Culture

D&D 5.5e's Ravenloft update shows why challenge ratings still don't work

Ravenloft: The Horrors Within, due June 16, is being previewed through D&D’s new Dungeon Masters show and a Ravenloft Play-Along pack on D&D Beyond. This week’s drop brings back the loup garou, and the Play-Along encounter pairs a loup garou with three werewolves for

Tech

Best Solar Batteries for Off-Grid Living in 2026

Discover the best solar batteries for off-grid homes in 2026, including Tesla Powerwall, Pylontech, BYD, LG and more. Compare performance, lifespan, storage capacity and value

Culture

Which Sci‑Fi World Would You Survive? Take the Quiz

A short sci‑fi survival quiz uses eight questions to determine which of five universes — The Matrix, Mad Max, Blade Runner, Dune, or Star Wars — your instincts would be best suited to. The questions probe how you react when things go wrong: whether you pull threads to understand a system,

Politics

Dining across the divide: ‘He liked a graph. I’m a little more: show me the evidence’

Martyn, 44, an IT nerd and solutions architect from Sheffield who had previously voted Labour, met Alan, 62, a semi-retired construction worker from Cleethorpes who had long voted Conservative, for dinner at Casa Nostra. Martyn said he will now look at who stands a better chance between the Lib Dems

Sports

Arsenal urged to strengthen after Champions League final defeat

Arsenal have been urged to be ruthless in the transfer market after their Champions League final defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. The Premier League winners lost 4-3 on penalties in Budapest, a result that has prompted suggestions of fresh reinforcements and questions over whether Viktor Gyokeres needs upgrading. Martin Keown identified

Tesla

Tesla Battery Life: How Long Does a Tesla Battery Really Last?

Discover how long Tesla batteries last, real-world degradation rates, replacement costs, warranties, and whether a Tesla can realistically last 20 years or more.

Culture

When my family of five moved in with my parents

In January my family of five moved from country Victoria to the Gold Coast, my hometown. To save money, my folks offered us the bottom level of their double-story home. For the first couple of months they were overseas, and then our multigenerational living began. My parents had lived alone

AI

Best AI Tools in 2026: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok and More

Compare the best AI tools in 2026 including ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Copilot and Perplexity. Discover which AI assistant is right for you.

Tech

Quantum computing looms, but enterprise security isn't ready

Quantum computing promises major advances and fresh risks. Powerful systems will execute in hours or minutes what once took years, and these advances are coming soon to an enterprise near you. IT professionals now face tough choices as they consider, explore, or even begin preparing for the looming quantum revolution

Sports

How to Watch Cubs vs. Cardinals on Sunday Night Baseball

Sunday Night Baseball returns for the summer, beginning a 13-week run on NBC and Peacock as the Chicago Cubs and St. Louis Cardinals renew their rivalry on national television. The broadcast starts at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, May 31, live from Busch Stadium in St. Louis, with a

Culture

Jamie Lee Curtis' older sister Kelly Lee dies at 69

Jamie Lee Curtis mourned the death of her sister Kelly Lee in an Instagram post, sharing a black-and-white snapshot of her older sister having her hair styled. "A warm aloha to my older sister, Kelly Lee Curtis," the "Halloween" actress wrote, saying Kelly passed "this

Tech

MSI's MEG X blends useful AI settings with gimmicks

I'm in Taipei at MSI's HQ, spending a Sunday prodding its new hardware. I had my hands on the Claw 9 EX AI+ with its Intel G3 Extreme processor and eyeballed a range of MSI's new monitors. The $1599 MEG X — billed as the

Crypto

Why is Stellar's XLM up by Over 50% This Week?

Stellar’s native token, XLM, has rallied more than 50% this week, outperforming the broader crypto market, which has declined by nearly 5% in the same period. The move followed an announcement that the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation will integrate its tokenized securities platform with the Stellar network, targeting

Culture

Action Hero Quiz: Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner?

An Action Hero Quiz asks which action hero would be your perfect partner, offering five legends to choose from: Rambo, James Bond, Indiana Jones, John McClane and Ethan Hunt. The quiz runs through ten short scenarios — from being dropped into danger with no warning to travel methods, being pinned down,

Culture

CBS’ New Crime Phenomenon Is the Perfect Binge for ‘Fire Country’ Fans

An exclusive Taylor Sheridan Universe quiz asks ten questions to reveal which one of his worlds you were made for. Sheridan’s four worlds—Yellowstone, Landman, Tulsa King, and Mayor of Kingstown—are presented as brutal, complicated places built on power, loyalty, and the price of survival. He doesn’t

Culture

Which Horror Villain Could You Actually Survive?

An eight-question horror survival quiz gauges your instincts, strengths and how you think under pressure to reveal which iconic killer you’d have the best chance of surviving. Jason Voorhees is relentless but predictable; survivors win by keeping moving, using terrain and refusing to be where he expects. Michael Myers

Sports

Winners and losers of the 2025–26 European season

The European club season ended with Paris Saint-Germain beating Arsenal on penalties to retain the Champions League, the first successful defence since Real Madrid nearly a decade earlier. Arsenal’s defeat in Budapest did little to dim a historic year at club level, having won the Premier League for the

Culture

Wearing my mum’s clothes helped me celebrate who she was

Only my mum would insist on buying a designer swimsuit on her deathbed. She had always found solace in clothes and, despite lying in a cancer hospital with no further treatment available for her myeloma, she wanted to buy me a birthday present: a Hunza G swimsuit. I sent her

Culture

Kendra Wilkinson hits back at body shamers over her breast implants

Kendra Wilkinson pushed back after commenters suggested her breast implants made her look heavier. She reposted screenshots of the criticism on Instagram and fired back with, "Who’s paying?!" and, "You want my Venmo to support this?" Wilkinson also shared a selfie bearing the message, "

Tech

MSI Claw 8 EX AI+ looks like the new standard for handheld PCs

At a pre-Computex hands-on, MSI showed the Claw 8 EX AI+, a Panther Lake-powered handheld built around Intel’s Arc G3 Extreme. MSI expects a single model at launch toward the end of June, with a likely price around $1,500, a figure that stood out alongside recent price moves

Tech

Your TV's RS-232 port is a versatile automation tool

Most TV ports go unnoticed once everything is plugged in — except perhaps HDMI and USB. Tucked among them you may find an odd 9‑pin connector: the RS‑232 serial port, normally reserved for professional calibration and diagnostic tools. Technicians use it to test signal transmission strength, debug software, and

Culture

Netflix Prepares To Drop Controversial Michael Jackson Documentary in June

The text you provided is a Star Wars alignment quiz that presents the Force as a spectrum and asks ten questions to reveal whether a reader falls toward the light side, dark side, or somewhere in between. Questions cover emotion, training, authority, and moral choices, with possible results labeled Jedi

Culture

Jurassic Park’s CGI made Dragonheart’s Draco possible

When Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park debuted in 1993, its combination of CGI, puppetry and practical effects changed what films could show on screen. A few years later, that same technical shift helped a forgotten 1996 fantasy reach beyond the usual on-screen monster to create a dragon as a character

Crypto

Cosmos-Based Gravity Bridge Halts After Reported $5.4M Exploit

Gravity Bridge, a decentralized blockchain that moves tokens between Ethereum and Cosmos, was reportedly drained of roughly $5.4 million, prompting validators to halt the bridge. Onchain analyst Specter first flagged unusual outflows in a Saturday post on X, saying, “It appears the Gravity Bridge contract key may have been

Culture

Brad Pitt smiles on date night with Ine de Ramon after Maddox files to drop Pitt

Brad Pitt and Ine de Ramon stepped out Friday night in Paris, smiling and holding hands, a day after Pitt’s son Maddox filed to remove “Pitt” from his last name. The couple attended a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert during the outing. Pitt wore a bright blue button-down with