Tech

Blizzard adds Warlock to Diablo II: Resurrected after 26 years

Blizzard is introducing a new class to Diablo II: Resurrected for the first time in 26 years, with the Reign of the Warlock add-on launching today, February 11. The studio framed the addition as a careful balance between preserving the original game and offering something new for players of the

Tech

Elon Musk suggests X Money may launch soon, sparking crypto talk

Elon Musk said X Money is already running in internal testing among X employees and could move to a limited external beta within the next one to two months, with a subsequent worldwide rollout to all X users. The service has secured money transmitter licenses in more than 40 US

Politics

Trump and the Death of Shared Morality in America

David Brooks, ending a 22-year run as a New York Times columnist, joined Robert Siegel and E.J. Dionne Jr. for a final conversation about President Trump’s recent disruptions and Brooks’s own parting reflections. Dionne warned that Trump is attempting to reshape fundamental American institutions, pointing to actions

Culture

Prime Video’s 7-Part Military Thriller Is Winning Over 'Reacher' Fans

Chris Pratt has faced a rocky start to the year after the sci-fi movie Mercy underperformed at the box office. He first became a star in James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy films and cemented his status as a leading man in the Jurassic World trilogy with Bryce Dallas

Politics

Father of activist Anna Kwok convicted under Hong Kong national security law

A Hong Kong court found Kwok Yin-sang, 68, guilty under Article 23 for attempting to deal with funds or other financial assets belonging to an absconder after trying to end his daughter’s education savings insurance and withdraw HK$88,609. He is the first person charged under the homegrown

Culture

All Fever rackets in Mario Tennis Fever

Fever rackets are the new special mechanic in Mario Tennis Fever. There are 30 Fever rackets in total, with six available from the start: Personal (no special powers but deals damage where the ball bounces), Flame (scatters flames that damage and set characters on fire), Ice (creates a sheet of

Culture

Yapyap sells 500,000 copies in a week through friendslop and Steam

The friendslop era is truly upon us, and a new contender has joined it: Yapyap reached 500,000 copies sold just a week after launch. "Way more of you showed up than we ever expected," the devs said in a February 9 Steam post announcing the news, "

Business

Highguard studio lays off most staff weeks after launch

Wildlight Entertainment laid off "most" of its team just weeks after Highguard launched on January 26, according to posts from employees. Level designer Alex Graner posted on LinkedIn saying he and many colleagues were let go, noting unreleased content he had worked on and that he is looking

Crypto

Ethereum’s 30% Slide Puts Big Money in the Red: Here’s What They’re Doing Next

Ethereum has extended losses in 2026, shedding more than 30% year-to-date and slipping below the $2,000 level. Although it briefly recovered, ETH has once again fallen under $2,000 and was trading at $1,971 after a 4.58% decline over the past 24 hours. The price weakness has

Culture

Tom Hardy’s one-season crime series returns to charts nine years later

Few actors have balanced film and television as seamlessly as Tom Hardy. His latest crime series, MobLand, has kept viewers hooked on the streaming charts as anticipation builds for a second season. Beyond that recent hit, Hardy has another one-season crime series produced by Ridley Scott that has surged back

Sports

Thomas Tuchel signs England contract extension to stay as head coach until 2028

Thomas Tuchel has signed an extension to his England contract that will keep him in charge of the national team until after Euro 2028. The fresh deal means Tuchel, who took over in January 2025, will remain manager regardless of England’s fate at the World Cup this summer; he

Sports

Lewandowski weighs options with Atletico, Milan and MLS among suitors

Robert Lewandowski faces a decision as his Barcelona contract expires on June 30. The 37-year-old has received multiple offers, including from Atletico Madrid, AC Milan, Fenerbahce and clubs in the Saudi Pro League, with five serious proposals reported; he will not sign any pre-contracts before April and is waiting for

Sports

Ukrainian Olympian Disqualified Over Helmet Honoring War Dead

Vladyslav Heraskevych, a Ukrainian skeleton racer at the Winter Games in Italy, was barred from competing on Thursday after saying he would wear a helmet that commemorated people killed in the war with Russia. Olympic officials told him the helmet violated the Games’ prohibition on political speech, and the jury

Culture

Kimberly Van Der Beek said James was 'bouncing back' months before his death

In November, Kimberly Van Der Beek gave an optimistic update on James's cancer battle, saying he was 'bouncing back' from a stage 3 colorectal cancer diagnosis. She left the comment on his Instagram after he thanked fans for raising money for his treatments. The post showed

Culture

How to unlock Lady and Tramp in Disney Dreamlight Valley

Disney Dreamlight Valley's Puppy Love update adds Lady and Tramp, but they won't move in automatically. First buy access to the Lady and the Tramp realm inside the Dream Castle for 10,000 Dreamlight; that purchase immediately starts the Canine Courtship quest. In Canine Courtship, speak

Politics

You call it a shitshow — I say it's unforgivable

It was the day after the night before: on Monday Keir Starmer looked as if he was on his last political legs, Anas Sarwar called for his resignation at lunchtime, and by evening the troops had rallied and the prime minister had survived until the Gorton and Denton byelection. On

Crypto

XRP Shows Rebound Pattern, But Buying Drops 85% and Holders Pull Back

XRP is trading near $1.38 and has formed a familiar rebound pattern that has preceded major recoveries. Since late January the price made lower lows while the Relative Strength Index formed higher lows, a divergence that also appeared in late December 2025 before XRP reclaimed the 20-period EMA and

Tech

How to write Linux bash scripts on your Android

Enabling Linux support on Android lets you create and run bash scripts, which is useful for learning the ins and outs of scripting and automating repetitive tasks such as backups, clearing temporary files, renaming files or installing updates. If your Android device has the Linux environment enabled, you can create

Culture

Holly Hunter and Paul Giamatti on Nahla and Nus Braka’s Rivalry

Episode 6 of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy sends the cadets on their first official away mission, which goes terribly wrong when a cannibalistic race intercepts them. With the cadets held hostage on the remains of a fallen starship, Nahla Ake must call on her nemesis Nus Braka (Paul Giamatti) to

Culture

Shahrbanoo Sadat on making Afghanistan’s first romcom

Shahrbanoo Sadat wrote, directed and stars in No Good Men, a daring, genre-bending film about a budding love affair in a Kabul newsroom on the eve of the Taliban’s return to power and the west’s chaotic withdrawal. Her long shot landed the opening slot at the Berlin film

Sports

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain scores stoppage-time winner on Celtic debut

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain announced his arrival in Scottish football by coming off the bench to score a stoppage-time winner on his Celtic debut, securing a vital 2-1 victory over Livingston. The former Liverpool and Arsenal midfielder, who had been training with the Gunners to maintain his fitness before signing a short-term

Culture

James Van Der Beek called cancer 'best thing' in final interview

Two months before his tragic death at 48, James Van Der Beek told Today host Craig Melvin that his August 2023 colorectal cancer diagnosis was "the best thing that ever happened" to him because it gave him a renewed outlook on life. He recalled hearing "a little

Culture

Fallout co‑creator recalls nixing 'Terminator‑style' robots

Tim Cain posted a new YouTube video discussing tone in games and the responsibility of directors to keep a setting coherent. He offered an example from the making of the original Fallout: someone proposed a Terminator‑style robot — "an endoskeleton and chonk chonk chonk" — and Cain rejected it

Crypto

North Korean Hackers Use Deepfake Zoom Calls to Target Crypto Firms

Google’s Mandiant team says a North Korea–nexus threat actor has folded AI-enabled lures into crypto-focused hacks, reflecting an evolution in state-linked activity targeting the digital asset sector. Mandiant detailed an intrusion against a FinTech company in the cryptocurrency industry that it attributed to UNC1069. The attackers first compromised

Science

Julie Ziffer, NASA Program Officer

Julie Ziffer is a professor of Physics at the University of Southern Maine and is on temporary assignment as a Program Officer for the Planetary Science Division within the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters in Washington. For the PDCO, she leads the Yearly Opportunities for Research in Planetary Defense