Science

El Niño chance in Pacific may push global temperatures to record highs in 2027

Weather agencies and climate scientists have pointed to the possibility of an El Niño forming in the Pacific Ocean later this year, a phenomenon that could push global temperatures to all-time record highs in 2027. The US government's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Australia's Bureau

Culture

Gerard Butler’s $636 Million Fantasy Hit Is Coming to Netflix

Netflix will add the live-action How to Train Your Dragon to its streaming library on February 10. The 2025 film grossed over $600 million globally to become Gerard Butler’s highest-grossing release and enjoyed a strong PVOD run before streaming on Peacock. It is unclear whether the movie will leave

Sports

Kai Rooney scores four as he follows in Wayne Rooney's footsteps

Kai Rooney scored four goals as Manchester United's youth side beat Norwich City's under-16s 6-4 in a Premier League Cup semi-final. The 16-year-old posted on Instagram after the game, showing his followers the match ball he earned. Interim manager Michael Carrick was in the crowd when

Culture

Bethenny Frankel: K18 mask gave her 'hair like new in four minutes'

Bethenny Frankel shared her latest haircare find on Instagram this week, posting one of her TikTok reviews about the K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask that "people are obsessed with." In the sponsored clip she said, "Lately my hair has been so shiny; like, it looks like

Tech

Keychron's concrete keyboard aims for industrial rhythm

Keychron is about to launch a wireless, magnetic-switched model billed as having a 'full concrete body'. The Keychron K2 HE Concrete Edition looks like a regular off-white keyboard, but the company has given it a noticeably heavyweight base. Not all of the chassis is concrete: a side view

Sports

Liverpool v City is no longer the Premier League’s big show

Great rivalries are always more about feel than about numbers. There have been only four Premier League seasons in which Manchester City and Liverpool finished first and second, yet for most of the decade under Pep Guardiola it felt as if English football was defined by his struggle with Jürgen

Culture

Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined isn't pretending to be something it's not

The first time I saw the art style for Dragon Quest 7 Reimagined, I instinctively recoiled. The plasticine characters, toy-like enemies and diorama worlds felt like a DreamWorks animated movie, but once I began playing I realized that comparison wasn’t inherently derogatory: the look helped clarify what Dragon Quest

Tech

Ruark's MR1 MK3 desktop speakers make game soundtracks sing

Ruark hasn’t changed the MR1 MK3 dramatically from the previous model, but a series of small refinements make this 2.0 speaker set easy to recommend. The luxury feel starts at unboxing — velvety pouches, premium packaging and little brand notes — and that attention to detail carries through to the

Culture

Is Hideo Kojima Okay?

Hideo Kojima has withdrawn from his scheduled keynote at this year’s Game Developers Conference, now billed the “GDC Festival of Gaming.” He had been set to speak about his decision a decade ago to go independent after a messy breakup with Konami. Kojima Productions announced on February 6: “We

AI

9 ChatGPT caricature trend attempts that went wrong

If you’ve been online in the past week, you’ve probably seen the ChatGPT caricature trend. People are prompting the chatbot with a simple request: "Create a caricature of me based on everything you know about me." In the best cases the result is a cute, wholesome

Culture

'Scrubs' Revival Already Has Too Many New Characters

Scrubs Season 9, also known as Scrubs: Med School, is widely remembered as a failed attempt to continue the sitcom after eight strong seasons. The 13 Med School episodes have since been removed from the show's main timeline and are now treated as an alternate reality with no

Culture

Short-Lived Dramedy Saw a Quick Death Thanks to the Writers’ Strike

The Writers Guild of America strike of 2007–2008 disrupted television in Hollywood, putting several productions on hold and shortening seasons for Private Practice, Gossip Girl, Ugly Betty and Grey's Anatomy. The strike ultimately won the guild a stronger contract, but some series did not survive the downtime.

Crypto

Why machine-to-machine payments are the new electricity

Continuous machine-to-machine payments are becoming as fundamental to the digital economy as electricity is to industry. Machines will transact without human involvement, making decisions, coordinating with one another and purchasing what they need in real time. Sensors and satellites will sell data streams by the second, and factories will price

Crypto

CFTC Includes National Trust Banks as Stablecoin Issuers

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission reissued a staff letter on Friday to expand which entities may issue payment stablecoins, adding national trust banks to the definition of eligible issuers. The agency amended Staff Letter 25-40, originally issued on December 8, 2025, and reissued its content with an expanded definition in

Sports

Double blow for Wrexham as injuries and defeat dent play-off bid

Wrexham's promotion hopes suffered a heavy blow after a 2-0 defeat at Millwall, a result that saw the Red Dragons fall behind one of their play-off rivals and pick up two injuries in the process. The Welsh side started with momentum and pressed high, looking to move the

Culture

Brad Arnold, 3 Doors Down lead singer, dead at 47 after cancer battle

Brad Arnold, founder and lead singer of 3 Doors Down, has died at the age of 47. The band announced on social media that he passed on Saturday, February 7, with his wife Jennifer and family by his side; he died peacefully in his sleep after a courageous battle with

Culture

Suzannah Lessard Dies at 81; Memoirist and Stanford White Descendant

Suzannah Lessard, an author and longtime writer for The New Yorker whose best-selling memoir probed the fraught legacy of her great-grandfather, the Gilded Age architect Stanford White, died on Jan. 29 in Manhattan. She was 81. Her death, in a hospital, was caused by complications of endometrial cancer, Noel Brennan,

Tech

Google TV 4K streamer drops to new low

If your TV lacks built-in streaming and you want to cut the cord, a dedicated streamer can be a smart buy. Google’s 4K TV streamer, described as one of the best options out there, is currently listed at $100 on Amazon after a 20% drop; it typically sits at

Culture

'A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms' Episode 4 Lands Highest IMDb Score

Episode 4 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has reached a 9.7 IMDb score, tying the highest rating across the Game of Thrones franchise. It equals Season 3, Episode 9, "The Rains of Castamere," the final two episodes of Season 6, "The Battle of the

Culture

Netflix's Most-Viewed Original of 2025 Is a 'Yellowstone'-Style Murder Mystery

Netflix earned the most views for an original show with Untamed, an old-fashioned murder mystery that traded spectacle for strong writing, fine-tuned filmmaking, and a persistent sense of dread. While it can be compared to Yellowstone or True Detective on paper, the series takes a familiar premise and pushes it

Politics

Fake Post, Which Looked to Be Trump’s on Truth Social, Spreads Widely

A fake post designed to look like President Trump’s social media feed spread widely over the weekend, adding confusion to debate about his recent online activity. Posts on X circulating the forgery reached at least 3.7 million views by Saturday. The message appeared to explain why Mr. Trump

Sports

Luis Díaz wishes Colombian Christian González luck ahead of Super Bowl LX

Bayern Munich forward Luis Díaz used Super Bowl LX week to send support to fellow Colombian Christian González, who is preparing to play in the NFL's showcase game. Díaz said it made him proud to see a Colombian reach such a stage in one of the most-watched sporting

World

RSF drone attack kills 24 fleeing families in central Sudan

A drone strike by the Rapid Support Forces hit a vehicle carrying displaced families near the city of Er Rahad in North Kordofan, killing at least 24 people, including eight children and two infants, the Sudan Doctors Network said. The vehicle had been transporting people who fled fighting in the

Culture

Cardi B clashing with Patriots WAGs ahead of Super Bowl 2026

Cardi B, 33, is facing friction with fellow New England Patriots WAGs ahead of the 2026 Super Bowl. A team insider described the “Up” rapper as “a lot to deal with,” saying she is “always speaking loudly” and has given other WAGs the cold shoulder in a “diva-like way.” The

Culture

Gamer rebuilt a Fallout vault inside The Sims 4

With no new Fallout videogame in some time, one player recreated a Vault inside The Sims 4. realgrillgamer has built Vault 18, a three-tiered bunker with a gear-shaped doorway plonked in the middle of the desert, using a lot of custom material. The creator says on Reddit, where they go