Tech

TCL X11L review: One of the best out-of-the-box TVs

Lab engineer Samantha De Leon told me, 'The pictures don't do it justice.' Straight out of the box, the TCL X11L delivers one of the most striking images I've seen in my nearly decade-and-a-half career, and with minimal adjustments it can outperform many OLED

Culture

Chief Pascal's Arrest Sends Him Toward an Uncertain Future

Chief Dom Pascal, the leader of Firehouse 51, found himself in major legal trouble during the crossover with Chicago Med and Chicago P.D. A nerve agent accidentally released on a commercial flight exposed several first responders, and teams raced to locate the salvaged capsule and develop an antidote. Pascal

Culture

Sarah Ferguson staying with friends after losing royal home amid Epstein fallout

Sarah Ferguson is effectively homeless and has been staying with friends after losing her royal home, and she is having trouble finding a place to stay in New York following the latest Epstein revelations. She has been camping out with pals, including Priscilla Presley. Although she and her ex-husband, ex-Prince

Tech

Rumour that Microsoft plans Windows 12 this year is retracted

PCWorld has said the post referenced here "was written in a way that suggested it was original reporting" but "is not." The publication updated its article with sources, yet said the reporting still does not meet its standards. Windows Central's sources say "there

Culture

Marianne Faithfull’s final performance anchors Broken English

When Marianne Faithfull died early in 2025 at 78, she left one last musical statement: a husky-voiced number at the end of the new film Broken English, accompanied by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis. The scene is described by the filmmakers as deeply moving and is likely to leave many

Politics

Eric Trump criticizes banks over stablecoin yield, calls it 'anti-American'

Eric Trump, co-founder of World Liberty Financial, criticized major banks for lobbying against yields on stablecoins and called the effort 'anti-American' as they seek to protect a low-rate monopoly. His remarks came as his father escalated attacks on the banking lobby over the stalled CLARITY Act. He noted

Culture

Berserk Reaches 10 Million English Sales, Volume 43 Set for October 27

Manga sales outside Japan have been rising, with collector-focused hardcovers and prestige reprints helping long-running series find second lives. Publishers are leaning into premium formats to keep legacy titles in steady circulation for new readers, a strategy that has proven effective for darker sagas. The late Kentaro Miura’s Berserk

Sports

Salah and Mbappe top EA Sports FC 26 ratings as Ronaldo and Messi miss top 26

EA Sports FC 26 ratings place Mohamed Salah and Kylian Mbappe at the summit, each with an overall score of 91. Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi do not appear among the top 26 rated players. A group of stars sit just behind on 90, including Ousmane Dembele, Rodri, Virgil van

Business

Jensen Huang says $100 billion OpenAI investment 'probably not in the cards'

Speaking at a Morgan Stanley conference in San Francisco, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said a $100 billion investment in OpenAI is "probably not in the cards," adding that "they're going to go public towards the end of the year." "Just for everybody'

Culture

A Little Town with a Long Name

On the southeastern coast of Anglesey, an island off mainland Wales, sits a little town with a famously long name: Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch. The name roughly translates to "St. Mary's Church in the hollow of white hazel near a rapid whirlpool and the Church of St. Tysilio near the

Culture

Macy dies as Firehouse 51 members fight for their lives in crossover

The three-part One Chicago crossover opened with Firehouse 51, the Intelligence Unit and the FBI responding to a commercial flight that went dark. When firefighters breached the plane they found more than 150 passengers and crew dead from a mysterious toxic chemical, turning the incident into a large-scale hazmat emergency

Crypto

A16z Crypto Raises $2 Billion Fund Amid Market Downturn

A16z Crypto is raising a fifth crypto-focused fund seeking $2 billion and plans to close by mid-2026. The round is smaller than the firm’s $4.5 billion 2022 fund, and the team has shifted to a shorter fundraising cycle to stay flexible. The move comes during a bear market

Culture

Harry and Meghan's Netflix projects stall, first-look deal uncertain

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s remaining Netflix projects appear to be stalled, putting their first-look deal with the streamer in doubt. Archwell Productions announced a movie based on Carley Fortune’s "Meet Me at the Lake" after Netflix paid around $3 million for the rights, but the

Culture

After six hours, Crimson Desert is overwhelmingly chaotic and madcap

Crimson Desert is Pearl Abyss's first real solo outing after Black Desert Online, an action romp with light RPG trimmings that follows Kliff as he hunts for former comrades and gets pulled into increasingly strange plot beats. What begins with a solemn Greymane mourning quickly flips into full-on

Culture

Pokémon Pokopia Habitat Dex list and requirements

This compilation pairs Pokopia habitat setups with the terrain or furniture needed to unlock each entry and the Pokémon that can appear there. Tall grass requires 4 tall grass and can attract Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander (sunny and cloudy only), Oddish (night only), Geodude (Palette Town only), and Charizard (sunny and

Culture

Daniel Craig and Tom Hardy's 'Layer Cake' Is Free to Stream on Pluto TV

Daniel Craig and Tom Hardy's 2004 crime thriller Layer Cake is now available to stream for free on Pluto TV. Directed by Matthew Vaughn, the film received only a limited theatrical release but has since developed a steady cult following. Craig plays an unnamed drug dealer known only

Culture

10 Movies From 1942 That Are Now Considered Classics

1942 was a year when Hollywood and world cinema were responding to global upheaval. The shadow of World War II hung over everything, and filmmakers were telling new stories about resilience, romance, suspense, and moral conviction. The best films of that year balanced wartime urgency with timeless human emotion, from

Sports

Lewandowski cleared to play for Barcelona but must wear protective face mask

Barcelona will welcome back Robert Lewandowski after he was cleared to play, but the veteran striker must wear a protective eye mask to safeguard a bone fracture in the internal orbital area of his left eye. The injury was sustained against Villarreal and had kept him sidelined. The 37-year-old watched

Crypto

a16z Targets $2 Billion for Fifth Crypto Fund

a16z crypto is raising about $2 billion for a fifth fund that the firm aims to close by the end of the first half of 2026. The round will focus exclusively on blockchain investments and is less than half the size of its fourth $4.5 billion fund; a shorter

Culture

Apple TV quietly shelves Palm Royale after two seasons

Apple TV has increasingly leaned into high‑concept sci‑fi, but the streamer has quietly put Palm Royale on ice after two seasons. The comedy‑drama premiered in March 2024, created by Abe Sylvia and starring Kristen Wiig, blending vintage glamour, sharp social commentary, and a standout ensemble. Season 2

Culture

Cryptic crossword No 29,946

1 down. Coming from Europe – like staff? 6 letters. 2 down. Around Land’s End, lack of Spanish enthusiasm it seems for pasta. 6 letters. 3 down. Performance of the ode encapsulates style of fast-paced walk. 4-3-3 letters. 4 down. Very uplifting southern puzzle. 5 letters. 5 down. Remarkably sharp

Sports

Domenico Tedesco hospitalised with serious infection, Fenerbahce confirm

Fenerbahce head coach Domenico Tedesco has been hospitalised with a severe infection and will miss Wednesday's cup tie. The 40-year-old, who succeeded Jose Mourinho last September, is recovering from pneumonia at his home in Istanbul. Assistant coach Zeki Murat Gole will take temporary charge. Tedesco was admitted earlier

Business

Morgan Stanley to cut 3% of global workforce in key business lines

Morgan Stanley will reduce about 3% of its global workforce — roughly 2,500 of the roughly 83,000 employees the firm reported at the end of 2025 — with the reductions expected to take place in early March. The cuts will span the bank’s three main business units: Institutional Securities,

Tech

How to clean up your digital footprint and why it matters

Do you know who's looking at your old Tumblr, your abandoned Flickr account, or posts from five years ago on your public X profile? They could stay buried in the graveyard of forgotten accounts, or they could leave you exposed the next time someone decides to do a

Culture

How Upton and Halstead reunited during the One Chicago crossover

Hailey Upton, now an FBI special agent based in Detroit, returned to Chicago after tracking a Bolivian drug mule on a commercial flight that suddenly lost communication. Firehouse 51 and federal agents prepared for a potential hijacking, but the autopiloted plane landed to reveal the passengers and crew dead. Among