Business

Australians fear recession as rate rises and petrol push up costs

Surging interest rates and petrol prices have stripped more than $1bn a month from Australian household budgets, raising fears of a recession after the Reserve Bank delivered back-to-back hikes as inflation spiked following the US war on Iran. Dougal Warby, who bought his first Brisbane apartment expecting the RBA to

Culture

Sophie Turner's Best Series Since 'Game of Thrones' Is Stealing Viewers on Prime Video

Prime Video’s crime slate includes loud, macho franchises such as Reacher and Cross and newcomers like Scarpetta and Young Sherlock. Against that backdrop, a darker, tighter British heist thriller has been spreading by word of mouth. Sophie Turner’s post-Game of Thrones pull helps, but the premise is the

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Elder Scrolls 6 is Bethesda's main focus, Todd Howard says

Bethesda has announced Starfield will arrive on PlayStation 5 on April 7. Studio head and creative director Todd Howard added that most of the studio’s resources are currently focused on The Elder Scrolls 6. Howard described the studio’s process as beginning with a smaller pre-production team for two

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Charlie Cox says he's acting in another video game

Charlie Cox, best known for playing Daredevil, has revealed he will be acting in another video game this year. He made his video game debut in Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, playing protagonist Gustave in the 2025 Game of the Year, and recently admitted to knowing nothing about Expedition 33'

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Animated Firefly Returns Without Joss Whedon

Nathan Fillion said at Awesome Con that an animated continuation of Joss Whedon’s 2002 series Firefly is entering "advanced production," and that the original main cast will largely be returning — everyone except Whedon. Adam Baldwin was absent from the announcement, but Fillion confirmed he will be lending

Culture

10 Ongoing Mystery Thriller Series That Keep Getting Better

Mystery thrillers often work well as miniseries, wrapping a single story in eight or so episodes, but some continue to deepen and expand across multiple seasons. Shows such as Mike Flanagan's The Fall of the House of Usher and the one-season HBO drama The Undoing exemplify the miniseries

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10 Worst Movies of the Last 25 Years, Ranked

Cinema has been alive and well over the last 25 years, producing both winners and misfires. This list focuses on the latter — films that are generally not fun in a bad way. The Room isn’t here because The Room is just too much fun. Kevin Smith’s Yoga Hosers

Sports

Pochettino: Noahkai Banks has not decided between USMNT and Germany

USMNT manager Mauricio Pochettino said Noahkai Banks declined the chance to join the U.S. camp in March as he weighs whether to represent the United States or Germany. The 19-year-old centre back has become a regular at Augsburg this season and remains eligible for both nations. Banks has represented

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Jeremy O. Harris called Sam Altman a Nazi at Vanity Fair Oscar party

Playwright Jeremy O. Harris confronted OpenAI chief Sam Altman at the Vanity Fair Oscar party on Sunday, accusing him of being a Nazi and calling him the "Goebbels of the Trump administration." The encounter happened amid a crowd that included Michael B. Jordan, Timothée Chalamet, Kylie Jenner, Teyana

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Going Medieval stole my heart with a large, cursed hole

Going Medieval has finally left early access after five years, and it’s grown from a RimWorld-like into something that can feel as devilishly complex as Dwarf Fortress. One of its cleverest touches is how research works: scholars produce physical chronicles, textbooks and theses that must be stored and protected,

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Menton: where the French and Italian rivieras meet

“It’s not France, it’s not Italy, it’s Menton.” The seaside town on the French‑Italian border has worn many identities: once annexed by Italy during the second world war, it has also belonged to the Grimaldis of Monaco and to the kingdom of Sardinia, before becoming French

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Marathon dev pushes back on claim Halo veterans aren't at Bungie

Players have grown skeptical when studios advertise new projects as "from the makers of" other hits. YouTuber Larry Bundy Jr wrote on X that he despises that phrasing and doubted anyone who worked on Halo is still at Bungie, calling it the "Ship of Thesis" (sic)

Tech

Early Amazon Spring Sale: smartwatch and smart ring deals

Amazon is promoting a Big Spring Sale and discounts are already appearing on smartwatches, smart rings and sleep and wake devices ahead of the event, which starts March 26. One notable offer effectively adds a $100 Amazon gift card to a Galaxy Watch Ultra purchase — the watch and card together

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Cobie Smulders on Growth, Risk, and Her Jason Segel Reunion for ‘Shrinking’

Cobie Smulders, who played Robin Scherbatsky for nine seasons on How I Met Your Mother, reunited with former co-star Jason Segel on Apple TV's Shrinking. Their dynamic has shifted from the platonic pals viewers saw on the CBS sitcom to romantic partners, yet the on-screen chemistry remains strong.

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The X-Files Formula Traces Back to Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Carl Kolchak starts out covering ordinary crime beats—police reports, courthouse chatter and a city that shifts after dark—but the cases he pursues quickly slip into the realm of horror. A witness notices something odd, a detail will not add up, and a plausible explanation gives way to superstition

Business

How Paramount buying Warner Bros could reshape Hollywood

Warner Bros captured 11 Oscars this year while Paramount received no nominations. Yet Paramount is poised to buy Warner Bros in a $111bn deal that, if approved by regulators, would merge the two studios into a single company, redrawing the Hollywood map and creating uncertainty for actors, directors, writers and

Sports

Bove scores his first goal for Watford a month after returning to action

Thirty-one days after returning to action and 471 days after falling ill, former Roma and Fiorentina midfielder Edoardo Bove scored his first goal in England as Watford beat Wrexham 3-1. Bove, born in 2002, came on in the closing stages and struck in stoppage time to seal the win. The

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Veteran food critic reviews controversial LA Noma pop-up

Tom Sietsema dined at Noma’s $1,500-per-plate Los Angeles pop-up even as the event drew protesters and headlines. The restaurant’s founder, René Redzepi, announced he would step down the same day the highly anticipated 16-week residency began, after a bombshell report alleged misconduct; sponsors such as American Express

Tech

Fan builds SimStarr motion rig from salvaged VR-ride parts

The rig is called the SimStarr, built by a hobbyist who goes by CMDR Wacko. He sold a model of the time‑travelling Delorean from Back to the Future and used the proceeds to create an immersive, space‑faring simulator; the hardware is only half the project, with livestreams on

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Jeff Kaplan says 'Shut the f*** up. No one cares' about games you won't play

Jeff Kaplan, the former Overwatch director now working on the western survival game The Legend of California, spent 10 hours on Kintsugiyama’s Twitch channel this weekend playing the game and told critics, “Shut the fuck up. No one cares.” On stream he described seeing commenters who are “hostile” and

Science

Artemis II rollout may move to March 19 as teams make up time

Due to quicker-than-expected completion of close-out activities, the Artemis II rocket may roll out from the Vehicle Assembly Building to Launch Pad 39B on Thursday, March 19. A final decision on the start time will be announced on Wednesday, March 18. The move had originally been planned for March 19,

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Dune: Part Three Sets Up Franchise Future With Leto II

The first trailer for Dune: Part Three opens with the message "Experience the epic conclusion of the Dune trilogy," and frames this as the last time director Denis Villeneuve will visit Arrakis. It presents a final outing for Timothée Chalamet's Paul Atreides, Zendaya's Chani,

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10 Netflix Drama Shows That Are 10/10 but Nobody Remembers Today

It's only been a little over a decade since Netflix rose to dominance in streaming. As the service moved into original programming and popularized binge viewing, it produced an abundance of acclaimed series — and a handful that many viewers seem to have forgotten. GLOW arrived as a female-led

Sports

Rosenior fears 'serious' Trevoh Chalobah injury after PSG defeat

Chelsea manager Liam Rosenior faces a defensive crisis after a tough night at Stamford Bridge ended in a 3-0 Champions League defeat by Paris Saint-Germain. Trevoh Chalobah was stretchered off late on, forcing the hosts to finish with 10 men after all five substitutes had been used. Rosenior said he

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Here's the common activity Chris Pratt's 5-year-old has never done

Chris Pratt told Today that he and his wife Katherine Schwarzenegger have not let their three young children watch a movie yet. Pratt said Katherine is “very old-school when it comes to screens and technology,” and their daughters Lyla, 5, and Eloise, 3, and son Ford, 1, have not seen