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UK lawmakers demand independent royal inquiry after Prince Andrew’s arrest — TIME

UK lawmakers demand independent royal inquiry after Prince Andrew’s arrest

Police arrested Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor on suspicion of misconduct in public office and released him under investigation Thursday evening. He was photographed returning to the Sandringham estate after leaving custody. Thames Valley Police, supported by Norfolk Police, searched his former Windsor mansion and completed searches of his Norfolk address. The investigation

Gates of Krystalia offers a glimpse at the future of indie TTRPGs — Polygon

Gates of Krystalia offers a glimpse at the future of indie TTRPGs

Gates of Krystalia is an isekai-themed tabletop RPG created by Andrea Ruggeri and Alberto Dianin that mixes a traditional 52-card deck with AI-generated imagery. The project already spans a Core Rulebook and a second volume, Part Deux, which establishes a multiverse, and the third book, Lumina, recently launched a Kickstarter

Rocket League codes (February 2026) for free Boosts, Titles, and more — Gamesradar

Rocket League codes (February 2026) for free Boosts, Titles, and more

Rocket League codes let you customize your player card and vehicle in the game that mixes high-octane racing with soccer action. The redeem codes system has been in the game for the best part of a decade, and a few active codes remain alongside occasional new additions. Currently redeemable codes

‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ Review — NYT > Arts > Music

‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ Review

Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert assembles newly restored performance footage unearthed while he was making his earlier Elvis biopic. The negatives were found in Warner Bros. vaults buried in underground salt mines in Kansas and, together with material from the Graceland Archives, were cleaned up for this

Sony to Close Bluepoint Games in March — Kotaku

Sony to Close Bluepoint Games in March

Bluepoint Games, the PlayStation studio behind remakes such as Demon’s Souls and Shadow of the Colossus, will close in March. The move comes five years after the studio released its last project, a PlayStation 5 launch exclusive, and after serving as a support studio on 2022’s God of

Ethereum Whales Dump $2.7 Billion in ETH, but Bottom Signals Are Flashing — Beincrypto

Ethereum Whales Dump $2.7 Billion in ETH, but Bottom Signals Are Flashing

Ethereum whales sold about 1.43 million ETH — roughly $2.7 billion — over the past two weeks, with addresses holding 100,000 to 1 million ETH driving much of the distribution. Sharp accumulation phases have been followed by aggressive distribution, signaling uncertainty among large holders and weighing on liquidity. On-chain

How Newly Found Footage Became ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’ — NYT > Movies

How Newly Found Footage Became ‘EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert’

Baz Luhrmann discovered a trove of unused film while researching his 2022 Elvis biopic. The reels, now owned by Warner Bros., had been stored in a salt mine in Kansas; Luhrmann paid to have researchers access the vault and found 69 boxes of 35-millimeter and 16-millimeter material, much of it

Doug Cockle completed The Witcher 3 and got the best ending — Pcgamer

Doug Cockle completed The Witcher 3 and got the best ending

It must be incredibly weird to play a game and constantly hear your own voice—especially when that game is as long as The Witcher 3. But that didn't stop the best version of Geralt of Rivia, Doug Cockle, from playing through the entirety of the game and

Pentagon vs. Anthropic, an A.I. Agent’s Hit Piece and Hot Mess Express — NYT > Technology

Pentagon vs. Anthropic, an A.I. Agent’s Hit Piece and Hot Mess Express

Anthropic is refusing to let the government use its technology for autonomous weapons or domestic surveillance. The Pentagon has responded by threatening to cut business ties and to declare the company a "supply chain risk," setting up a standoff over who will yield. Engineer and writer Scott Shambaugh

Mixtape director on crafting the game's nostalgic coming-of-age story — Polygon

Mixtape director on crafting the game's nostalgic coming-of-age story

Johnny Galvatron apologized when told someone had been listening to his old band. Before making games, he was the vocalist and guitar player for the Australian rock band The Galvatrons. Those youthful cringes—high school haircuts and early pop‑punk bands—are also the starting point for Mixtape, which treats

Will Marathon's PvP focus pull players from Arc Raiders? — Gamesradar

Will Marathon's PvP focus pull players from Arc Raiders?

Marathon is almost here, and the extraction shooter aims to prove it's got more than just a killer aesthetic. As a server slam weekend approaches a few days before launch, many in the Arc Raiders community are deciding whether they'll try Bungie's game when

Street Fighter II Producer Spent $500,000 on His Own Gacha Games — Kotaku

Street Fighter II Producer Spent $500,000 on His Own Gacha Games

Making games requires testing them. For microtransaction-fueled gacha games, that means putting your own money on the line to sample the merchandise. That’s apparently what led Street Fighter 2 producer Yoshiki Okamoto to spend over $500,000 of his own money on his own game’s loot boxes. Monster

U.S. Economy Grew Modestly at End of 2025 — NYT > Business > Economy

U.S. Economy Grew Modestly at End of 2025

The U.S. economy slowed at the end of 2025, with inflation-adjusted gross domestic product expanding at a 1.4 percent annual rate in the final quarter, down from a 4.4 percent pace in the third quarter, the Commerce Department said. For the year as a whole, measured from

Polymarket Odds for Clarity Act Jump to 82% as White House Sets March 1 Deadline — Beincrypto

Polymarket Odds for Clarity Act Jump to 82% as White House Sets March 1 Deadline

Polymarket pushed the probability that the Clarity Act will become law in 2026 to a record 82% earlier today, up from roughly 60% on February 18. At press time the figure had eased to 78%, still reflecting a notable jump and growing market confidence as negotiators move quickly. Ripple CEO

Surprising things about living in Paris, according to an American — Businessinsider

Surprising things about living in Paris, according to an American

I'm an American who's lived in Paris for almost a decade, and my time here has been full of surprises: long lunches, people picking up fresh baguettes often, and a steady habit of dressing more polished than I expected. Locals rarely wear sweatpants or leggings in

A Cancer Detection Test Fails in Major Study — NYT > Business

A Cancer Detection Test Fails in Major Study

A blood test aimed at early detection of cancer failed to reduce late-stage cancers in a major clinical trial, the test’s maker, Grail, announced on Thursday. The Galleri test looks for minuscule shards of cancer DNA in the blood and has been sold in the United States since 2021

Acer and Asus German sites down after Nokia lawsuit; Acer says site will return — Pcgamer

Acer and Asus German sites down after Nokia lawsuit; Acer says site will return

Last week both Asus and Acer were blocked from directly selling gaming PCs in Germany after a lawsuit from phone manufacturer Nokia. That has left shoppers with fewer choices and, with the companies' German websites currently offline, without easy access to updates unless they take extra steps. Acer said:

New Trump Banner Hung on Justice Department Building — NYT > U.S. > Politics

New Trump Banner Hung on Justice Department Building

A long blue banner bearing Mr. Trump’s likeness was draped on the exterior of the Justice Department headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, its lower border reading “Make America Safe Again.” It is the latest of several large presidential banners now hanging from federal buildings across the capital.

Burbank, the Sims-like from XCOM dev Jake Solomon, has been canceled — Polygon

Burbank, the Sims-like from XCOM dev Jake Solomon, has been canceled

Jake Solomon, one of the designers behind XCOM: Enemy Unknown and Marvel's Midnight Suns, left Firaxis Games in 2023 to start Midsummer Studios. The team was developing Burbank, a life sim framed like The Truman Show, but Solomon announced the studio will be closing and Burbank has been

Psycho Killer called 'a nothing burger of a movie' in early reviews — Gamesradar

Psycho Killer called 'a nothing burger of a movie' in early reviews

Psycho Killer, directed by Gavin Polone and written by Andrew Kevin Walker, follows Georgina Campbell’s Jane, a highway patrol officer who sets out to hunt the man who brutally murdered her husband. It soon becomes clear the attack wasn’t an isolated incident, and Jane finds herself in a

Should Child Welfare Be Called Over School Absences? — NYT > Education

Should Child Welfare Be Called Over School Absences?

In New York State, teachers and other educators are required by law to report families to child welfare when students are chronically absent. Chronic absenteeism rose after the pandemic, climbing from 26 percent in 2018–19 to 40 percent in 2021–22, and was 33 percent in New York City

Sony’s PS5-era studio acquisition spree has faltered — Kotaku

Sony’s PS5-era studio acquisition spree has faltered

In 2019 PlayStation bought Insomniac Games, ending nearly a decade without studio acquisitions, and then added ten more studios over the next four years. As of February 2026 that strategy has not paid off: the company’s pivot to live-service faltered and Bluepoint Games was shut down. Bluepoint, known for

HBAR Knocks on $0.10 Again as Buyers Return—but Resistance Still Holds — Beincrypto

HBAR Knocks on $0.10 Again as Buyers Return—but Resistance Still Holds

Hedera’s native token, HBAR, is attempting to regain lost ground after weeks of constrained trading. The price recently approached the $0.10 threshold but failed to secure a decisive breakout, with resistance near this level limiting upward progress since the start of the month. The Money Flow Index sits

Asos co-founder dies after fall from apartment in Thailand — World news | The Guardian

Asos co-founder dies after fall from apartment in Thailand

Quentin Griffiths, the co-founder of online fashion retailer Asos, has died after falling from an apartment building in the Thai seaside resort city of Pattaya. He was 58 and fell from the 17th floor of an 18-floor condominium on 9 February. Police said initial investigations suggested suicide and found no

Liam Neeson and a Star-Studded Cast Launched a Forgotten 2010 Fantasy Franchise — Collider

Liam Neeson and a Star-Studded Cast Launched a Forgotten 2010 Fantasy Franchise

In the early 2000s Hollywood seemed torn between comic-book blockbusters and mythic spectacle: Iron Man made nearly $600 million, 300 made almost $500 million, and James Cameron’s Avatar made seemingly endless sums. Louis Leterrier’s 2010 remake of Clash of the Titans rode that uncertain moment, betting on several