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Sports

Rosenior 'impressed' by Neto after ball-boy shove apology

Liam Rosenior said he was "impressed" by Pedro Neto’s decision to apologise after the winger pushed a ball boy during Chelsea’s Champions League defeat to Paris Saint-Germain. UEFA has opened an investigation for "unsporting behaviour" after the incident in the final moments at the

Tech

More Americans dislike data centers the more they learn about them

A new survey from the Pew Research Center finds that familiarity with data centers tends to breed skepticism. Two-thirds of adults who say they have heard a lot about data centers view them as mostly bad for home energy costs, compared with 42% of those who have heard a little.

Culture

Nic Vansteenberghe Makes Surprise Cameo in Beyond the Villa Season 2 Trailer

Season 2 of Love Island: Beyond the Villa arrives on Peacock on April 15, with the first two episodes available at 6pm PT/9pm ET. Two new episodes will stream each Wednesday at 9pm ET through the finale. The docuseries follows former Islanders as they navigate fame outside the Villa,

Culture

Gisele Bündchen sparkles in silver sequined dress

Gisele Bündchen sparkled in a silver sequin slip dress at a Garnier event in Miami on Thursday night. The 45-year-old wore a square neckline and a fitted silhouette with spaghetti straps that hit above the ankle, and she paired the look with silver sequined strappy heels. She pulled her hair

Culture

Palworld's Bucky found about 8,000 Discord messages about Pickmon

Being a community manager for any videogame must mean your DMs are a perpetual nightmare of notifications, but that's doubly so if you've ever stared down the barrel of a particularly litigious industry powerhouse. For Palworld's community manager Bucky, that hit last Monday when

Culture

FFXIV 7.5 release date, reveals Beastmaster job

The FFXIV 7.5 patch series begins on April 28 and will run through September. The Live Letter highlighted new dungeons, more Hildebrand content, a scenario quest, and a first look at the limited Beastmaster job. The Beastmaster will debut at level 1 alongside a batch of limited classes, but

Health

Readers’ tips for better sleep: tried-and-tested hacks and products

Readers shared tried-and-tested tips for falling and staying asleep, and the results have been gathered to show practical strategies and proven products. The suggestions cover simple routines, small comforts and tested bedding that aim to make nights more restful as the evenings change. Practical items included a timed neck massager

Culture

X-Men '97 Season 2 Gets Prequel Comic Ahead of Summer Return

X-Men '97 will return for Season 2 this summer, though Marvel has not yet placed the animated series on Disney+'s schedule. The show remains exceptionally well regarded, holding a 99% critics score on Rotten Tomatoes and a 91% on Popcornmeter, and it has already been renewed for

Sports

Milan target Kim Min-jae, but transfer looks unlikely

Milan are searching for a major defensive signing, and Bayern Munich centre-back Kim Min-jae has re-emerged as a possibility. He broke through at Napoli, won the Scudetto, and moved to Germany two years ago for nearly €60 million, but has since struggled at Bayern. Allegri has been promised reinforcements at

Tech

Four tech gadgets that helped me sleep better and ditch the alarm

I regularly get around seven hours of sleep and often wake without an audible alarm. Technology has made that easier by disabling distracting apps, silencing noise, tracking sleep, and waking me in the morning. To cut pre-sleep doomscrolling I use a Brick, an NFC-enabled device that blocks chosen phone apps

AI

As a computer science grad, she was promised stability. Then AI arrived.

Kiran Maya Sheikh graduated from the University of California, Irvine with a strong GPA and expected a straightforward path into software engineering — the sort of stability that could lead to a high‑paying job and career growth. She loved her first coding class and imagined starting in an entry‑level

Culture

Why Happy's Place waited to bring JoAnna Garcia Swisher

Season 2 of Happy's Place has delivered plenty of laughs and a reunion with JoAnna Garcia Swisher, who once starred as Reba McEntire's on-screen daughter. Swisher appears as local influencer Kenzie in the episode "Social Discontent." The teaser promises: "When Steve and Isabella

Culture

An audience with the organisers of the Oscar goodie bags

It is now 20 years since the Academy discontinued its official Oscars goodie bag after an IRS crackdown that treated the contents as non-cash compensation. Almost immediately, beneficent gifting moguls moved in, turning luxury hotel rooms and spas into gifting suites where expensive items are pressed on A-listers in the

Culture

Cole Hauser confirms 'Dutton Ranch' Rip and Beth spinoff

Cole Hauser posted an image on Instagram of a poster and a logo formed from the letters D and R, captioning it "Here…we…go." The poster simply said "coming soon." The post confirmed the title Dutton Ranch, which was first hinted at in a CBS

AI

Nvidia aims for film-quality path tracing and backs Microsoft's shader delivery

At GDC in San Francisco Nvidia told developers that future games will reach film-level graphics only by "fully leaning into AI to cross that chasm between what's attainable [now] and what's attainable in film rendering." The company admitted, "We're still not

Culture

DM reworked Death House into a Doctor Who–style time loop

After running Waterdeep: Dragon Heist, a Dungeon Master set a homebrew arc called Uncharted in the eastern lands of Uta, where a column of green light — the “Anomaly” — turned the continent into a Domain of Dread. Tired of long, sprawling travel, the DM wanted a tighter, horror-focused episode and turned

Business

Palworld publishing lead more determined to help indie devs

John 'Bucky' Buckley, Palworld's publishing and communications lead, now heads Pocketpair Publishing, the studio division focused on funding smaller games from indie creators. He says he's "more determined than ever" to help cool developers who are struggling to find funding in a

Science

USBR Halt the Hitchhiker: Invasive Species Challenge

The Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI) assists in the use of crowdsourcing across the federal government. CoECI’s NASA Tournament Lab offers the contract capability to run external crowdsourced challenges on behalf of NASA and other agencies. The Bureau of Reclamation is sponsoring a three-phase prize challenge, managed

AI

Jeff Kaplan: AI Can’t Replace 'Human Spirit'

Jeff Kaplan, the former director of Overwatch, spoke at length with Lex Fridman about his career, leaving Blizzard in 2021, and his new project. The five-hour interview is a rough watch at times, with Kaplan talking candidly about the intense pressure from Activision Blizzard higher-ups while developing the hero shooter.

Culture

Animated Movies That Feel Like a Warm Hug

After a long day, some animated films offer the perfect cozy escape: familiar stories, warm visuals and gentle themes that let stress fade for a couple of hours. These movies often pair beautiful artistry with characters who feel lived-in, delivering comfort whether you first saw them as a child or

Crypto

Ether Accumulation Wallets Rise 32%; Key Price Levels to Watch

Ether traded about 30% below its yearly open of $2,990 as traders grew risk-averse amid a global conflict and macroeconomic uncertainty. Still, stronger network usage and rising inflows into accumulation addresses could help the price finally break the $2,200 resistance. ETH held in accumulation wallets has risen 32%

Culture

Monarch Season 2 Tops Apple and Climbs Prime Video's Charts

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters returned for a second season this past February and immediately claimed the top spot on Apple. The generation-hopping family drama blends sci-fi spectacle with personal stakes and premiered to positive reviews in 2023. FlixPatrol ranks Monarch as the number one show on Apple and the number

Sports

Gudmundsson appeals for help after burglary at his home

After the joy of scoring the decisive penalty that secured Fiorentina’s comeback in the first leg of their Conference League round of 16 tie against Rakow, Albert Gudmundsson revealed a troubling turn of events. The Icelandic striker posted on Instagram that his house was burgled yesterday and that several

Culture

I went on a weekend retreat with women of all ages; learned about life

I spent a weekend at All Booked, a reading retreat in New York State's Catskill Mountains, where eight women spanning their 20s to late 60s bonded over books, a guided meditation, and a hike. The intergenerational group’s conversations ran beyond the featured memoir and left me feeling

Sports

Team USA Paralympic sled hockey roster for the 2026 Winter Games

Team USA reached the sled hockey gold-medal game after a semifinal win over Czechia, and will face the winner of the Canada–China semifinal on Friday, March 13 at 2:05 p.m. ET, streaming on Peacock. The gold-medal game is set for Sunday, March 15 at 11 a.m.