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Best Marathon faction upgrades and how to unlock them

The best Marathon faction upgrades add noticeable boosts to your stats and make some of the best gear in the game easier to access. Many upgrades unlock essential consumables and Implants in the Marathon Armory, letting you buy core loadout items or obtain them for free to lessen the sting

Tech

Randal Linden reworks his Super Nintendo Doom

Randal Linden’s official Super Nintendo port of Doom, released in 1995 by Williams Entertainment, showcased impressive technical ingenuity but was hampered by the console’s limits. The port suffered from a near-unplayable framerate in later levels, altered maps, removed floor and ceiling textures, and the fourth episode cut entirely,

Culture

I'm an American who studied in China: cheaper and set me up for success

I studied at universities in both the US and China, first in 2015 and again in 2025. I completed an undergraduate degree in political science at a state university in New York and studied abroad in Wuhan during the summer of 2015. Ten years later I returned to Shijiazhuang while

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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor adds Demolisher class in Heavy Duty expansion

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor has earned a strong reputation as one of the best autoshooters to follow in the wake of Vampire Survivors, blending Deep Rock Galactic’s mining mechanics with the power curve of Poncle’s action roguelike. Reviewer Robin Valentine gave the game a score of 90, calling

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Inside Broadway's Lost Boys musical

Vampire musicals are having a moment: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners is dominating awards talk, AMC will release an Interview with the Vampire spin-off in June, and previews begin March 27 for The Lost Boys on Broadway. The show’s writers, David Hornsby and Chris Hoch, say they examined what has

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Daredevil: Born Again season 2 TV spot shows New Yorkers push back on Kingpin

A new Daredevil: Born Again season 2 TV spot gives a quick glimpse of what Matt Murdock means when he says he’s taking the city back from “Mayor” Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin. The clip shows New Yorkers behind police barriers pushing back against Fisk’s oppressive new order. One

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1348 Ex Voto Draws Conspiracy Over Italian Video Game Tax Relief

1348 Ex Voto, a third-person action-adventure from Sedleo published by Dear Villagers, launched on March 12 and currently holds a Metacritic score of 54 alongside a user score of 1.1. The sharp divide in ratings has been fuelled by an online backlash focused on the presence of lesbian romance

Business

How Oscar Betting Odds Work: The Man Behind the Lines

Awards betting has grown into a major industry, and betting odds have become a central way to predict the Oscars. The market has expanded rapidly — on Polymarket, $30 million was wagered on Best Picture in 2026, up from $5.3 million a year earlier — and Johnny Avello, who started setting

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Enchanted by her painting — we never spoke, then 55 years later

In 1961, at a primary school in north London, our teacher asked the class to paint a galleon. My effort was what you’d expect from a 10-year-old, but when I came in the next day I found it on the wall and, beside it, a Spanish galleon rendered in

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Cameron and Bigelow Nearly Brought X‑Men to the Screen

James Cameron once tried to assemble an X‑Men movie in the 1980s and ’90s, a stalled project that resurfaced in a 2012 panel by long‑time X‑Men writer Chris Claremont. Cameron was attached as a producer with then‑wife Kathryn Bigelow set to direct; Claremont described Bob Hoskins

Sports

Chelsea 0-1 Newcastle: Fofana and Chalobah errors hand Magpies win

Chelsea lost ground in the race for the Champions League as Anthony Gordon's goal earned Newcastle a 1-0 win at Stamford Bridge. The Blues huffed and puffed but looked far from their best; Joao Pedro offered little threat while substitute Liam Delap missed a huge chance to equalise.

Tech

Adult Friend Finder app: Where to download the AFF app and how secure is it?

There isn’t an official Adult Friend Finder app. Many users still access the site on mobile via Safari or Chrome, while some use a workaround that mimics the app experience. Apple and Google disallow apps that include on-site nudity in profiles, chat forums, and live broadcasts, so the site

Business

How a man built a co-housing apartment complex for friends and family

Nearly a decade after pooling money with friends to buy a cramped vacation farmhouse on Whidbey Island, developer Chad Dale turned that failed experiment into a new approach to urban living. In 2023 he opened Shared Roof, a 35-unit co-housing community in Seattle’s Phinney Ridge designed to give people

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Why Michael B. Jordan and Ryan Coogler Keep Collaborating

Filmmaker Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan's creative partnership has produced five films, and their latest, Sinners, earned a record-breaking 16 Oscar nominations, including an Actor in a Leading Role nod for Jordan for his dual role as twin brothers Smoke and Stack. On The Tonight Show in

Crypto

Dormant wallet buys $7M in TRUMP tokens after gala announcement

A crypto wallet that had been inactive for five months bought more than $7 million worth of TRUMP tokens hours after the TrumpMeme account on X announced a gala and luncheon at Mar-a-Lago for April 25, sending the memecoin up more than 60% from an intraday low. Onchain data from

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Christopher Walken gives his creepiest performance in The Comfort of Strangers

Christopher Walken’s gift for the movie monologue is on full display in The Comfort of Strangers, a discomfiting 1991 psychological thriller directed by Paul Schrader and written by Harold Pinter from a novel by Ian McEwen. Walken plays Robert, a white‑suited Italian sophisticate who lives in Venice with

Crypto

Stablecoin uncertainty could disadvantage banks more than crypto firms

Colin Butler, executive vice president of capital markets at Mega Matrix, warned that regulatory uncertainty around stablecoins may leave traditional banks at a greater disadvantage than crypto companies. He noted that many financial institutions have already spent heavily on digital asset infrastructure but cannot fully deploy it while lawmakers debate

Tech

Epic defends Fortnite V‑Bucks price hike as tied to operating costs

Epic Games says the upcoming V‑Bucks price increase is intended to "help pay the bills." Andrea Balta, senior director of ecosystem growth at Epic, told The Verge during GDC 2026: "It's pure operating costs of running a business, and that was the main push.

Culture

Egg Adventures, Trash Bandits, And Waking Nightmares: 5 Neat Indies

As nice as that taste of spring was, one more round of winter weather gives many of us one last excuse to stay inside for a day. From egg adventures to waking nightmares, why not nestle up with something small, strange, and uncanny with a few indie gems from the

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This 3-Part Horror Sleeper Hit Is the Ultimate Weekend Binge Before Season 4

Now is the perfect time to dive into the highly underrated, nightmarish horror series From before it returns for Season 4. The MGM+ original, created and showrun by John Griffin, follows a desperate group of survivors stranded in a mysterious, remote town they cannot escape, where strange and deadly creatures

Sports

Milan keep close watch on Mario Gila ahead of Lazio clash

Lazio v Milan will be a special evening, with the stakes higher than expected after Napoli’s victory over Lecce left Conte’s side just one point behind the Milanese. Inter’s home draw against Atalanta has given the club based at Via Aldo Rossi the chance to virtually reopen

Business

Nigeria’s skit-makers and streamers: can they make it pay?

On a humid afternoon in Lagos, a comedy skit shoot looks more like a small film production: lighting assistants, a sound engineer, a makeup artist and a creator recording behind-the-scenes footage surround Broda Shaggi as he issues instructions, rehearses lines and performs. Olufemi Oguntamu, chief executive of Penzaarville Africa, says:

Business

Wells Fargo AI chief outlines how employees can stay relevant

Saul Van Beurden, Wells Fargo's head of AI and co-CEO of consumer banking and lending, is steering the bank's response to a central question for finance: what will AI do to jobs? He says both employers and employees must share responsibility. "You cannot deny things,

Culture

Matt Damon Steals SNL Oscar Host Auditions with Two Impressions

Back in 2018, Matt Damon appeared in a pretaped "Oscar Host Auditions" sketch on Saturday Night Live. The ensemble bit gave each member of the Season 44 cast a moment to showcase celebrity impressions, and Damon emerged as the standout with two unforgettable turns. He transformed into an

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Simpsons showrunner says 'never say never' on Hit & Run revival

Matt Selman, a longtime Simpsons writer and the show's current showrunner, told People "never say never" to a revival of Simpsons: Hit & Run. He noted that the love for Hit & Run is clear. At the same time, Selman said he is somewhat perplexed by