Culture

Bad Bunny didn't mention ICE at the Super Bowl. A different message was front and center.

Bad Bunny used his Super Bowl halftime show to highlight the importance of diversity. At the end of his set, right after his song "CAFé CON RON," backup dancers ran out carrying flags of countries in North and South America. In English he said, "God Bless America,

Culture

Fred Smith, Bassist Who Left Blondie for Television, Dies at 77

Fred Smith, the bassist who left Blondie in April 1975 to join Tom Verlaine’s band Television and who supplied the melodic bass lines on the group’s landmark debut, "Marquee Moon," died Thursday in Manhattan. He was 77. The cause was cancer, his wife, Paula Cereghino, said.

Culture

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime: All Guest Stars and Cameos

Bad Bunny opened the show on an elaborate, Puerto Rican-style village stage set, moving through an excellently choreographed sequence surrounded by dancers and supporting cast who brought the set to life. Music icon Lady Gaga and Latin pop legend Ricky Martin made surprise guest appearances, joining Bad Bunny for parts

Business

Japan Stocks Surge on Takaichi’s Landslide Election Win

Japanese stocks rallied Monday after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide election victory, a result seen as endorsing her expansionary fiscal agenda. The benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 5 percent in early trading, while the broader Topix climbed by around 3 percent. Markets had largely been positioned for a Liberal Democratic

Politics

Jimmy Lai to be sentenced after national security conviction

Jimmy Lai, a British citizen and founder of the now-defunct Apple Daily newspaper, is due to be sentenced after a months-long trial that ended with convictions on national security offences. He was found guilty last December of two counts of conspiracy to collude with foreign forces and one count of

Tech

I wear these $450 XR glasses to get work done during my commutes

The Xreal 1S sells for $449 and arrives with several upgrades while undercutting its predecessor. Field of view increases from 50 to 52 degrees, resolution jumps from 1080p to 1200p, the aspect ratio moves from 16:9 to 16:10, and brightness rises from 500 nits to 700 nits. The

Crypto

Only 10K Bitcoin Is Quantum-Vulnerable and Worth Attacking

CoinShares Bitcoin research lead Christopher Bendiksen said just 10,230 Bitcoin of 1.63 million sit in wallet addresses with publicly visible cryptographic keys that are vulnerable to a quantum computing attack. A little over 7,000 Bitcoin are in wallets holding between 100 and 1,000 BTC, while roughly

Culture

The Mandalorian & Grogu Hit the Snow in Unexpected Super Bowl TV Spot

A Super Bowl TV spot for The Mandalorian and Grogu shows Din Djarin and Grogu riding a levitating sleigh pulled by Tauntauns across a Hoth-like snowfield. Sam Elliott provides narration: "We keep forward," he says, "driven by a deeper purpose, guided by an unseen Force." The

World

Christchurch gunman seeks to withdraw guilty plea and restart trial

Brenton Tarrant, the Australian white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslim worshippers at two Christchurch mosques in 2019, is asking one of New Zealand’s highest courts to vacate his guilty pleas and order a new trial. He pleaded guilty in March 2020 to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of

Sports

Next Generation 2025: 60 of the best young talents in world football

Next Generation 2025: 60 of the best young talents in world football. Photographs: AFA; AFP/Getty Images; Boca Juniors; Getty Images for A-Leagues; AAP/Alamy; Sipa US/Alamy; Image Photo Agency/Getty Images; Rubens Chiri/São Paulo FC; Angelo Pieretti/Grêmio FBPA; Gustavo Aleixo/Cruzeiro; NurPhoto/Shutterstock; ISI Photos/Getty

Politics

Japan’s Sanae Takaichi wins snap election in landslide

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi won a snap election on Sunday, securing a landslide and a resounding mandate for her economic policies and tough stances on immigration and China. The Liberal Democratic Party captured an absolute majority in the 465-member House of Representatives, winning at least 310 seats, up from 198,

Culture

Anya Taylor-Joy's Peach Stars in New Super Mario Galaxy Trailer

Nintendo released a new Super Bowl trailer for The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, offering a fresh look at the film now less than two months from its global premiere. The sequel is slated to arrive on April 1, almost exactly three years after the debut of the original movie. Anya

Politics

Venezuela Frees Key Opposition Figures as Government Courts U.S. Support

Venezuela on Sunday freed a group of prominent opposition leaders, including Juan Pablo Guanipa and Perkins Rocha. Ramón Guanipa Linares, Mr. Guanipa’s son, wrote on social media that after more than eight months of unjust imprisonment and more than a year and a half of being separated, the family

Culture

Sudoku 7,204 easy

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Culture

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Blake Morrison returns to poetry after 11 years with Afterburn, a masterclass of lyric distillation and charged observation. His subjects range from social and political justice to meditations on poetic heroes such as Elizabeth Bishop and sonnet sequences elegising the writer’s sister. The poems' interwoven specificity and occasional

Culture

Bad Bunny Set to Headline Super Bowl Halftime Show

Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican music star, is set to headline the Super Bowl halftime show, the first time in the 60-year history of the N.F.L.’s championship game that the flagship performance will be performed entirely in Spanish. The Super Bowl, including its halftime show, is being

Culture

Quick crossword No 17,398

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Brad Pitt Returns as Cliff Booth in Surprise Sequel Trailer

Viewers got a surprise first look at The Adventures of Cliff Booth during Super Bowl LIX. The sequel to 2019's smash hit Once Upon a Time in Hollywood will follow Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth, stuntman, handyman, and alleged wife-murderer, in a new escapade in mid-century Los

Politics

Frontline: Our Soldiers Facing Putin review

Nato is presented as vulnerable in reputational terms, dependent on US stability and generosity, with Donald Trumps shredding of the so-called "rules-based order" framed as a threat. Channel 4s two-part Frontline: Our Soldiers Facing Putin aims to give the alliance a PR boost by asking what

Culture

Mando and Grogu Get Help From Yellowstone Star in Super Bowl Ad

Disney released a surprising new trailer for The Mandalorian and Grogu during the Super Bowl. It's not so much a trailer as it is an adorable look at Mando and Grogu riding on a sled led by Tauntauns. The ad is narrated by Yellowstone and Landman star Sam

Sports

How to watch Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC vs Al Hilal — live stream, TV & kick-off

Shabab Al-Ahli Dubai FC face Al Hilal in the AFC Champions League Elite on 9 Feb 2026, kicking off at 16:00 GMT (11:00 EST). English-language streams are available in Australia on Paramount+, in India on FanCode, in Malaysia on Astro and across the Middle East on beIN Sports

AI

Google exec taught his kids AI and now they're vibe coding

Asif Saleem, a Google lead for financial services in Japan and the Asia Pacific, introduced his 13-year-old son Usman and 18-year-old daughter Shanzey to AI after returning from a demo. Their interest grew quickly, and they enrolled in a vibe coding course together. Saleem had joined "Code with AI&

Culture

Fallout's origin can be traced back to a pizza party

In the mid-1990s Interplay Entertainment acquired the Dungeons & Dragons licence and went on to publish Baldur's Gate, Planescape: Torment, and Icewind Dale. The small team working on a post-apocalyptic RPG that would eventually be called Fallout was largely left to its own devices in the shadow of

Culture

Cryptic crossword No 29,925

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Culture

Possible surprise guests for Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show

The Benito Bowl is only a few days away, and expectations are high as Bad Bunny prepares to headline the Super Bowl halftime show. He has a history of filling big stages with collaborators — from his 2023 Coachella set to his 2020 guest turn with Jennifer Lopez and Shakira — so