Tech

ThinkPad X13 is a featherweight office champ with standout battery life

Lenovo’s sixth‑gen ThinkPad X13 aims for ultraportable business use, packing an Intel Core Ultra 7 255 U‑series processor into a 13.3‑inch chassis that weighs just 2.05 pounds. The design keeps the classic black ThinkPad look, TrackPoint and physical buttons, while positioning the X13 as

Culture

Celebrity deaths 2026: Actors, singers and stars we lost this year

Several notable entertainers died this year, including Victoria Jones, Bret Hanna-Shuford and Patrick Swayze’s brother Sean Swayze. The losses span actors, singers and industry figures from television, film and music. Child actor Blake Garrett, known for How to Eat Fried Worms, died on Feb. 8 at 33 after being

Culture

Ella Purnell is the only Fallout lead who has played the games

Walton Goggins has not played the Fallout games and has said he will not. He continues to play The Ghoul on the show without familiarity with the series. Aaron Moten, who plays Maximus and is known as a gamer, likewise chose not to play Fallout. Some cast members have suggested

Culture

Masterpiece to stage: Hokusai’s The Great Wave as an opera

Opera has long attracted painters and designers: Oskar Kokoschka, Salvador Dalí, David Hockney and Marc Chagall all created memorable stage work. Yet surprisingly few operas centre on visual artists, with only Hindemith’s Mathis der Maler and Berlioz’s Benvenuto Cellini regularly performed. By taking a famous print as its

Culture

Expedition 33 art book seized by Iraqi customs as possible relic

The Monolith Set of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a collector’s edition that includes a steelbook case, a music box statuette and a 48-page hardcover art book, began shipping in January 2026 after mid-2025 pre-orders. Not every copy reached its destination: a Reddit user, Ahmed15252, posted pictures of a letter

Culture

Jason Statham & Sylvester Stallone's 'Homefront' Trends on Netflix

More than a decade after its 2013 release, Homefront has resurfaced on Netflix and sits as the streaming service's third most popular movie. Directed by Gary Fleder and based on Chuck Logan's novel, the film stars Jason Statham as retired DEA agent Phil Broker, whose quiet

Culture

4 Greatest Western Movies To Watch on Netflix Right Now

The Western keeps reinventing itself, moving from the John Ford and John Wayne era through Clint Eastwood to a 21st-century wave of neo-Westerns. Netflix’s catalogue now includes a wide range of modern classics that revisit the genre’s past while pushing it in new directions. One standout is Jaymes

Sports

Man Utd fan Frank Ilett denies millionaire claims over hair stunt

The United Strand has set the record straight on how much money he has earned since beginning his viral hair-growing stunt. He vowed in October 2024 not to cut his hair again until United had won five matches in a row and has become a social media sensation during that

Science

Roman Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey

A Wide Field Science program will develop community software to simulate and analyze Roman surveys of nearby galaxies. Roman’s wide field, sensitivity to faint stars and compact sources, and near-infrared bandpasses will permit panoramic mapping of hundreds of nearby galaxies out to their virial radii, revealing star formation histories

World

Cuba fuel shortage forces airlines to cancel flights, make refuelling stops

Cuban aviation authorities issued a monthlong advisory saying jet fuel is unavailable at all of the country’s international airports. As a result, some carriers have canceled services, others are adding refuelling stops, and some are boarding aircraft with extra fuel to reach their next destination. The island relies heavily

Sports

First-person drones bring new perspectives to 2026 Winter Olympics

Viewers at the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics have been seeing fresh first-person camera angles that put them directly into the action on the slopes. Those views come from advanced drone technology designed to follow athletes down the course and convey a clearer sense of speed and pace. The Olympic Broadcasting

Crypto

Bitcoin Mayer Multiple falls to 2022 lows — could BTC drop to $40,000?

The Bitcoin Mayer Multiple fell to 0.65, matching the deep bear market lows seen in May 2022. The indicator, which compares Bitcoin’s current price to its 200-day moving average, has slipped below the green “oversold” band; analyst On-Chain College called this a period usually reserved for the darkest

Culture

Timothée Chalamet Says Interstellar Is His Favorite Project Despite Small Role

At a fan Q&A during his American Cinematheque career retrospective, Timothée Chalamet said Interstellar remains his favorite project even though his part was small. Christopher Nolan attended the event, and Chalamet recalled being "number 12 on the call sheet," calling the film "a little emerald&

Culture

Idris Elba's Thriller Hits a Breaking Point in Tense 'Hijack' Sneak Peek [Exclusive]

Apple TV unveiled an exclusive clip from Episode 5 of Hijack Season 2, titled “Outage,” and it suggests things are about to get much worse before they get better. Premiering Wednesday, February 11, Episode 5 finds tensions on the Berlin underground train finally reaching a boiling point as fear, anger

Business

JPMorgan: software sell-off presents a buying opportunity

JPMorgan says the dramatic plunge in software stocks last week is a buying opportunity. The sell-off began after Anthropic unveiled new AI tools, wiped roughly $2 trillion of market capitalization and produced the sector's largest 12-month drawdown in more than 30 years, reducing its S&P 500

Culture

Woolhaven's winter shakes up Cult of the Lamb without trying to stress players

One of the best feelings in Cult of the Lamb comes when the cult management and the dungeon crawls click together and you enter a flow state. The point of the game, however, is to keep thinking about what might go wrong rather than getting complacent, and Woolhaven’s winter

AI

A.I. Personalizes the Internet but Takes Away Control

Early in the new year, millions of people logging into Google Mail found Gemini summarizing their emails with no practical way to turn it off. The move echoed Google’s earlier introduction of AI Overviews in search results, again without an opt-out, and resembled Meta’s deployment of Meta AI

Crypto

Ethereum Holds $2,000 Support — Accumulation Keeps Recovery Hopes Alive

Ethereum has shown early signs of recovery after a prolonged period of weakness that pushed prices sharply lower. The token has attempted to stabilize near key support levels around $2,000, and growing investor accumulation is helping keep recovery prospects alive. On-chain indicators point to a shift in investor behavior.

Culture

Stranger Things: The First Shadow to Be Filmed for Netflix

Netflix will professionally film Stranger Things: The First Shadow for a future release, and a week of performances has been cancelled from Tuesday, February 10 to Saturday, February 14 to facilitate filming. The filmed production will feature the Tony Award-winning production’s original cast, including Louis McCartney, T.R. Knight,

Politics

EU moves closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers

The EU moved closer to creating offshore centres for migrants and asylum seekers after centre-right and far-right MEPs united to back tougher migration measures. MEPs voted for legal changes that give authorities more options to deport asylum seekers, including sending people to countries they have never been to. Under rules

Business

Goldman CEO says 2026 will be a big year for dealmaking

Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon said the bank has moved out of a defensive stance after several difficult years marked by weak private-equity activity and volatile trading. After a strong 2025, he said Goldman enters 2026 with the wind at its back. Solomon pointed to a shift in Washington toward

Tech

Fake-wood slab was the most surprising thing at Logitech HQ

During a recent visit to Logitech, I saw a lot of engineering and testing kit—giant antennas, padded rooms, and machines that swipe mice. Still, the thing that surprised me most was a block of wood in the company's design room: a piece of chemical wood, more like

Business

Lorwyn Eclipsed becomes Magic: The Gathering’s fastest-selling original set

Lorwyn Eclipsed is now the fastest-selling original Magic: The Gathering set of all time, a milestone that underscores the game's continued growth and shows it can thrive without relying on Universes Beyond crossovers. On a Feb. 10 earnings call presenting Hasbro's Q4 and full-year 2025 results,

Culture

Netflix's 'Midnight Mass' Horror Miniseries Is a 10/10

Netflix has built a strong slate of horror series, and Mike Flanagan remains one of its most influential creators. While The Haunting of Hill House often gets top billing for its blend of emotional devastation and fear, Midnight Mass stands as a closely matched, deeply affecting work from the same

Culture

Anne Hathaway's $773 Million Sci-Fi Epic Climbs Streaming Charts

Anne Hathaway's 2014 sci-fi epic Interstellar climbed back onto streaming charts over the weekend, landing at No. 4 on Pluto TV's Top 10 Movies in the United States. Fans revisited the film over the weekend, sending it surging on the platform. Directed by Christopher Nolan, Interstellar