World

Sheriff: search for Savannah Guthrie’s missing mother could take years

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos said the search for Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Nancy, could take "maybe it’s weeks or months or years" and pledged that his team will not quit looking. Authorities briefly thought they had a break after detaining delivery driver Carlos Palazuelos for questioning;

Culture

Overwatch dating sim returns with fewer romances than China version

Loverwatch—the cheeky browser-based dating sim where you win the hearts of various Overwatch heroes—is back for a limited time. It first appeared as an impromptu Valentine's Day celebration in 2023. At launch you could romance Genji, Hanzo, or Mercy. Last year, China received an exclusive sequel

Culture

Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Recasts Shame After Her Husband’s Crimes

In A Hymn to Life, Gisèle Pelicot, with Judith Perrignon and translated by Natasha Lehrer and Ruth Diver, describes how a decades-long marriage unraveled after her husband was first caught taking upskirt photos in a supermarket. Written with matter-of-fact precision, the memoir alternates between the ordinary details of domestic life

Crypto

Coinbase Faces Backlash Over Delayed Super Bowl Payouts

Coinbase is facing mounting criticism after many participants in its Super Bowl “Big Game Challenge” reported delayed or missing Bitcoin payouts, even after qualifying for shares of the advertised prize pool. On Reddit and other forums, users described confusing and frustrating experiences: some who correctly predicted outcomes still haven’t

Health

Dr Rangan Chatterjee urges social media age 18 over screen harms

A 16-year-old boy and his mother visited GP Dr Rangan Chatterjee after the teenager had been to A&E following an attempt at self-harm. The hospital notes recommended antidepressants, but Chatterjee probed other factors and found heavy evening screen use. He helped the family introduce a routine that cut

Culture

Texas Chain Saw Massacre leaving Netflix on February 18

Texas Chain Saw Massacre will leave Netflix on February 18. The Tobe Hooper-directed film is a classic that redefined the slasher genre. Co-written by Hooper and Kim Henkel, the movie follows a group of young adults who encounter a house full of demented butchers who chase them with chainsaws (and

Sports

Ex-Marseille star says 'fear' and 'negativity' are holding club back

Marseille have been plunged into fresh turmoil after the side surrendered a two-goal lead at home to draw 2-2 with Strasbourg, a result that followed a humiliating 5-0 defeat to Paris Saint-Germain and the departures of manager Roberto De Zerbi and director of football Medhi Benatia. Former defender Adil Rami

Tech

Beats Studio Pro headphones are 50% off right now - and I can vouch for them

I tested the Beats Studio Pro and found a pair of headphones with a muted, mature matte finish and strong cross-platform compatibility for both iOS and Android users. The design is cleaner than older Beats models, with smoothed hinges and improved ear cup materials called UltraPlush. In Deep Brown the

Culture

Rosie O'Donnell says she secretly returned to US to 'see if it was safe'

Rosie O’Donnell said she secretly returned to the United States for two weeks to see family and to test how hard it would be to get in and out of the country. She told Chris Cuomo on SiriusXM’s Cuomo Mornings that she wanted to hold her children after

Culture

Inside Tomb Raider's creative PC mapping community

When Lara Croft's grittier incarnation drew players in 2013, Axel Hatté began building custom levels for Core Design's older Tomb Raider games. He had long been intrigued by the level editor bundled with 2000's Tomb Raider: Chronicles, but it took 13 years before he

Business

Terra Industries raises $22M extension led by Lux Capital

One month after an $11.75 million round led by Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, African defensetech Terra Industries said it has raised an additional $22 million led by Lux Capital. Nathan Nwachuku, 22, and Maxwell Maduka, 24, launched Terra Industries in 2024 to design infrastructure and autonomous systems to help

Culture

How to get Blank Collars in Mewgenics

Blank Collars are a class in Mewgenics that work differently from other collars. When you buy a Blank Collar from Tracy it joins your collection but appears in the Collars menu as a duplicate of one of the collars you already own, letting you bring multiple cats of the same

Culture

Movie fans debate films rescued by great endings

A Reddit thread asked, "What movie had an ending that saved the whole film?" and users shared picks that turned otherwise middling films into memorable experiences. One fan picked The Others: "When you think you're just in a haunted house movie, you start to get

Tech

Big Game Franchises Are Going Backwards

Sony’s recent PlayStation State of Play featured a short teaser for a remake of the original God of War trilogy, with TC Carson returning as the voice of Kratos. The announcement was notable not for a new entry but for a return to earlier games. That move fits a

Crypto

Bitcoin around $68,500 as Chinese New Year raises selloff risk

Bitcoin is trading around $68,500 as traders watch for potential volatility around Chinese New Year, a period that has historically coincided with short-term shifts in crypto liquidity and, in some years, pre-holiday weakness. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said retail users are “buying the dip,” adding that February BTC and

Crypto

SBI Holdings says it owns 9% of Ripple, not $10 billion in XRP

SBI Holdings chairman Yoshitaka Kitao dismissed claims the firm directly held $10 billion in XRP, clarifying that the company’s exposure is an equity stake in Ripple Labs rather than token holdings. Kitao said SBI owns about a 9% stake in Ripple. In November 2025 Ripple’s valuation rose to

Culture

Predator: Badlands becomes Hulu's most-watched U.S. movie after one day

Predator: Badlands began streaming on Hulu in the U.S. and on Disney+ internationally yesterday. After one full day on the platforms, it ranked as the most popular movie worldwide on both services. Dan Trachtenberg directed the sequel and co-wrote the screenplay with Patrick Aison. The film, which reached theaters

Culture

Surveying Popes Creek

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732, in a brick house along Popes Creek in Westmoreland County, about 80 miles south of Mount Vernon. The Operational Land Imager on Landsat 8 captured the lands west of Popes Creek—now the George Washington Birthplace National Monument—on January 19, 2026.

Sports

Money isn't his top priority - Matthaus convinced Kane will stay

Bayern Munich legend Lothar Matthaus is convinced Harry Kane will remain at the Allianz Arena and sign a contract extension, saying 'I don't believe he'll leave Bayern. Money isn't his top priority; it's feeling comfortable – with the coaches, his team-mates, and

Culture

James Van Der Beek bought $4.76M ranch with friends' help a month before his death

James Van Der Beek purchased the Texas ranch he had been renting since 2020, closing what appears to have been an off‑market deal for $4.76 million on Jan. 9. The actor died on Feb. 11 at 48 after a years‑long battle with stage 3 colorectal cancer. Friends

Crypto

Animoca Brands Secures VARA VASP License to Serve Institutional Clients

Animoca Brands has secured a Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) license from Dubai’s Virtual Assets Regulatory Authority (VARA), enabling the company to broaden its crypto operations across the Middle East. The license permits the Hong Kong-founded Web3 investor and platform developer to offer broker-dealer services and investment management related

Culture

Mewgenics proves turn-based tactics excel at drama and excitement

Turn-based tactics can look intimidating or even dull, but at their best they are the natural home of drama and excitement. Mewgenics has become a surprise hit this month and even scored a 92% review, despite appearing on paper as a niche cat-breeding project. The game’s surface is goofy

Culture

How Hollywood Turned Wuthering Heights Into a Romance

Many students go into Emily Brontë’s novel expecting a swoony romance and leave shocked by its brutality. Victorian reviewers found Wuthering Heights disturbing and violent, and the first known film adaptation, a lost 1920 silent, advertised itself as “Emily Brontë’s tremendous Story of Hate.” The 1939 Laurence Olivier–

Culture

3 underrated movies buried on Paramount Plus (including Christian Bale)

Paramount Plus tends to favor TV, so its movie selection can be easy to overlook. The service’s somewhat limited library still holds a handful of great films if you’re willing to dig, including forgotten gems starring Christian Bale, Tom Hanks, Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. The Machinist is

Tech

Bethesda devs recall 'glorious' post-Skyrim, pre-Fallout 4 period

Bethesda Game Studios developers have reminisced about the company's glory days following the widely successful launch of The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim. Senior designer and writer Emil Pagliarulo said that by the time Fallout 4 "rolled around, our team was so tight" because of everything they