Politics

The Politics of the Downwardly Mobile Professional Class

Graham Platner, the Democratic candidate in Maine’s Senate race, says he understands the plight of his state’s working class because he is working class. Platner, who works as an oyster farmer, talks regularly about getting by on $60,000 a year while living in a modest two-story house

Business

Has AI ended the memory-chip boom-and-bust cycle?

Micron crossed $1 trillion in market value this week, a milestone few investors would have expected even a few years ago. The memory-chip sector has long been one of tech's cruelest corners, swinging from brutal booms to catastrophic busts. Micron shares have risen roughly twentyfold since 2017; Samsung

Culture

StarCraft 2 development ended six years ago, but Blizzard keeps changing it

Six years after Blizzard said it would stop producing new content for StarCraft 2 in October 2020, the studio has continued to issue balance tweaks and updates. A new patch aims to "extend the early and mid-game experience, allowing players to remain competitive on one to three bases for

Health

WHO says Ebola outbreak death rate 30-50% as chief visits DRC

The World Health Organization has revised the Ebola death rate in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to between 30% and 50% based on confirmed cases. Anaïs Legand of the WHO’s high threat pathogens team said: “It’s huge. It means that up to five out of 10 people

Culture

Songs of the Past should draw from the Witcher novels

After months of speculation, CD Projekt Red announced more The Witcher 3 DLC on Wednesday. Unfortunately for those wanting more monster hunting on the Continent ASAP, the upcoming expansion Songs of the Past won’t be released until sometime in 2027, so for now you’ll have to be content

Culture

Temple Maker 64 demo brings N64-style dungeon creation to life

One-man studio Ki3 Games has released a free demo for Temple Maker 64, a tool for creating large, interconnected dungeons or short challenge rooms and a third-person adventure that clearly evokes Ocarina of Time. Super Mario Maker prompted requests for a similar The Legend of Zelda Maker, and while Nintendo

AI

Simulate real-world places with Project Genie and Street View

Genie is a general-purpose world model that generates diverse, interactive environments and has become a foundational tool for research, even helping Waymo simulate hyper-realistic road environments. The project now links Genie’s generative power with Street View imagery so models can anchor virtual environments in real places. Street View grounding

Tech

Xbox delays Fable to February 2027

Xbox announced it is moving its upcoming Fable reboot to February 2027, saying the shift will give the game a dedicated launch window amid a crowded 2026 slate. The post named Halo: Campaign Evolved, Gears of War: E-Day, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, Control Resonant, Star Wars: Galactic Racer

Culture

Spider-Man Faces the Punisher in New Brand New Day Image

Spider-Man: Brand New Day picks up Peter Parker five years after the end of Jon Watts' trilogy, stripping the hero back to basics and away from Stark technology. A new image released online and shared by Empire Magazine shows Spider-Man running alongside Frank Castle as the Punisher fires a

Culture

Which Oscar Best Picture Is Your Perfect Movie?

Five Oscar Best Picture winners. Five completely different visions of what cinema can be — and what it can do to you. Ten questions will figure out which one. What kind of film experience do you actually want? Parasite is a film about class, desire, and the architecture of inequality that

Sports

Balogun for the 'big boys' and Pepi for mid-tier Premier League clubs

With Balogun and Pepi heading to a home World Cup this summer and linked with Premier League interest, ex-USMNT goalkeeper Friedel assessed where each might fit at club level for 2026-27. Friedel said: 'I think someone like Pepi would need to be one of the mid to lower teams.

Culture

Katy Perry collaborates with rapper who once threatened to 'smack' her

Katy Perry and Chief Keef released a remix of Perrys 2013 song "Legendary Lovers" on Thursday, 13 years after Keef threatened to "smack" her during an online beef. Perry posted a TikTok of the duo dancing and singing along to the remix with the caption,

Tech

Build A Ring Farm codes (May 2026) for seeds, cash, sprays, and more

Build A Ring Farm codes can boost your farming operation by providing free seeds, fertilizers, sprays and cash to spend on expansion. They make it easier to grow plants, harvest them and sell for cash, and some rewards help you earn while you’re offline. Available codes: PLANTRUSH – 1x Plant

Sports

Luis Enrique says PSG’s motivation outweighs Arsenal’s desire for first title

Luis Enrique has insisted Paris Saint-Germain’s motivation to retain their Champions League title is greater than Arsenal’s quest to be crowned European champions for the first time. PSG demolished Inter 5-0 in last year’s final in Munich and are strong favourites for Saturday’s showdown at the

Tech

Behold The Latest Very Cool, Super Deluxe PC Gaming Handheld

Meet the MSI Claw 8 EX AI Plus, portable PC gaming’s latest high-end handheld. It’s notable as the first to use Intel’s new Arc G3 Extreme processor, pairing substantial size with beefy specifications. Details remain scarce, but MSI says the device will include 32GB of dual-channel LPDDR5x

Culture

Chris Hemsworth Is Back in Action in New Off-Road Racing Movie

Chris Hemsworth has built his career on physically demanding, stunt-heavy roles, most recently playing the unhinged warlord Dementus in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). He will produce and star in a narrative feature about Australia’s Tatts Finke Desert Race. Wild State, the company Hemsworth co‑founded in 2022

World

Russian Drone Hits Romanian Apartment Building, Officials Say

Romanian authorities said a Russian attack drone hit an apartment building in the port city of Galati on Friday, injuring two people. Officials described it as the first known instance of a Russian drone causing damage and injuries in a major urban area on NATO territory. The drone struck the

Tech

Fable Reboot Delayed to February 2027

The long-awaited Fable reboot has been pushed from its late 2026 release window to February 2027, an official Xbox social post confirmed. The move delays the series' return to Albion 17 years after its last mainline entry. Xbox said the timing change was less about the game's

Sports

Gio Reyna ready to move on from 2022 and focus on World Cup

Reyna was with his wife when he got his USMNT call — they had gone out for smoothies and were too nervous to go home, so they drove, sat and waited until the call came. When it did, it was joy. "I think the high is something we'll

Sports

Frank Hayden, Who Led Global Growth of the Special Olympics, Dies at 96

Frank J. Hayden, whose research helped spur the creation and international expansion of the Special Olympics, died on May 16 in Oakville, Ontario. He was 96. His death in an assisted-living residence was confirmed by his family. In 1964 Dr. Hayden published findings that Toronto schoolchildren with intellectual disabilities grew

Culture

Megan Thee Stallion stuns in sultry swimwear at Miami Swim Week

Megan Thee Stallion walked the runway for Hot Girl Summer Swimwear by Megan Thee Stallion during Paraiso Miami Swim Week 2026 in Miami Beach, Florida. Brooks Nader also turned heads arriving at Miami Swim Week Paraiso 2026, while Shakira arrived at the Shelborne Hotel in a bold orange mini for

AI

Amazon drops Kiro AI leaderboard after staff burned through costly tokens

Amazon has discontinued an internal leaderboard that tracked employee use of its Kiro agentic AI development platform after staff created numerous low-value agents that consumed large numbers of tokens to climb the rankings. Tokens are small chunks of data used when AI models process text or images: inputs are broken

Health

How to Travel if You Have Panic Attacks

The first time I had a panic attack while traveling, I was sitting with my husband in a restaurant at Heathrow Airport, almost 5,000 miles from home. It began with a quick hot flash that spread from my head to my feet, followed by a racing heart and trembling,

Tech

Xbox's Fable reboot delayed to February 2027

Xbox announced the upcoming Fable reboot has been delayed in an X post on Friday. Previously planned for a fall 2026 release, Fable will now launch in February 2027, though a specific release date has not been set. "In order to plan our game launches through the holidays, in

Tech

Xbox delays Fable to February 2027 but says the game is 'in great shape'

Xbox has pushed the release of Fable to February 2027, moving the RPG from a previously planned fall 2026 launch. The company said the shift will give the game a dedicated moment and promised a major new look at Fable and its broader lineup at the XBOX Games Showcase on