Sports

Netherlands v Japan: World Cup 2026 preview

Live coverage will move to Texas for what promises to be one of the group stage’s more intriguing fixtures as the Netherlands meet Japan. The Dutch remain one of the best teams never to win the World Cup, while Japan are regarded as the best side never to have

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Marcus Rashford could stay at Manchester United as Carrick opens door

Marcus Rashford's Manchester United career may not be over. Michael Carrick has left open the possibility of the 28-year-old forward returning to the squad after a series of transfer developments. Rashford spent time away following a fall-out under former boss Ruben Amorim, with loan spells at Aston Villa

Culture

Oliver Tree dies at 32 in helicopter collision in Rio

Oliver Tree, the singer behind the songs "Life Goes On" and "Miss You," has died at 32. He was identified as one of six casualties in a helicopter crash in Recreio dos Bandeirantes in the Southwest zone of Rio de Janeiro. The other victims were passengers

Culture

Hide-and-seek game where you paint your body sells a million copies

Meccha Chameleon turns hide-and-seek into a paint job: you begin as a featureless, white, blobby biped and use a color wheel to paint your body and blend into your surroundings. The game sold a million copies in four days, a figure the developer, lemorion_1224, marked in a Steam community

Culture

Enginefall preview: Snowpiercer meets Rust in a new survival game

Enginefall is a multiplayer survival FPS set on a post‑apocalyptic planet where megatrains endlessly traverse the landscape. Players board at the rear and fight or sneak their way up through carriages, looting and crafting better gear as they go. You can call your personal train, a dagger, to pull

Culture

FF7 Revelation lead says FF6 remake might be better for another creator

Remaking a game as iconic and beloved as Final Fantasy 7 was a major undertaking, and Square Enix split the project into three parts. The Remake trilogy is approaching its conclusion, with a finale expected in Spring 2027, and Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead Naoki Hamaguchi has passed on bringing

Business

Mobile studio vows to end Tim Langdell’s 'EDGE' trademark trolling

Founded in 1979, Edge Games created software for microcomputers like the ZX Spectrum and Commodore 64, but has been better known for CEO Tim Langdell’s long history of asserting a trademark on the word “edge” in gaming. A LinkedIn post from Mobigame’s CEO suggests Langdell is resurfacing, and

Culture

Proud review – a hard‑partying model who becomes a dad

Filip Raczyński is in his late 20s and living the high life: modelling jobs, vodka and Diet Coke for breakfast, club backrooms and nights that end with naked handsome men. He drifts through this lifestyle with a roguish charm, but his behaviour frays the patience of those around him — his

Sports

A non-fan's view: what the Knicks' championship revealed

The Knicks' title — their first in 53 years — set off joyous scenes across New York, and it landed differently for someone who isn't a sports fanatic. I don't follow every stat or player, but I love a close contest, especially when it plays out in

Sports

£13.5k of England kit stolen during World Cup; two men charged

Two men have been charged in connection with the theft of £13,500 worth of England equipment after a transport vehicle was targeted while moving the squad’s gear from Florida to Kansas City. Prosecutors in Jackson County identified the suspects as Mustafa Salik and Erfan Kamal, drivers for the

Culture

Sonic producer says games can learn from Backrooms' success

While promoting Sonic Pico Park, Takashi Iizuka said the video game industry can learn from the recent success of lower-budget horror movies like Backrooms. "It's a little bit a different type of media, but the movie industry is kind of going through similar issues that we in

Culture

Which Horror Villain Do You Have the Best Chance of Surviving?

A horror survival quiz asks which villain you could survive, laying out five killers — Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Pennywise and Chucky — and eight questions to figure out which one you have the best chance against. The questionnaire covers first instincts, where you are when things go wrong, your

Culture

Gerry and Sarah Harding are father and daughter in Jurassic Park lore

In the first Jurassic Park, Gerry Harding is introduced as the park’s veterinarian — the man the main characters meet near the sick Triceratops and who briefly pairs off with Ellie Sattler. He isn’t seen again on screen, and it’s generally accepted he left the island on the

Culture

Final Fantasy Resonance looks promising but its Brave Exvius roots worry me

Final Fantasy Resonance made a striking impression when Team Asano brought the HD-2D treatment to the series, and as a longtime fan I felt an immediate rush at the reveal. That excitement cooled when the trailer showed a raft of returning characters and it became clear the game adapts the

Tech

Blood Welkin available on PC on June 23, 2026

Blood Welkin is available on PC on June 23, 2026 (1 week from now). Shoot, smash, and eviscerate abominations in BLOOD WELKIN – an FPS roguelite with dozens of unique kit-building items and a gripping story for you to discover. YOU. ARE. NOT. CRAZY. Screenshots and Videos: all the latest game

AI

Headphones that block annoying noises and preserve favoured sounds

There’s promising work on the horizon: microbots that might mend spinal cords, petri dishes of brain cells that can already play video games, and now headphones that use machine learning to target and eliminate irksome audio. The project, led by Shyam Gollakota of the University of Washington’s Mobile

Culture

George R.R. Martin Praises The Last Kingdom for Its Battles and Betrayals

George R.R. Martin, who spent much of his early adult career writing for television, has long recommended Netflix's The Last Kingdom on his blog and social media. Having worked in writers' rooms, he has said he knows what makes a great show and has offered detailed

Culture

Which Action Hero Would Be Your Perfect Partner?

Ten questions will reveal which action hero was built to have your back. The quiz drops you into a series of scenarios — from being ambushed with no warning to a final, high‑stakes moment — and asks what you’d most need from a partner. Choose between five legends: Rambo, James

Sports

Salah's World Cup nightmare in 2018 puts pressure on Egypt in 2026

Mohamed Salah returns to the World Cup stage in 2026 after a painful run of tournaments for Egypt. The 33-year-old was part of a 2018 campaign that collapsed amid off-field chaos and three group-stage defeats, leaving the Pharaohs still without a World Cup win. Missing out entirely in 2022 denied

Sports

Bronze Mahomes recognizes Taylor Swift at Arrowhead Stadium

Patrick and Brittany Mahomes’ 3-year-old son, Bronze, recognized a photo of Taylor Swift in an Arrowhead Stadium hallway and shouted, "It's Taylor!" The moment appears in an Instagram clip shared by the Kansas City Chiefs and shows the picture from Swift’s Eras Tour performance at

Culture

Pioneering photography: early images of Newhaven’s fishers

A new book brings together work by David Octavius Hill and Robert Adamson, created between 1843 and 1847 with collaborator Jessie Mann. The photographs record the lives of a small Scottish community in Newhaven and make the case that the series may be the first social documentary project. Robert Adamson

Business

Creator turned frugal Walmart shopping into a seven-figure business

Taylor Mitchell of Greenville, SC, turned a habit of buying affordable clothes at Walmart into a link-in-bio storefront that drives affiliate sales for Walmart and other retailers. She had been a paralegal but stopped working after her daughter was born, and the family once struggled to keep $1,000 in

Culture

Make That Movie Earns High Praise but Has Limited Release

Make That Movie, a six-episode absurdist comedy created by Australian actor and comedian Sam Campbell and writer Paddy Young, premiered on May 28, 2026. It aired on Channel 4 in the UK and was released on HBO Max in Australia only. Campbell plays a fictionalized version of himself, a once

Sports

Netherlands v Japan: how to watch worldwide and use a VPN

Netherlands v Japan kicks off at 14 Jun 2026, 21:00. The fixture sits in Group F, where Japan currently top the table and the Netherlands are second at this stage of the competition. A table of international coverage lists one broadcaster per country. Named providers include ITV 1 in

AI

White House orders Anthropic to block foreign access after frantic 24-hour push

The White House ordered Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei to block foreign access to the company’s latest models, Mythos and Fable, after a frantic 24-hour effort by senior officials to get the company to voluntarily pull a newly released model they believed posed security risks. The decision followed multiple tense