Culture

Pragmata preview: a refreshingly strange shooter

A two-hour hands-on with Pragmata cleared up several long-standing questions from its 2020 reveal: his friends are dead, she does not, and the Times Square mystery is a yes/no/kinda. The preview also made clear the game is not a stealth Mega Man title. The demo begins in a

AI

GPT-5.4 mini and nano deliver near-flagship performance at lower cost

OpenAI has released GPT-5.4 mini and GPT-5.4 nano, smaller models designed for fast, efficient, high-volume AI workloads such as responsive coding assistants, subagents, screenshot interpretation, and multimodal applications. The company says GPT-5.4 mini runs more than twice as fast as GPT-5 mini and is built for settings

Culture

Bad Man: Seann William Scott Finds Streaming Success on Prime Video

Last year's action film Bad Man, starring Seann William Scott, has found a new audience on Prime Video, entering the streaming service's top 10 in the United States. Best known for his comic turns in American Pie, Scott turns grim as a renegade undercover agent in

Culture

10 Best Monsters in Animated Movies, Ranked

What is a fantasy story without monsters? They range from manifestations of human fears and avarice to reminders not to judge by appearances, and animation lets those ideas come to life without the constraints of reality. At No. 10, the Red Bull from The Last Unicorn is a demonic creature

Culture

Descent into Underland, the film of Robert Macfarlane’s book

Just off the B3134 in Somerset is a portal to the underworld. Through the Tradesman’s Entrance of Goatchurch Cavern I squeeze, tumble on my bum over damp rock and lacerate a jumpsuit, following film-maker Robert Petit as he shows me what he has been filming for the past five

Sports

How to watch Barcelona vs Newcastle United: TV, live stream and kick-off

Barcelona vs Newcastle United is delicately poised after a 1-1 first-leg draw, with only one side able to reach the Champions League quarter-finals. The return tie kicks off on 18 Mar 2026 at 13:45 EST and 17:45 GMT, and Barcelona will hope to summon the power of the

Culture

Brooks Nader and Livvy Dunne doing Baywatch 'ocean training'

Brooks Nader and Livvy Dunne have begun "ocean training" in Venice Beach, California, to prepare for the reboot of Baywatch. The cast is working with seasoned lifeguards to master lifeguard techniques, including the show's signature slow-motion run on the sand. Nader has been training with a

Business

Skipped college to intern with ex-Sequoia director; role evolved to cofounder

Raghav Saraf joined Zamp four days after his last high school exam ended in 2022, having met Amit Jain at a blockchain hackathon where he built a payment gateway similar to what Zamp was trying to build. The hackathon organizer introduced them, and Saraf accepted a three-month summer internship to

Science

Wave of Dust Rolls Through Texas

On March 15, 2026, an advancing cold front kicked up a sharp line of sand and other small particles that swept over the high plains of West Texas and the Panhandle. The MODIS instrument on the Aqua satellite captured the plume at about 4:45 p.m. Central Time (21:

Culture

'The White Lotus' Season 4 Adds Kumail Nanjiani, Chloe Bennet & More

Season 4 of The White Lotus, set in France, has added Kumail Nanjiani and Chloe Bennet to its ensemble, along with Max Greenfield, Charlie Hall and Jarrad Paul. Previously announced cast members include Sandra Bernhard, Helena Bonham Carter, Vincent Cassel and Steve Coogan. The pairing is notable because Nanjiani and

Culture

Henry Thomas: Legends of the Fall Helped Shift His Career

Henry Thomas first became a star at nine as the young Elliott Taylor in Steven Spielberg’s E.T. Over more than four decades in Hollywood he has continued to build an extensive résumé and is now a regular in Mike Flanagan’s so-called Flanaverse, appearing in Midnight Mass, The

Tech

Meta Shuts Down Horizon Worlds on Quest Headsets

Meta will shut down its Horizon Worlds metaverse for virtual reality users on June 15, removing the ability to build, publish, update VR worlds or access the platform on Meta Quest headsets. The company is shifting the product to a mobile-only experience. Horizon Worlds launched in late 2021 as a

Culture

Starfield Terran Armada expansion out alongside PS5 release

Bethesda Game Studios announced Terran Armada, a new Starfield story expansion about an army of murderous robots. It will arrive on April 7 for all platforms — the same day Starfield launches on PlayStation 5 after more than two years as an Xbox console exclusive. Terran Armada is the game'

Culture

Hokum review: Adam Scott at a spooky Irish inn

Hokum follows Ohm Bauman, a bestselling fantasy author played by Adam Scott, who travels to a rural Irish hotel to scatter his parents' ashes and stall over the epilogue to his Conquistador trilogy. Damian McCarthy directs, using the simple setting as the backbone for a folk-horror tale that leans

Culture

The Six Best Blondie Albums

Even if you don’t listen to much ‘70s or ‘80s music, you’ve likely encountered Blondie: “Call Me” turned up in a trailer for Supergirl and was written for American Gigolo, and lead singer Debbie Harry has appeared in films such as Videodrome, Union City (which inspired “Union City

Sports

Bernardo Silva red card ends Man City's Champions League hopes

Bernardo Silva was sent off for the first time in his career as Manchester City lost 2-1 at home to Real Madrid and exited the Champions League 5-1 on aggregate. The decisive moment came when Bernardo handled Vinicius Jr's shot on the line; VAR awarded a penalty and

Culture

Why Keith Urban’s daughter Sunday omitted him in a recent interview

After Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman’s divorce, their daughters have largely sided with their mother. In a new Elle Australia interview, 17-year-old Sunday praised Kidman as her “biggest inspiration in … life” and “a key part of everything,” while not mentioning her father; Urban reportedly took issue but felt “numb.

World

Iranian strikes hit near Australian airbase in UAE, Albanese confirms

An Iranian projectile struck near Australia’s headquarters at the Al Minhad airbase in the United Arab Emirates at 9.15am AEDT on Wednesday, damaging an accommodation block and a medical facility. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed no Australian personnel were injured. The projectile hit a road that leads to

Culture

Is Slay the Spire 2 worth playing in early access?

Nearly nine years after the original, Slay the Spire 2 has arrived in early access and already draws over 500,000 concurrent players at peak times. Developer Mega Crit says it could remain in early access for as long as two years while it adds more gameplay content, a true

Culture

Devs: Hulu's Eight-Episode Cyberpunk Miniseries Worth Revisiting

Devs is an eight-episode Hulu miniseries from Alex Garland that combines cyberpunk with deep philosophical and religious inquiry. The story begins in the encryption division of tech company Amaya, where Lily works alongside her boyfriend; Sergei is then recruited to Amaya's secretive quantum computing team, Devs. After Sergei

Culture

All 10 Paul Thomas Anderson Movies, Ranked by Entertainment Value

The film industry breathed a collective sigh when Paul Thomas Anderson finally became an Oscar winner, an accolade many felt he had long deserved. Emerging from the new wave of American independent filmmaking in the 1990s, Anderson has built a reputation for making critically acclaimed films that are also entertaining.

Sports

Senegal stripped of Africa Cup title; Morocco awarded the win

The Confederation of African Football's Appeals Committee has ruled that Senegal lose the Africa Cup of Nations final by default, recording the result as a 3-0 victory for the Royal Moroccan Football Federation and awarding the title to Morocco. The match had been contentious: in the final minutes

Business

Larry Ellison and President Trump drawn into Jeff Shell legal mess

Pro gambler RJ Cipriani alleges in an amended complaint that Paramount president Jeff Shell told him about the studio’s pursuit of Warner Bros. Discovery and relayed a personal assurance from President Donald Trump to Larry Ellison. The filing quotes Shell’s verbatim account of a “direct personal assurance” and

Culture

Pragmata's action is saved by its hacking

Pragmata is Capcom's latest standalone sci-fi title, and while its setting and the guardian-child dynamic won't surprise anyone, its combat stood out during a hands-on preview. At first glance it reads like a familiar third-person shooter, but the game leans on a hacking system that changes

Culture

All the Starfield news Bethesda just announced

Bethesda focused its latest round of announcements entirely on Starfield, with changes and additions that take effect on April 7. The game will finally arrive on PlayStation 5 after two and a half years of Xbox console exclusivity. Price and edition changes include a new $49.99 base edition (down