Culture

Full trailer released for The Mandalorian and Grogu movie

After a Super Bowl commercial that celebrated ads more than the film, Disney has released a full trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu. The footage leans into familiar Star Wars imagery: an X-Wing flying against a sunset, cockpit buttons and lever-pulling, and the franchise’s classic overtures. It frames Mando

Culture

Fans say PlayStation would benefit from more games like God of War Sons of Sparta

God of War Sons of Sparta has faced criticism after PlayStation's State of Play revealed it as a 2D Metroidvania. It currently holds a mixed Metacritic score of 73, and many players have been dunking on the game online. Criticisms range from visuals called "ugly" to

Culture

Frederick Wiseman, 96, Penetrating Documentarian of Institutions, Dies

Frederick Wiseman, a director whose rigorously objective explorations of social and cultural institutions constituted one of the more revered bodies of work in American nonfiction filmmaking, died on Monday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 96. His family announced the death through Zipporah Films, the distribution company he

Tech

ROG Xbox Ally X price jumps nearly $200 in Japan

The ROG Xbox Ally X is one of the premier PC gaming handhelds on the market. Despite some half-baked UI tweaks and finnicky Windows holdovers, it’s an excellent way to play PC games on the go for existing Xbox and Game Pass users. At launch last fall its $1,

Business

Canada CPI Release Today: What to Expect

Statistics Canada will publish January’s Consumer Price Index on Tuesday, giving the Bank of Canada a fresh read on price pressures ahead of its March 18 meeting, where policymakers are widely expected to keep rates at 2.25%. Economists expect headline CPI to rise 2.4% year‑on‑year

Culture

Pedro Pascal Shows His Face in New 'The Mandalorian & Grogu' Trailer

Star Wars has released a new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu ahead of its May 22, 2026 release, and it features Pedro Pascal showing his face. Jon Favreau directs the film, which he co-wrote with Dave Filoni. The project is part of the Star Wars franchise and lists a

Culture

Daniel Radcliffe on Returning to Broadway in ‘Every Brilliant Thing’

Daniel Radcliffe, 36, is returning to Broadway in Every Brilliant Thing, an interactive solo monologue that offers a message of hope. He had planned a break after spending two years on Merrily We Roll Along, which earned him a Tony in 2024, and he has a toddler, a new TV

Culture

The Bone Temple director likens pivotal scene to Heat

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple pits kindhearted Dr. Ian Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) against murderous cult leader Sir Jimmy Crystal (Jack O’Connell). When the two men first meet, about an hour into the movie, the encounter is brutally tense yet surprisingly chummy. They seem to strike up a friendship,

Science

Spanish Bone May Be First Direct Evidence of Hannibal’s War Elephants

Archaeologists have uncovered a baseball-size ankle bone near Córdoba that may be the first direct archaeological evidence of Hannibal’s war elephants. Tucked in rubble with Carthaginian coins from the third century B.C., the 2,200-year-old specimen was found alongside catapult ammunition, a detail Dr. Fernando Quesada Sanz of

Culture

Markiplier says he isn't rushing his next project, and next time he doesn't need to star

After winning big at the box office with his directorial debut Iron Lung, YouTuber-turned-filmmaker Markiplier is taking a break from the movie scene. When asked for a timeframe in a Deadline interview, Markiplier (real name Mark Fischbach) said, "I wish I could. And that’s not even me being

Tech

Eden emulator resists Nintendo DMCA, releases v0.2.0

Nintendo issued a fresh round of DMCA takedown notices against the Switch emulation scene, striking close to a dozen GitHub pages over the weekend. Several projects complied, but the team behind the Eden emulator has so far refused and published a new v0.2.0 build on GitHub days later.

Crypto

Hedera Pullback May Set Up 50% HBAR Breakout

Hedera (HBAR) has gained about 1% in the past 24 hours and roughly 11.3% over the last week, even as monthly and quarterly returns remain negative. Recent price action and a pullback between Feb. 14 and Feb. 15 suggest a potential breakout setup is forming. On the 12-hour chart

Business

Paramount’s New Chance to Win Over Warner Bros. Discovery

Warner Bros. Discovery said it would restart merger talks with Paramount, giving the rival studio roughly a week to make its case to abandon its deal with Netflix. The studio is not definitively switching sides. Its agreement with Netflix allows talks with a rival bidder if that is likely to

Culture

Pulp Fiction Leaving Netflix on February 28

Netflix does not keep a permanent back catalog of studio releases, and licensed classics often cycle off the service. Pulp Fiction, the 1994 film that made Quentin Tarantino a household name, has been marked with Netflix’s "Leaving Soon" banner and will no longer be available to stream

Politics

How Jesse Jackson Inspired Generations of Black Democrats

When Jesse Jackson ran for president in 1984 he was viewed as a protest candidate without the political infrastructure to mount a serious challenge. By 1988 he had spent years registering millions of new Black voters and built a multiracial Democratic coalition that included progressive white voters and people of

Sports

Chiellini and Comolli suspended after tunnel clash with referee

Juventus directors Giorgio Chiellini and Damien Comolli have been hit with suspensions and fines after a heated half-time confrontation with referee Federico La Penna at San Siro, following Pierre Kalulu’s dismissal. Comolli received the harshest sanction: a ban from all football activities until March 31, 2026, and a €15,

Culture

Brooklyn Beckham skips Cruz's 21st birthday amid family feud

Brooklyn Beckham did not attend his brother Cruz Beckham's 21st birthday party at The Maine in London as the family's public feud continued. Those at the event included parents David and Victoria Beckham, siblings Romeo and Harper, Cruz's girlfriend Jackie Apostel and his maternal

AI

Ex-Microsoft dev shares synthwave-pounding Tempest AI dashboard

Dave Plummer, the developer behind Task Manager and Windows Pinball, shared on Twitter a modern dashboard for his Tempest AI. He wrote, "This is probably what Task Manager would look like (and sound like) if I were still around. Which is why it's a good thing I

Politics

Justice Department Sues Harvard for Admissions Records

The Justice Department sued Harvard on Friday, accusing the university of failing to produce documents sought in an investigation into whether its admissions process discriminates against white applicants. The lawsuit is the second government action in two weeks after President Trump abruptly reversed his position on a potential deal with

Culture

Lego leans into The Mandalorian & Grogu with seven new sets

Lego revealed seven new The Mandalorian & Grogu sets tied to the upcoming movie, including a tiny Anzellan starship built to fit either an extra-small Anzellan or a Grogu minifigure — no Mandos allowed. Four of the seven builds include Grogu figures, and the lineup spans vehicles, brick-built characters and a

Tech

Former Nintendo marketers warn revealing a 3D Mario game too early is 'dangerous'

Former Nintendo marketing leads warn it would be "dangerous" to reveal the next 3D Mario title too far in advance. When the Switch 2 was revealed, many expected a 3D Mario alongside it, but the role went to Donkey Kong Bananza for the system's launch year.

Politics

Kenyan authorities used Israeli tech to crack activist’s phone

When Boniface Mwangi had his phones returned after his arrest last July, he found one device was no longer password protected and could be opened without a code. The personal phone contained photos of family moments with his wife and children, and knowing its contents could be in government hands

Culture

R.O.B. the Robot Is in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie Merch

R.O.B. the Robot appears to be included in April 3’s The Super Mario Galaxy Movie after a tiny cameo showed up in a forthcoming tie-in toy set. Nintendo recently announced a range of movie merchandise due to go on sale in the first week of April, including

Crypto

From Liquidity Layer to Execution Engine: How Omniston Scaled

Building a swap DApp is relatively straightforward, but running it under real market conditions—with bots, arbitrageurs and volatile liquidity—is not. At Consensus Hong Kong, Andrey Fedorov, CMO & CBDO at STON.fi, described how STON.fi launched as an AMM on TON and later built Omniston to aggregate

Culture

15 Movies From the Last 5 Years That Are Perfect From Start to Finish

Some films feel as close to perfection as cinema allows. That sense is subjective, shared by viewers and the directors who grew up loving movies; over the last five years, several titles have pushed boundaries, sparked comebacks and reminded audiences why film remains so resonant across genres and ages. Kaiju