Culture

Resident Evil Requiem’s GOTY chances look promising but precarious

Resident Evil Requiem has done enough to start the Game of the Year conversation, but only just. Capcom’s series has been a steady presence at The Game Awards since its 2017 resurgence with Resident Evil 7 Biohazard, earning multiple nominations and wins, which made Requiem an early safe bet

Culture

Five-year wait for Pokémon Winds and Waves raises hopes after Scarlet and Violet

Pokémon Winds and Waves have been confirmed as Gen 10, due in 2027, arriving during the series' 30th anniversary. The announcement is a cause for celebration across the community, but it also serves as a reminder of the problems Game Freak faced with Scarlet and Violet. Scarlet and Violet

Tech

Tiny Game Boy MP3 Player Plays Pokémon Red And Blue Music

Nintendo revealed a little lo-fi gadget during Pokémon 30th Anniversary Presents: the Game Boy Jukebox. It plays music instead of games, only from the original Red and Blue Pokémon games, and only if you insert one of 45 small cartridges corresponding to the track you want. It’s $70 and

Politics

Decision to allow UK exports to Armenian firm under review

Ministers are reviewing a decision to allow a British company to export hi-tech equipment to Armenia after links to the Russian military supply chain were uncovered. Cygnet Texkimp, based in Cheshire, was weeks from exporting two machines that produce carbon fibre “prepreg”, a lightweight material with both civil and military

Culture

American Gods: Dark Fantasy Series Now Free on Tubi

American Gods premiered on Starz in 2017 as a television adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s 2001 novel. Developed by Bryan Fuller and Michael Green, the show ran for three seasons before it was canceled. Ricky Whittle stars as Shadow Moon, who is released early from prison to attend his wife’

Culture

Paul Verhoeven Called RoboCop “The American Jesus”

Dutch filmmaker Paul Verhoeven has long put social commentary front and center, and his most iconic film is the 1987 sci‑fi action classic RoboCop, which holds a 92 percent rating on Rotten Tomatoes. The whole series, including the poorly received 2014 remake, is coming to Tubi in March. In

Sports

How to Watch Noah Lyles at the USATF Indoor Championships — March 1

Noah Lyles, the reigning Olympic 100m gold medalist, will headline live coverage of the 2026 USA Track & Field Indoor Championships at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex in Staten Island, New York. The competition is set for Sunday, March 1, and will air live at 1 p.m. ET. Lyles,

Culture

Stardew Valley has become the Tolkien of cozy gaming

In cozy gaming circles, Stardew Valley has become the go-to recommendation the way The Hobbit is for new fantasy readers. The game is officially 10 years old this week, and it still serves as the default entry point for newcomers and returnees alike, despite its overnight success at launch in

Culture

Speedrunner finishes FireRed and LeafGreen in under three hours

Pokemon fans have been enjoying a steady stream of news, including the reveal of Pokemon Winds and Waves and the recent Switch re-releases of Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen. Only a day after the re-releases landed, a speedrunner completed both games in under three hours and discovered that two super-rare events

Culture

How a DNA test turned my life upside-down

As a child I admired the framed black‑and-white photograph above my grandma’s bed, until I learned it was actually of Elvis Presley and that my grandma was not blood-related to us. Years later, over breakfast, my parents mentioned that Dad had been adopted. The revelation mattered less for

Business

McDonald’s CEO Struggles With New Big Arch Burger In Viral Video

McDonald’s CEO and chairman Chris Kempczinski filmed himself eating the new Big Arch Burger for lunch in his office. The clip was posted to Instagram on February 3 and drew wider attention after it was shared on TikTok. He begins by referring to the sandwich as a “product,” then

Crypto

Morgan Stanley Targets Direct Crypto Custody With Trust Bank Application

Morgan Stanley has filed for a national trust bank charter with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency that would allow it to offer direct cryptocurrency custody to institutional clients. The $9 trillion bank submitted a de novo application on February 18, marking a notable step in Wall Street’

Sports

Virginia vs. Duke livestream: Watch college basketball for free

Virginia Cavaliers and Duke Blue Devils meet in a key late-season matchup: Duke are ranked No. 1 at 26-2, while Virginia sit at No. 11 with a 25-3 record. A Virginia win would put the teams level in the Atlantic Coast Conference standings. Duke enter the game on a five-game

Culture

This Oscar Nominee That Made $339 Million Is Finally Available to Watch on Netflix

Jurassic World Rebirth, the latest entry in the franchise and an Academy Award nominee for Best Visual Effects, is now available to stream on Netflix in the U.S. The film became one of 2025's highest-grossing releases despite making some unconventional narrative choices. Rebirth opens on a world

Sports

Revealed: How much it will cost Man Utd, Liverpool & Man City

Manchester United, Manchester City and Liverpool have been told how much it will cost to lure Newcastle's star players this summer. A host of key Magpies have been linked with departures as rivals seek to exploit a sub-par season, with Alexander Isak's British record-breaking move to

Culture

Gina Gershon on refusing Prince and dodging a risqué Showgirls shot

Gina Gershon recalls standing up to predators and difficult figures in her new memoir, AlphaPussy: How I Survived the Valley and Learned to Love My Boobs. Growing up in California’s San Fernando Valley in the 70s and 80s, she writes that she learned to assert herself in an industry

Crypto

BTC tries to reclaim $64,000 as funding rates hit three-month low

Bitcoin is attempting to reclaim $64,000 after sliding as low as $63,000 following U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, a move that has set up the potential for a short squeeze. Perpetual futures funding rates plunged to -6%, the second-lowest level in three months; the last comparable

Tech

Mod lets you play Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes inside The Phantom Pain

A player-made mod now lets you play Metal Gear Solid 5: Ground Zeroes from inside Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain. Ground Zeroes originally arrived about a year before Phantom Pain as a compact prologue; Kojima said he split it off to give fans something, though many observers suspect

Culture

Roadside Research is the best friendslop game of 2026 so far

Roadside Research, released Feb. 12 in early access for Windows PC and Xbox Series X, casts up to four players as aliens posing as humans who run a rural gas station to surveil human behavior. The disguises are intentionally absurd—players tape crude sketches of faces to their heads—and

Business

Ford is recalling 4.3 million trucks and SUVs to fix a towing software bug

Ford is recalling almost 4.4 million trucks, vans, and SUVs to fix a towing software bug. Last year the company set a new industry record by issuing 152 safety recalls; more than 24 million vehicles were recalled in the US, and over half—13 million—were Fords or Lincolns.

Culture

Winds and Waves' Browt has a fan following despite being 'kinda ugly'

The Pokemon Winds and Waves starters have sparked plenty of online discussion, and one in particular is already attracting a noticeable fan following despite most people agreeing it's "kinda ugly" (in a cute way). Browt is the game's grass-type starter: an unimpressed little bean

Tech

RayNeo Air 4 Pro: HDR10 XR glasses with Batman Justice Edition

The RayNeo Air 4 Pro is an entry-level XR headset priced at $299, with a Batman or Joker Justice Edition available for $319 and occasional early-buyer discounts of about $50. RayNeo markets these as the world’s first XR glasses with HDR10 support, and they pair bright, clear imagery with

Tech

Pokémon Winds and Waves trailer shows clear graphical leap

The first trailer for Pokémon Winds and Waves suggests a marked visual improvement over Scarlet and Violet. Scarlet and Violet, released in 2022 and the last Switch-exclusive Pokémon games, were criticized for buggy performance and for looking like a GameCube tech demo, with big maps that felt lacking in texture

Culture

12 Action Thriller Classics Better Than Any James Bond Movie

Don’t get us wrong: James Bond is eternal, a baseline for spy thrillers built on slick set pieces, globe‑trotting energy, and a sense of scale. Yet scale isn’t the same as tension, and style isn’t the same as substance. Some of the greatest action classics prove

Culture

Cruz Beckham review: son of David and Victoria finds intriguing psych-pop

"Memorabilia," the person on the door says, passing out a commemorative ticket welcoming fans to Cruz Beckham’s show in "Cardiff, England". It’s an inauspicious start in a building that’s a decades-old monument to Welsh-language culture, but once the house lights go down there’