Tech

Snapchat would not delete 14-year-old's account because profile listed age as 25

A Tasmanian mother reported her 14-year-old son's Snapchat account as being held by someone under 16. Snap acknowledged the complaint but said it could not verify the user was under 16 because the account's self-declared age was 25 and inferred age signals pointed to an age

Sports

Why Jaylen Brown Was Ejected From Celtics vs. Spurs

The San Antonio Spurs beat the Boston Celtics 125-116 in NBA on NBC’s Coast 2 Coast Tuesday primetime game, but the most striking moment came in the second quarter when Celtics guard Jaylen Brown was ejected after receiving two straight technical fouls. The matchup featured two of the league’

Culture

Bethenny Frankel calls Rachel Zoe's RHOBH scene with her children 'f–ked up'

Bethenny Frankel said she was "deeply uncomfortable" after watching a Real Housewives of Beverly Hills scene in which Rachel Zoe spoke to her children about divorcing their father. In a TikTok video she said the moment "crystallizes the potential damage that reality television can do" and

AI

Microsoft backs Anthropic in legal fight with US Department of Defense

Claude creator Anthropic is suing the US government after the Pentagon threatened to designate the company as a "supply chain risk." Anthropic also requested a restraining order to pause the Pentagon's national security blacklisting until the court can hear its suit. Microsoft has asked to file

Tech

Lego PlayStation set leaks with a Christmas release planned

A Lego PlayStation might be joining Lego's roster of brick console replicas later this year. Images posted to Instagram by leaker Lego_Minecraft_Goat, who has a strong track record for accurate prices and release dates, place the PlayStation set among a batch of new Lego sets and

Tech

Parrying was not easy: Clair Obscur devs used sound to fix parries

Small changes made a big difference in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 when the team discovered parrying timing was a problem early on. Olivier Penchenier, the technical and sound designer, explained during a talk at GDC 2026 that director Guillaume Broche asked if something could help players get good timing on

Culture

Resident Evil Requiem Story DLC And More Already In Development

Resident Evil Requiem, which launched last month, has been a rip-roaring success for Capcom, selling over 5 million copies in its first week and breaking records on Steam. The publisher is planning to add more content to the survival horror sequel, including a just-announced DLC expansion. On March 10, Capcom

Culture

'Ready or Not' Tops Streaming Charts Ahead of Anticipated Sequel

Seven years after its 2019 release, Ready or Not has surged to the top of Hulu’s streaming chart ahead of its long-awaited sequel. The jump pushed it past recent hits like Predator: Badlands and Civil War, and even older favorites such as Speed and Toy Story. The original film

Culture

Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed Series Begins Filming in Italy

Netflix’s Assassin’s Creed series has begun filming in Italy. Production is expected to continue for the next few months, making a release before the end of this year unlikely; with cameras now rolling, the series is likely to stream in 2027. The show is written for television by

Culture

My mother’s best advice: wear bold, bright colours

My mother urged me to wear an array of colours, saying they express how you feel and matter to the soul. That advice landed awkwardly in adolescence; I preferred disappearing into baggy, all-black sport-core and cringed when she pushed loud hues on shopping trips, talking about mood-lifting lilacs, energising reds

Sports

Bunny Shaw to Chelsea as Man City contract talks stall

Chelsea are weighing up a move for Manchester City striker Khadija ‘Bunny’ Shaw, who enters the final months of her contract this summer. The Jamaica international leads the WSL’s scoring charts with 15 goals in 16 league games and, with no new deal agreed, Chelsea are thought to be

Culture

Kylie Jenner outlines timeline for having 'more kids'

Kylie Jenner laid out an ideal timeline for expanding her family in a Vanity Fair interview published Wednesday. The 28-year-old said she wants to spend the last years of her 20s focusing on herself, her businesses, her work and traveling with and enjoying her children, and then "do want

Tech

YggTorrent knocked offline by hacker alleging extortion and data hoarding

A hacker using the alias Gr0lum says it "emptied, then destroyed" YggTorrent earlier this month. In a manifesto, the attacker accused Ygg's owners of "DDoS attacks against competing trackers, purging uploaders the moment they opened their mouths, sabotaging your own API to prevent anyone from

Tech

Zenclora: fast, zero-bloat Debian distro with a standout package manager

Zenclora is a Debian-based Linux distribution that pairs a customized GNOME desktop with a unique command-line package manager called Zen. The OS ships with a kernel optimized for performance, no bloatware, and a design that blends elements of KDE Plasma and elementaryOS. It is open source and aimed at both

Culture

Final Fantasy 15's Chocobros paved the way for Leon Kennedy's glow-up

Resident Evil Requiem’s returning hero Leon Kennedy has inspired memes and compilation videos since the game's Feb. 27 release, with official Xbox and Nintendo social accounts joining the trend. If Leon’s shift from pretty boy to manly man appeals, 2016’s Final Fantasy 15 offers an

Culture

Becky the dog steals the show in John Dean’s Nottingham photograph

I took this 50 years ago as a 20-year-old, away from Baltimore for the first time on an exchange between my tutor at Maryland Institute College of Art and a colleague at Nottingham Trent University. I spent a spring semester in Nottingham with no classes—strictly photography and on my

Tech

Pokopia's GameShare co-op 'awful', players say

Cozy Pokémon spin-off Pokopia blends Animal Crossing: New Horizons vibes with Minecraft-style mechanics, and trailers promised four-player multiplayer and GameShare between the Switch 2 and its predecessor. Many players bought it hoping for a better co-op experience. Early players on Reddit say the reality falls short. "PSA: The GameShare

Culture

Wordle creator launches Parseword, a cryptic-crossword spin

Josh Wardle, with help from a few others, has launched Parseword, a new daily, digital spin on cryptic crosswords. The game is available today and is free to play. Cryptic crosswords have been popular in the United Kingdom for over a century but have not made the same leap to

Culture

Director Put Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton Through Hell for Apex

Charlize Theron stars in Apex, a Netflix survival thriller directed by Baltasar Kormákur. The film, due on April 24, 2026, pits Theron’s grieving rock climber against the Australian wilderness and a serial killer played by Taron Egerton. Kormákur said he aimed to "drag the cast through hell,"

Culture

One Piece Season 2 Star Teases Fate of Karoo

Charithra Chandran, who plays Princess Vivi masquerading as Miss Wednesday, says Vivi’s extended undercover work inside Baroque Works has left her guarded and slow to trust the Straw Hats. The season follows her struggle to let the crew in and undo some of the damage caused by pretending to

Science

Habitable Worlds Observatory SIG Seminar, 1 April 2026

Agenda: Habitable Worlds Observatory SIG Seminar, 1 April 2026. Join the Seminar. Connection. The post appeared first. habitable worlds, observatory, sig, seminar, agenda, 1 april, april 2026, join, connection, post

Culture

Black Mirror's San Junipero comic adaptation smashes Kickstarter goal

The 2016 Black Mirror episode "San Junipero" is being adapted into a graphic novel by indie publisher Twisted Comics, and its Kickstarter campaign exceeded its goal in less than 48 hours. The original episode, written by Black Mirror creator and showrunner Charlie Brooker, stars Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Kelly

Tech

Xemu Android port causes stir over $8 Play Store app

An unofficial Android port of the Xemu Xbox emulator, released as "X1 Box" by Izzy2lost, has sparked debate after appearing on the Play Store with an $8 price tag. One of Xemu's original developers called the decision unfortunate and said an official Android app is coming

AI

SlowMist introduces security framework for autonomous AI crypto agents

Cybersecurity firm SlowMist has launched a five-layer security framework for AI and Web3 agents to curb risks from autonomous systems that handle onchain actions and digital assets. The framework centers on a user’s AI agents and pairs governance controls — its AI Development Security Solution (ADSS) — with execution-layer tools: OpenClaw,

Tech

Sony Pulls Back From PC Ports as Xbox’s Next Console Remains Unclear

Last week brought word that Sony has lost interest in porting its games to PC and plans to corral PlayStation exclusives back onto its own consoles. On Xbox’s side, new CEO Asha Sharma revealed that the next console, Project Helix, is in development; so far the only firm promise