Culture

'The Muppet Show' Returns with 100% Rotten Tomatoes Score

Disney has returned The Muppet Show as a one-off 50th anniversary special that revives the original theatre-variety format first seen during the series' 1976–1981 run, coming 45 years after that iteration ended. Critical reviews on Rotten Tomatoes match a perfect 100%, equaling the original run's score,

Culture

Lorraine de Sagazan’s Dogs confronts pending French trial

Lorraine de Sagazan’s new piece, Dogs, premiered at the Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord in Paris and takes up a pending case tied to the so-called French Bukkake website, in which prosecutors say 17 men will face charges and 42 women are due to testify. De Sagazan describes the

Culture

Alice Hoffman’s The Witches of Cambridge Kicks Off New Series

Alice Hoffman shared the cover of The Witches of Cambridge exclusively with PEOPLE; the novel is the first book in a planned trilogy and will hit shelves this summer. The story follows Ava and Lauren, two very different young women who are recruited into the Lilith Society, a historic secret

Culture

How to make moreish cookies from store-cupboard odds and ends

This flexible cookie recipe is adapted from Christina Tosi of New York’s Milk Bar and draws on the idea of ‘compost’ or larder cookies made from odds and ends when supplies were limited on Star Island. The version here is adjusted for the UK and designed for raiding your

Business

BitMine chair's 'feature, not a bug' defense fails as BMNR resumes 30% fall

BMNR stock price resumed a broader downtrend in early February, falling about 25% over five days and more than 33% over one month to trade around $22.35. Chairman Tom Lee defended large unrealized crypto losses as “a feature, not a bug,” but the comments did not attract sustained buying.

Culture

‘The Artful Dodger’ Season 2 review: A refreshed Hulu historical romance

The Artful Dodger’s second season picks up six months after the first finale, with Jack Dawkins imprisoned and facing execution before a last-minute salvation that places strain on his relationship with Lady Belle Fox. The series continues to reimagine Dickens by following Jack’s life in the British colony

Tech

Use ZRAM to speed up Linux without adding RAM

With RAM prices surging, a software approach can improve Linux performance without buying more memory. ZRAM provides a compressed swap space kept in RAM and can make systems feel snappier when physical RAM is constrained. ZRAM stores swapped data in memory rather than on disk, so it is faster than

Sports

Rosenior's Carabao Cup gamble failed as Chelsea exit to Arsenal

Chelsea were eliminated from the Carabao Cup after Kai Havertz's 97th-minute winner at the Emirates left the Blues beaten 4-2 on aggregate. Head coach Liam Rosenior set his side up in a pragmatic back-five to contain Arsenal and try to take a chance on the break; the plan

Culture

Artists Wear 'ICE Out' Pins and Speak for Immigrants at Grammys

At the Grammys, a number of performers used their acceptance speeches and platform to voice support for immigrants and criticize recent aggressive actions by federal agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Bad Bunny, accepting awards including album of the year, said, “We’re not savages; we’re not animals;

World

Shared sleeper cabin on an overnight European train: review

I spent 11 hours on an OBB Nightjet overnight train from Vienna to Venice in a shared six‑bed sleeper car with three other passengers. Nightjet runs overnight routes across several countries and offers assigned seats, couchettes, and sleeper cars; the 11‑hour leg cost $44 with a Eurail pass

Sports

Lindsey Vonn: Team USA ski star racing in 2026 Olympics after injury

Lindsey Vonn retired in 2019 at age 34 because of persistent knee issues after a long professional career, then began a comeback in 2024 with her sights set on competing at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan Cortina. Now 41 and a member of Team USA, she has picked up

Culture

Today show increases security after Savannah Guthrie's mother goes missing

Multiple sources told the US Sun that NBC has increased security at its New York studio and partnered with the NYPD out of an "abundance of caution" as Savannah Guthrie's mother, Nancy, remains missing. According to reports, Nancy Guthrie was last seen on Jan. 31 after

Business

Washington Post Begins Sweeping Layoffs

The Washington Post told employees on Wednesday that it was beginning a widespread round of layoffs that are slated to shrink the newsroom by hundreds of journalists, cutting into the paper’s local, international and sports coverage. The cuts were announced in a video call, and executive editor Matt Murray

Tech

Acer Predator OLED monitor best value under $400

The Acer Predator OLED monitor is presented as a strong value among OLED panels at less than $400, offering an accessible entry point to OLED gaming displays. It combines a 1440p resolution with a 0.03 ms response time and a 280 Hz refresh rate. At 27 inches it may

Politics

Trump unveils Project Vault, a nearly $12bn critical minerals reserve

Donald Trump announced the creation of a critical mineral reserve called Project Vault, a stockpile worth nearly $12bn intended to shield American businesses and workers from shortages and to counter China’s leverage in the sector. He said the measure would ensure that "American businesses and workers are never

Business

Take-Two pauses Borderlands 4 release for Nintendo Switch 2

Take-Two Interactive said during its latest quarterly earnings call that it was pausing development of the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Borderlands 4, halting the planned release for that platform. Borderlands 4 launched on PlayStation 5, Windows PC and Xbox Series X on Sept. 12, 2025, and a Switch 2

Tech

OneOdio Solocaster packs RodeCaster-like features for $49

Audio brand OneOdio has launched the Solocaster, an audio interface aimed at gaming live streamers and content creators that closely resembles the RodeCaster Duo but is priced at $49.99. The Solocaster is described as having three physical faders labelled for mic, music and headphones, four customizable FX pads and

Sports

Transfer window verdict: how every Women’s Super League club fared

The transfer window produced a mix of quiet preparation and headline signings across the Women’s Super League. Arsenal were measured, focused on a summer rebuild while adding Smilla Holmberg and Barbora Votíkova and advancing efforts to sign Georgia Stanway, while Chelsea were notable for their inactivity despite attempting to

Business

Newly released files show emails between Bobby Kotick and Jeffrey Epstein

The Justice Department's recent release of files connected to Jeffrey Epstein contains more than a dozen allegedly exchanged emails between Epstein and then-Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick. Kotick's name had previously appeared in a 2015 Gawker publication that included a redacted copy of Epstein’s alleged

Culture

Harry Melling Went From PG ‘Harry Potter’ to B.D.S.M. ‘Pillion’

Harry Melling shed the image of Harry Potter's cousin Dudley Dursley — and his clothes — to star as Colin, a bashful, choir-singing parking attendant who becomes the submissive to Ray, a leather-clad biker played by Alexander Skarsgard, in the queer romance Pillion. The film, which centers on a B.

Culture

Trailer: Takashi Miike's Blazing Fists Turns to MMA Prison Drama

Legendary filmmaker Takashi Miike is the director of Blazing Fists, a new MMA-infused drama inspired by fighter Mikuru Asakura’s autobiography Street Legend. The first trailer frames the film as a brutal, action-focused story that shifts Miike’s attention from his earlier horror work to mixed martial arts. The plot

Health

Goodbye, breast implants: why I went back to having a flat chest

For 22 years the author lived with saline breast implants, then chose explant surgery — removal without replacement — to model ageing naturally and because implants felt increasingly at odds with an active life. She decided to speak openly about staying flat so other women facing implant removal or mastectomy might consider

Culture

V.E. Schwab, R.F. Kuang Among 2026 Libby Book Awards Finalists

PEOPLE can exclusively reveal the finalists for the 2026 Libby Book Awards, announced Feb. 4 by Libby and OverDrive. The annual prize, chosen by librarians, honors outstanding ebooks and audiobooks published in the previous calendar year; finalists and winners are voted on by public librarians across North America. Authors among

Crypto

Bitwise CIO Claims Crypto Winter Began in 2025—Now the Question Is When It Ends

Bitwise Chief Investment Officer Matt Hougan said the market has been in a crypto winter since January 2025, arguing that heavy institutional inflows masked the depth of the downturn. He described the period as a full‑blown crypto winter and cited steep drawdowns, noting Bitcoin is about 39% below its

Tech

Linux user switches to Windows 11 for a week and finds nine problems

Jack Wallen, a longtime Linux user, spent a week using Windows 11 to experience the operating system people use for work and personal use. He reported encountering a wide range of issues and said the experiment left him questioning the appeal of Windows. Wallen detailed nine specific problems: creating a