy fell Monday after the company disclosed its first Bitcoin sale since adopting a “never sell” philosophy. Nasdaq-traded MSTR opened down more than 6.5% before paring some losses, and the sale of 32 BTC last week challenged the long-held perception that the company would

Tech

Marathon's first PvP-lite mode offers a tense, unpredictable alternative

Bungie is expanding Marathon with PvE and PvE-adjacent experiments and has unveiled Sponsored Survival, the game's first "PvP-lite" mode, which will run during the inaugural week of Season 2. Only one squad—or a solo player—deploys into the new Night Marsh map, limited to sponsored

Culture

Cataclysm Arcade exclusive TCG previews reveal 3 new Endlings cards

In Cataclysm Arcade, a 1986 disaster collapsed an entire multiverse and left a single surviving timeline known as the retroverse. The game's post-apocalyptic fights take place throughout a decaying New York City subway, where Synths, Mystics, Shifters and Survivors from lost realities clash. The Endlings are a moody

Culture

Witcher 3 Steam players spike after surprise Songs of the Past reveal

CD Projekt Red hurriedly announced a new Witcher 3 expansion, Songs of the Past, on May 27 after accidentally leaking the reveal. On May 29 the Steam player count for The Witcher 3 jumped to 29,166 — one of the highest points seen this year and the biggest spike since

Culture

‘Mormon Mafia’ Conspiracy Trends After YouTuber Flees to Mexico

Reckless Ben, the content creator who exploded in popularity after a series of videos about a missing Lego Star Wars collection valued at $200,000, has fled to Mexico after his arrest by the American Fork Police Department in Utah. The odd dispute and the circumstances of his arrest have

Culture

Every New Movie and TV Show Coming to Netflix in June 2026

Netflix is gearing up for summer viewing with a large slate of new series and films arriving in June 2026, including originals, returning seasons, and older titles being added to the service. Among recommended films, Another Round (June 4) follows friends testing Norwegian psychiatrist Finn Skårderud's theory that

Culture

Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You?

Middle-earth Quiz: Which Lord of the Rings Character Are You? Ten questions stand between you and the truth of who you are. The road goes ever on. The quiz asks you to choose how you’d respond in moments like being handed a responsibility that could destroy you, following a

Sports

Alejandro Grimaldo says he will eventually return to La Liga

Bayer Leverkusen wing-back Alejandro Grimaldo has once again stoked transfer talk ahead of his first World Cup, reiterating his long-term wish to play in La Liga. Speaking during a media day with the Spanish national team, the 30-year-old said returning to Spain "is one of my goals" and

Culture

June style essentials: capris, crochet tops and the kick-flare return

Weddings and Wimbledon signal that summer has arrived, and the May heatwave may have exposed gaps in your warm-weather wardrobe. This month’s picks run from chic capri trousers to bikini bottoms for under £10, with a few under-the-radar brands worth noting. For events, Rewritten’s Roma satin dress (£149)

Culture

Chloe Cherry: Lash serum grew her lashes so long they had to be trimmed

Before finishing her role as Faye in the finale of Euphoria, Chloe Cherry shared a few beauty secrets in a Vogue interview, including her use of Sweed Pro Eyelash Serum. She said, “I started using it like a year ago, and it really did make them grow so much,” adding

Tech

Gabe Newell says gamers have 'enormous choice' amid Steam monopoly claims

In 2023 a court ordered Valve chief Gabe Newell to testify in the long-running antitrust suit brought by Wolfire Games in 2021. A Bloomberg report summarizes parts of that testimony, in which Newell denied that Steam holds a monopoly on PC gaming and said "Customers have enormous choice"

Tech

Router Rebooter: cheap timer that reboots every 24 hours

Consumer-grade routers can become unreliable, and one simple solution is an inline power timer. The Router Rebooter plugs between a router's DC power cable and the router and cuts power every 24 hours for about five seconds. There are no buttons, dials, apps or settings; plug it in

Tech

Escape the Backrooms quietly added to Xbox Game Pass

Escape the Backrooms quietly landed on Xbox Game Pass this weekend, coinciding with Fancy Games finally launching the hit horror game on console and with the release of A24's new film. The game first entered early access on Steam roughly four years ago and quickly built a devoted

Culture

Guillermo del Toro praises Apple TV+'s Widow's Bay as top streaming horror

Horror legend Guillermo del Toro said Widow's Bay is "one of the best things to hit streaming in a long time, point blank period." He added on Twitter: "If I may- in my estimation- #WidowsBay may very well be the best streaming series in a