Culture

PC Gamer's 2025 GOTY is $24 during the Steam Summer Sale

Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2, a 2025 Game of the Year pick, is heavily discounted in the Steam Summer Sale: the base game is $24, and the Royal Edition, which includes three DLC story packs, is $32. A 90% review called it "a new RPG classic," praising its expansive

Business

English wine is finally coming into its own

Winemaking in England stretches back to the Middle Ages and probably to the Romans. In March, the Food Standards Agency reported that 2025’s English wine production was up 55% on the previous year, and tastings over the past 12 months suggest a marked improvement in quality. For decades English

Culture

Avatar: Fire and Ash hits No. 1 on Disney Plus a day after arrival

One day after arriving on Disney Plus on June 24, James Cameron’s Avatar: Fire and Ash became the most-watched movie on the service in the U.S. and worldwide, per third-party tracker FlixPatrol. The film opened in theaters on December 19, 2025 and went on to make nearly $1.

Tech

Bungie studio head reportedly leaving after nearly 17 years

Bungie studio head Justin Truman is reportedly leaving the company after nearly 17 years in various roles, including Destiny 2 design director and general manager. Bloomberg reporter Jason Schreier posted on Bluesky that "people familiar with the situation" say Truman is stepping down as studio lead after, according

Tech

EcoFlow Delta 3 Classic solar bundle $599 for Prime Day

A Prime Day deal discounts the EcoFlow Delta 3 Classic solar generator with a 220W solar panel by 40%, bringing the bundle to $599. The sale also includes a free EcoFlow Rapid magnetic charger with a 5,000 mAh capacity (valued at $30) with the purchase of $500. The Delta

Sports

Matheus Cunha: 'I'm speechless with pride' after Ronaldo praise

Matheus Cunha said he was "speechless" after Brazil legend Ronaldo publicly compared the Manchester United forward's celebration to his own. Ronaldo posted a side-by-side image — one of himself celebrating the 2002 World Cup final and another of Cunha after scoring against Scotland in Brazil's

Culture

Puppy eyes, sad hair and a big boom box: John Cusack films – ranked!

The list opens at 20 with The Journey of Natty Gann, a Depression-era Disney-style tale in which Cusack impressed as a wise young hobo, and moves through Tapeheads, a goofy 1980s slapstick produced by Mike Nesmith. High Fidelity finds him as a record-store manager embodying commitment-phobic, gatekeeping masculinity, while Max

Business

Target rolls out point-based attendance system for store and warehouse workers

Starting in September, the bullseye retailer will begin tracking unexcused lateness and absences companywide with a new point-based system for store and warehouse workers, a spokesperson confirmed. The company is also switching to a unified scheduling app for employees and managers. Under the system, workers incur a quarter of a

Culture

Is Late Night with Seth Meyers New Tonight? Here's When the Show Comes Back

Late Night with Seth Meyers is on a three-week hiatus that began Monday, June 22. Repeats are airing in the show's normal 12:35/11:35c weeknight time slot, and episodes from the current season are streaming on Peacock. Recent highlights included Bowen Yang and Matt Rogers teasing

Business

Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk lipstick 30% off for Prime Day

Charlotte Tilbury’s Matte Revolution Lipstick in Pillow Talk — a go-to on red carpets — is on sale for Prime Day for the first time, marked down 30% along with several other best-sellers from the brand. Paige DeSorbo called the shade the “perfect” color on Amazon Live, saying, “[It] looks good

Culture

I dare you to refuse these unprecedented Prime Day deals on miniature shrubbery

Many hobbyists will at some point have a use for small, pretend plants: building scenery for a model train, adding base detail to tabletop minis, or assembling a diorama so scale figures can enjoy a day at the park. The writer admits to three unbuilt gunpla kits just outside their

Science

Customize Your Devices with New X-59 Digital Backgrounds

To mark the X-59’s recent supersonic milestone flights, the Quesst mission invites you to refresh your phone wallpaper and virtual meeting background with images of this unique aircraft in action. Multiple images are being released sized to fit your device screens, so your next video call can show the

Culture

Fighting game player Koustics stops man with knife at gaming cafe

Kofi “Koustics” Miller paused a League of Legends stream at the OS NYC gaming lounge on June 18 to intervene after a man began harassing staff and brandished a knife. Koustics helped escort the man out, and when he attempted to re-enter still wielding the weapon, Koustics threw him to

Culture

Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner?

Five legends — Rambo, James Bond, Indiana Jones, John McClane, and Ethan Hunt — stand as the possible answers to a ten-question quiz designed to reveal the action hero built to have your back. The questions drop you into dangerous situations and ask what you need most from a partner: contingency plans,

Sports

Bruno Fernandes to stay at Manchester United despite Saudi interest

Manchester United captain Bruno Fernandes has decided to remain at Old Trafford for at least one more year, despite lucrative interest from the Saudi Pro League and the prospect of a reunion with Cristiano Ronaldo. TalkSPORT says he has told teammates and those close to him that he plans to

Crypto

Bitcoin Enters Historical Power-Law Value Zone After $58K Drop

Bitcoin’s fall to $58,000 has placed the price in a zone that long-term power-law models have historically associated with cycle bottoms. Giovanni’s power-law puts the network’s long-term trend near $135,000, making $58,000 about 54% below the all-time high and 1.22 standard deviations beneath

Business

Tech stocks see wild swings after Micron earnings, Apple price hikes

It was a volatile day on Wall Street after a short-lived tech rally soured and abruptly reversed. Micron's stellar earnings boosted the stock by nearly 20% and reignited the AI trade, lifting the Nasdaq 100 about 2% at Thursday's opening bell, but gains flipped just half

Culture

Everything to Know About Happy's Place Season 3

Happy's Place was renewed for Season 3 in February 2026 and will premiere Friday, October 23 at 8/7c on NBC, with new episodes streaming the next day on Peacock. The cast includes Reba McEntire as Bobbie, Rex Linn as Emmett, Belissa Escobedo as Isabella, Melissa Peterman as

Culture

Jenni 'JWoww' Farley omits two co-stars from surprise wedding

Angelina Pivarnick and Ronnie Ortiz-Magro were not invited to Jenni “JWoww” Farley’s surprise wedding to Zack Carpinello and were said to have been “blindsided” and “extremely upset and hurt” by being left off the guest list. Farley, 41, tied the knot with 31-year-old pro wrestler Zack Carpinello at Madison

Culture

Fields of Mistria is on sale ahead of its 1.0 launch

This year's Steam Summer Sale has kicked off, and Fields of Mistria is available at a 20% discount, bringing the price down to $11.19. The magical girl anime–inspired farm sim has been in Early Access for a couple years and is due to reach 1.0

Culture

Donkey spinoff set for 2028, a year after Shrek 5

Despite confirmation that Shrek 5 entered production in 2024, the franchise only received an official teaser this year. Universal has set the fifth film for release on June 30, 2027, 17 years after 2010's Shrek Forever After. Universal Pictures announced Thursday that Donkey, a film focused on Eddie

Tech

Tim Sweeney: Valve is missing opportunities without Fortnite and Genshin

Tim Sweeney, CEO of Epic Games, says "They have a nice thing going on on PC," but notes Steam misses large parts of the audience because it does not host Fortnite, Riot's games or Genshin Impact. Some exclusions are deliberate: Riot competes with Valve, and League

World

Rescue teams race to Venezuela amid fears thousands killed in earthquakes

Rescue teams are racing to Venezuela’s shattered northern coast after almost simultaneous earthquakes reduced dozens of buildings to rubble, with thousands of people feared dead. The Simón Bolívar international airport near Caracas was badly damaged by 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude quakes less than 40 seconds apart late

Business

Man, It’s Going To Get So Much Worse Before It Gets Better

Few memes better encapsulate the modern era’s perpetual ability to be grimly surprising than the Star Wars “For the Better, Right?” format. The memory-holing of the pandemic, the encore of evil stupidity that is Trump 2.0, and now the tech race to ride an AI bubble are fueling

Culture

Common Side Effects: First Look at Season 2

Common Side Effects is returning for a second season, and first-look images show the show's central pursuit continuing. The series’ provocative premise — what if someone finds “the last drug you’ll ever need?” — drove Season 1 and helped the show build a dedicated following; Season 2 is confirmed