Politics

Lagarde May Leave ECB Early as Digital Euro Enters Key Phase

European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde is reportedly weighing an early departure before her eight-year term ends in October 2027, the Financial Times said, citing a person "familiar with her thinking." She took office in November 2019 and may be considering leaving ahead of France’s April 2027

Culture

Resident Evil Requiem spoilers are apparently here 10 days ahead of launch

If you've been eagerly awaiting Resident Evil Requiem and its new twists on franchise lore, it might be time to go on social media blackout. Early copies are reportedly reaching players' hands 10 days ahead of launch, and some of those players appear to be sharing what

Culture

TMNT Magic: The Gathering Cards Evoke Classic Video Game Vibes

I was very skeptical about Magic: The Gathering’s rapid return to New York for a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles pizza party. MTG fatigue had set in for a few reasons: we’re not even six months removed from last year’s New York-centric Spider-Man set, a Marvel Super Heroes

Crypto

Altcoin Market Faces 13 Months of Net Selling — Has It Reached Bottom?

Altcoins have endured thirteen months of continuous net selling, with market capitalization staying below $1 trillion in February and sentiment falling to its most extreme level in years. Many investors expected a bottom after five straight months of declines, and some see the first quarter of 2026 as offering opportunities,

Culture

What to See in NYC This Spring: Broadway Shows and More

This spring's New York theater season mixes radical reinventions, star-driven revivals and new musicals. Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch's reinvention of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cats, titled "Cats: The Jellicle Ball," begins previews on Broadway on March 18; André De Shields stars as

Culture

20 Years Ago, This 'Lincoln Lawyer' Star Got Her Big Break on Ugly Betty

Many grew to love Becki Newton in the 2000s for her role as Amanda Tanen on Ugly Betty, and now she returns as Lorna Crane on Netflix’s The Lincoln Lawyer. The shows differ widely in premise, but both characters share a fashionable edge and a sharp, snarky wit that

Culture

Billy Preston’s Joyful Music and a Life of Hidden Pain

At the 1971 Bangladesh benefit at Madison Square Garden, Billy Preston stepped out of his role as a valued sideman to deliver a showstopping performance of "That’s the Way God Planned It." Known for electric piano parts on Beatles songs — including a contribution to "Get Back&

Sports

How to buy FIFA World Cup 2026 qualifier tickets

The road to the 2026 FIFA World Cup is underway as qualifiers unfold across the globe. For the first time, 48 teams will compete for places at the tournament hosted by the United States, Canada and Mexico, and every match counts in the race to the finals. A key international

Business

Jake Paul says Sam Altman taught him the value of 15-minute meetings

Jake Paul, now a professional boxer and venture capitalist, says he learned efficiency from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. The two met while sitting next to each other at President Donald Trump's inauguration and bonded over a shared interest in fast cars. Paul described Altman's habit of

Culture

Stardew Valley player left Switch running for 1,000 in-game years

Reddit user Holozard left their Nintendo Switch on for over three weeks straight, spending more than 150 real hours to have their character sleep for 1,000 years in Stardew Valley. They set the game to repeatedly rest, using a controller with a turbo button to hit A and a

Culture

Ethan Hawke on ‘Blue Moon,’ career anxieties and selling out

Ethan Hawke, who at 55 has earned his third acting Oscar nomination for Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon, reflected on a decades-long career that includes Reality Bites, Training Day and a nine-film collaboration with Linklater that features Boyhood and the Before Sunrise trilogy. He compared the end of a career

Tech

Zelda: BotW on Virtual Boy gets a permanent Blood Moon mode

Nintendo’s new throwback Virtual Boy headset is out today, and it can run Switch games that feature a Nintendo Labo VR mode — which makes it possible to play The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in stereoscopic 3D. The headset offers a single color option: red. That tint

Science

El Niño May Be Back This Summer, Bringing Drought and Floods

The Pacific Ocean weather pattern known as El Niño will return this summer, bringing the potential for extreme rainfall, powerful storms and drought across some areas of the globe, although scientists aren’t sure yet how strong it will be. NOAA said the pattern is expected to shift into gear

Culture

Paige DeSorbo used a $13 Tresemmé spray for NYFW hair

At New York Fashion Week, Tresemmé’s A-list Collection made multiple appearances. Paige DeSorbo stepped out at the Christian Siriano show while hairstylist Mitchell Ramazon was still spritzing her, and she quipped, “The girls know I don’t gatekeep,” calling the finished look “gorgeous, A-list even.” Ramazon began with the

Tech

Gentoo begins move from GitHub to Codeberg over Copilot

Gentoo Linux has begun a long transition away from Microsoft's GitHub to Codeberg, the open-source git-hosting service run by the Berlin-based non-profit Codeberg e.V. The project said the migration of its mirrors is happening "mostly because of the continuous attempts to force Copilot usage for our

Business

Goldman Sachs to Drop D.E.I. Criteria for Board Members

Goldman Sachs will no longer explicitly consider race, gender and sexual orientation when evaluating potential board members. The change comes after an agreement with the National Legal and Policy Center, which withdrew a shareholder proposal as part of the deal; the group has a small investment in the bank and

Tech

Why it took so long to ban cheaters in Arc Raiders

Until it was patched last week, Arc Raiders had a duplication glitch that let players infinitely copy nearly any item. The exploit spread quickly after several streamers, including TheBurntPeanut — one of the game's biggest content creators — demonstrated how to do it. Embark Studios has begun taking action against

Tech

New Baldur's Gate 3 update fixes corrupted saves after 'final' Patch 8

Now that the "final" Patch 8 has been out for nearly a year, Larian Studios has released another update for Baldur's Gate 3, tackling a handful of lingering technical problems. The studio posted, "Bet you thought you’d seen the last of these." It

Politics

An Architect of Virginia’s Redistricting Will Run for a New Seat Himself

An architect of Virginia’s aggressive redistricting scheme will announce on Wednesday that he intends to run for one of the newly drawn Democratic seats himself. Dan Helmer, a four-term state delegate who played a key behind-the-scenes role in last October’s surprise move to redraw Virginia’s congressional maps,

Culture

Become reimagines a coming-of-age tale as a sperm’s journey

Become, the upcoming 3D platformer from indie developer Valentin Wirth, frames a bildungsroman with a twist: it follows a sperm cell’s physical race to fertilize an egg, turning a coming-of-age story into a journey through the human reproductive system. The trailer opens with text that reads "Deep inside

Culture

Martin Scorsese Confirmed in 'The Mandalorian and Grogu' Trailer

The arrival of The Mandalorian and Grogu trailer included an unexpected reveal: Martin Scorsese makes a cameo, marking his Star Wars debut. Fans were quick to point out Scorsese's voice in the trailer, and Polygon confirmed with Disney and Lucasfilm that the filmmaker appears in the film. It

Sports

N.B.A. All-Star Map Mistaken for Medieval France

At the N.B.A. All-Star Game, video screens introducing international players showed maps of their home countries — Giannis Antetokounmpo of Greece; Luka Doncic of Slovenia; Jamal Murray of Canada; Pascal Siakam of Cameroon; and Victor Wembanyama … of the Capetian realm? Eagle-eyed Francophiles noticed that the map behind Wembanyama more

Culture

10 TV Dramas Where Every Episode Is a Masterpiece

Great TV dramas often demand patience: slow, deliberate stories with complex characters that resist easy payoffs. When the pacing, plot and performances align, a series can consume its viewers, turning each episode into a compact, exacting piece of storytelling that leaves you wanting more. Vince Gilligan’s Pluribus (2025-) blends

Sports

Benfica fans direct racist gestures at Vinicius as Mourinho comments questioned

Benfica fans were filmed directing racist gestures at Real Madrid forward Vinicius Junior during Tuesday's Champions League clash at the Estadio da Luz. The game was halted for 10 minutes after Vinicius reported alleged racist abuse to the referee following an altercation with Benfica winger Gianluca Prestianni. Vinicius

Business

US and Japan unveil $36bn of oil, gas and critical minerals projects

Japan has drawn up plans to invest about $36bn in US oil, gas and critical mineral projects under the first wave of a deal with Donald Trump. The US president and Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, announced a trio of projects that include a power plant in Portsmouth, Ohio,