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Sports

Eberechi Eze hails Trent Alexander-Arnold as best passer, names Ola Aina toughest

At the London Football Awards, in association with the Willow Foundation, Eberechi Eze reflected on the influences and challenges that have shaped his career. Asked which player he aspired to be while growing up, his answer was immediate: "Ronaldinho." He pointed to that Brazilian flair in his own

Crypto

Cryptio raises $45M as tokenized finance boosts demand for accounting

Cryptio, an accounting and data platform for regulated digital assets, has raised $45 million in a Series B round co‑led by BlackFin Capital Partners and Sentinel Global, with participation from 1kx, BlueYard Capital, Alven and Ledger Cathay Capital. The company’s software reconciles activity across wallets, custodians and exchanges

Business

Why one of Asia's poorest countries grows Japan's cash

Japan long harvested a shrub called mitsumata for its money supply. When mitsumata began dying out, Japan searched for alternatives to make yen and found a lifeline in the foothills of the Himalayas. There a low-value plant called argeli grew abundantly and proved a near-perfect replacement. Argeli had been worth

Culture

Megan Thee Stallion and Daniel Radcliffe Flirt in New Reggie Dinkins Clip

The latest promo for The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins gives a first look at the episode featuring Megan Thee Stallion. The hit NBC comedy stars Tracy Morgan as disgraced former football player Reggie Dinkins and Daniel Radcliffe as filmmaker Arthur Tobin, the man responsible for putting together a

Culture

Sydney Sweeney missing from ‘Euphoria’ cast photo in wake of Zendaya feud speculation

HBO Max released a short teaser Wednesday for Euphoria’s third season, out April 12, with behind-the-scenes footage of the cast. At the start of the clip, Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Alexa Demie and Maude Apatow are seen laughing and posing together for a photo shoot, while Sydney Sweeney is noticeably

Culture

Family Guy spin-off Stewie ordered; premise echoes The Magic School Bus

Fox and Hulu have ordered a new Family Guy spin-off titled Stewie, with a two-season pickup and an episode count that so far looks to be under 15 episodes per season. The series finds Stewie forced to enroll in a "not exactly top-of-the-line" preschool full of children he

Tech

Ubisoft and Valve help community port Dark Messiah to modern Source engine

A modding team is porting Arkane’s Dark Messiah of Might & Magic to the latest version of Valve’s Source engine with support from both Valve and Ubisoft. Arkane originally released the game in 2006; it became known for combining stealth, magic and brutally physical melee combat. David Wiltos

AI

AI still has a long way to go. Just ask Tilly Norwood.

AI performer Tilly Norwood released her debut music video for "Take the Lead" on Tuesday. The four-minute clip is a montage of obviously AI-generated scenes, often deliberately over-the-top, tracing an imagined rise to superstardom—from paparazzi chases to stadium performances. At one point she sings, "AI'

Tech

PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB OC review: fast and well built

The PNY GeForce RTX 5070 Ti 16 GB OC ships with a high boost clock and a solid build. Its triple-fan, triple-slot cooler keeps fan noise low, and while the card runs a little hotter than some rivals—generally around the 70 °C mark—it remains comfortably cool in everyday

World

Iraqi official urges Australia to take back alleged IS fighters

Iraq’s national security adviser, Qassim al-Araji, pressed Australia to repatriate a group of suspected Islamic State fighters during a meeting with ambassador Glenn Miles in Baghdad, weeks after detainees were moved out of Syria. Al-Araji posted a photo of the meeting on X and said foreign detainees should be

Tech

Slay the Spire 2 devs have a radical stance on piracy

Slay the Spire 2's engine choice has shaped the studio's approach to piracy. By 2024 Mega Crit had spent two years building the roguelike in Unity, but the studio switched to Godot after Unity announced it would start charging developers for downloads. Godot is open-source, and

Tech

Console and PC players trade hope and despair over Crimson Desert and Denuvo

Theres a phrase that keeps coming up in discussions about Crimson Desert: "It looks too good to be true." PS5 and Xbox players in particular have been skeptical, since you don't have to look much further than Cyberpunk 2077 for a game that looked great

Culture

Continue magazine surpasses Kickstarter goals, draws roughly AU$44,000

Continue (stylized as CONTINUE) is Jackson Ryan and Mark Serrels’ answer to Australia’s ever-dwindling video game media scene; a print magazine featuring some of the most important voices in Australian games journalism, which just rocketed past its $18,000 goal on Kickstarter. Australia has seemingly been hit the hardest

Business

Stock-based compensation will drive software layoffs, CEO warned

A CEO of a major public software company called on a recent weekend to warn the industry is headed for a painful financial reset. He asked to remain anonymous so he could speak frankly. One of his main messages: stock-based compensation is too high for many SaaS companies now, and

Culture

Resident Evil Requiem’s worst moment is its final choice

Resident Evil Requiem left a strong impression: I had high hopes and found it to be the best modern RE game yet. I enjoyed the action, puzzles and even the horror, but one moment near the end kept bothering me. After fighting through a ruined Raccoon City, Plant 42 and

Tech

Microsoft drops 'This is an Xbox' campaign

Microsoft appears to have removed all references to the “This is an Xbox” campaign from its Xbox Wire site. Game Developer noted the original announcement now leads to a 404 page and a tied quiz has disappeared. The timing follows weeks after Xbox head Phil Spencer announced his retirement and

Culture

Recommended additions for running Curse of Strahd

The legendary Curse of Strahd D&D campaign is marking its 10th anniversary this month, and the vampiric adventure remains as popular now as it was then. I'm making another return visit to the lands of Barovia this year with Ravenloft: The Horrors Within. It isn'

Culture

My mother's best advice: keep short accounts — forgive easily

My favourite photograph of my mother, Linda, was taken at my wedding. We must not have realised we were being photographed; two artist friends with film cameras were capturing the kind of moments Hiraki, my husband, and I would appreciate. My mother and I stand shoulder to shoulder beneath a

Tech

Top PlayStation trophy hunter permanently banned, blames hacker

David Tremblay, who once held the record for earning the most PlayStation Trophies, has been permanently banned from the PlayStation Network. His PSN account, dav1d_123, was "permanently suspended" earlier this week over alleged rule violations. Tremblay blames a hacker and Sony’s "incompetent" support and

Culture

Zack Snyder Celebrates Five-Year Anniversary of His 'Justice League' Cut

Zack Snyder is marking the fifth anniversary of his cut of Justice League, which debuted on HBO Max on Mar. 18, 2021, and the tenth anniversary of Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, released on Mar. 25, 2016. On Mar. 10, 2026, Snyder posted an image of the dilapidated Wayne

Tech

Google Maps adds Ask Gemini and Immersive Navigation

Google Maps is introducing two new features: Ask Gemini, which brings conversational answers inside Maps, and Immersive Navigation, a redesigned driving view that changes how routes are presented. Ask Gemini lets you ask Maps conversational questions instead of searching elsewhere. Sample queries include: "Is there a public tennis court

Culture

San Junipero to be adapted into graphic novel after Kickstarter

Ten years after its Netflix debut, Black Mirror's celebrated episode San Junipero will be adapted into a graphic novel by Twisted Comics following a successful Kickstarter campaign. The episode, the fourth of Season 3 and directed by Owen Harris, imagines a simulated reality where people can relive different

Sports

Donyell Malen thriving after Gasperini switch at Roma

Gian Piero Gasperini has repeated a familiar trick since arriving at Roma: deploy a versatile attacker centrally. He used the same approach with Ademola Lookman at Atalanta, and has now moved Donyell Malen from the wing into a centre‑forward role. Malen joined on loan from Aston Villa for €2

Culture

Richard E Grant: "Casting is a very easy thing for others to take credit for"

Amid the A-list glitz of this weekend’s Oscars, casting directors will step from the shadows into the spotlight as the Academy Awards’ inaugural casting prize is presented. These quietly pivotal yet hitherto almost invisible figures are experts in spotting and allocating talent, and navigating actors’ and directors’ sometimes challenging

Culture

Starlight actor expects mixed reactions to The Boys season 5 finale

Erin Moriarty says fans will have "mixed" feelings about the season 5 finale, and she pins much of that on Homelander. Moriarty plays disillusioned former Seven member Starlight. "I think it's going to be mixed. You think with The Boys it would just be like,