Culture

Ice-T says he changed Body Count’s 'Cop Killer' to 'ICE Killer' during LA set

Ice-T said he updated Body Count’s 1992 protest anthem “Cop Killer” to “ICE Killer” during a Warped Tour performance in Los Angeles in July 2025, he told The Breakfast Club on Wednesday, Jan. 28. “When I did that, that didn’t happen just recently; that happened in L.A.

Sports

Raheem Sterling leaves Chelsea by mutual consent after unhappy spell

Raheem Sterling and Chelsea agreed to end his £325,000-a-week contract by mutual consent on Wednesday, concluding an unhappy spell that the Guardian says has seen the winger’s career nosedive since he left Manchester City three and a half years ago. Sterling had been hailed as a marquee signing

Business

Amazon, UPS job cuts stoke US recession fears — impact on crypto markets

In January 2026, major US firms including Amazon, Pinterest and UPS announced large job cuts, with Amazon removing about 16,000 corporate roles on Wednesday. The moves come after a year in which US employers eliminated roughly 1.2 million positions, the highest level since the pandemic-era 2020 crisis. Amazon

Culture

8 near‑perfect miniseries with 90%+ on Rotten Tomatoes, including Baby Reindeer

Collider published a roundup on Jan. 29, 2026, highlighting eight miniseries that have earned 90% or higher on Rotten Tomatoes. The list ranges from recent Netflix breakout Baby Reindeer to acclaimed HBO dramas and streaming hits. At the top is Netflix’s Baby Reindeer (99%), created by and starring Richard

World

Flooding in Southern Africa Displaces Hundreds of Thousands; 100+ Dead

Hundreds of thousands of people across southern Africa have been displaced by heavy rains and flooding, and more than 100 deaths have been confirmed across South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, reporters Zimasa Matiwane and Nazaneen Ghaffar said in a Jan. 29, 2026, report. Mozambique, the hardest-hit country, suffered damage to

Sports

Bernardo Silva warns Arsenal as Man City push to close four-point gap

Manchester City midfielder Bernardo Silva has warned leaders Arsenal he and his team will keep fighting to chase down the Gunners in this season's Premier League, saying City still have “hope and ambition to fight for this Premier League.” The comments came on Jan 29, 2026, as Arsenal

Tech

Zuckerberg: AI now lets one Meta employee do work that once needed large teams

On an earnings call Thursday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said AI tools are enabling individual employees to accomplish projects that previously required large teams, and the company is investing in more AI-native tools to elevate individual contributors. Meta, which reported fourth-quarter revenue and earnings that exceeded Wall Street expectations, plans

Culture

Solid Snake teased as a potential Rainbow Six Siege operator — full reveal Feb 15

Ubisoft has teased a new Rainbow Six Siege operator that appears to be Solid Snake in a 15-second video that opens with Sam Fisher on a Codec call; the teaser ends with the Year 11 roadmap reveal set for February 15 at 8AM PT. The clip shows a neck-down shot

World

Canada signs deal with South Korea to explore bringing auto manufacturing to Canada

On Jan. 29, 2026, Canada announced an agreement with South Korea to explore bringing Korean automotive manufacturing to the country, a move the government linked to U.S. tariffs that it says threaten Canada’s auto industry. The accord, scarce on details, was presented as part of Prime Minister Mark

Culture

Capcom enlisted women staff to shape Leon Kennedy’s 'hot uncle' look in Requiem

Capcom says an unofficial committee of female employees helped refine Leon Kennedy's new playable model in Resident Evil Requiem, with director Koshi Nakanishi telling Automaton the team spent "quite a lot of time" on the redesign of a 48-year-old Leon. Resident Evil Requiem launches on PlayStation,

Tech

No Rest for the Wicked will jump from $40 to $60 at 1.0, Moon studio head says

No Rest for the Wicked, the action RPG from Moon Studios, will move from $40 to $60 when it reaches version 1.0 and leaves Steam Early Access, studio head Thomas Mahler reiterated on Thursday. The game is currently on a one-time 40% off sale. Mahler told fans on X/

Tech

Sony WH-1000XM6 falls to $398 on Amazon — priced below the WH-1000XM5’s original cost

Sony’s WH-1000XM6 over-ear noise-cancelling headphones are back at their holiday price on Amazon, with a limited-time deal dropping them to $398 — a price Kotaku says sits below the WH-1000XM5’s original cost. When the WH-1000XM6 launched last May, Gizmodo called them “damn near perfect,” and Kotaku reports Sony took

Culture

MovieWeb Picks: 15 Best South Indian Horror Movies to Watch (Updated Jan 29, 2026)

MovieWeb published an updated list on Jan. 29, 2026 — written by reporter and editor Adam Symchuk — rounding up 15 best South Indian horror movies to watch, noting the regional industries’ idiosyncratic take on the genre. The list highlights films such as Pisaasu (2014), directed by Mysskin and starring Naga as

Culture

Nicola Coughlan’s boyfriend Jake Dunn: Guildhall-trained actor and red carpet partner

Nicolas Coughlan is dating actor Jake Dunn; the two were first linked in August 2024, went Instagram official in February 2025 and made their first red carpet appearance together at the BAFTA Television & Television Craft Nominees’ Party in London on April 24, 2025. Dunn studied acting at the Guildhall

Tech

Samsung bundle: save $600 on 49-inch Odyssey G9 OLED and get a free 24-inch monitor

Samsung is offering a bundle that lets buyers save $600 on the 49-inch Odyssey G9 OLED and receive a free 24-inch Samsung Essential monitor (a $140 value) when ordered through Samsung; the offer runs through February 8, 2026. The bundle is selling fast, and if the 49-inch G9 OLED is

Crypto

Bitcoin pares gains after failed $100K breakout — what February 2026 could bring

Bitcoin cooled after failing to hold a sustained breakout above $100,000 in January and has moved into a consolidation phase, according to BeInCrypto’s February 2026 outlook, with on-chain and macro indicators pointing to a cautiously bullish setup. BeInCrypto highlights the Realized Profit/Loss Ratio (90-day SMA) as a

Culture

Netflix’s The Electric State logged 3.86B minutes to become a top-streamed film of 2025

Nielsen’s annual streaming data shows Netflix’s The Electric State, which premiered March 14, 2025, accumulated 3.86 billion minutes viewed between December 30, 2024, and December 28, 2025, placing it among 2025’s most-watched films on streaming. The result is notable given the film’s rocky launch: critics

Culture

British Museum show presents samurai armour as artful, demonic warriors

The British Museum’s exhibition presents Japan’s pre-modern samurai elite through armour, paintings and objects, tracing their rise from the 13th century to the abolition of the class in the 1800s, the Guardian review says. The review describes the armour as electric and alive: grimacing, moustached black face masks,

Sports

Alan Rothenberg says 1980 LA Olympics, not 1994, was US soccer’s turning point

Alan Rothenberg says the moment soccer truly began in the United States came in 1980, when he volunteered to organise men’s soccer for the Los Angeles Olympics — a view that rejects the common notion that the 1994 World Cup was the game’s inflection point. A lifelong Los Angeles

Tech

Laid-off Amazon engineer in New Jersey landed a job in 2 weeks — how she did it

Iren Azra Zou, 27, said she was laid off by Amazon in October and landed and accepted a software-engineering offer two weeks later to start in December. She said rumors the day before made her uneasy and she woke to a 6 a.m. automated text telling her to check

Sports

Patriots vs. Seahawks: Super Bowl LX rematch recalls 2015 Butler interception

The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks meet in Super Bowl LX — the 60th edition of the game — airing Sunday, February 8 on NBC and Peacock. The matchup is a rematch of their previous Big Game meeting 11 years earlier. The Patriots, founded in 1959, did not reach the Super

Business

Soho House goes private in $2.7B buyout led by Ron Burkle

Soho House has gone private again in a $2.7 billion deal helmed by billionaire Ron Burkle, the members-only club announced Thursday. Investors in the transaction include Ashton Kutcher, who will now join the company’s board of directors, as well as Goldman Sachs and Apollo Global Management, the announcement

Culture

Square Enix to re-release Final Fantasy 7 on Steam; original owners get free copy

Square Enix says a new version of Final Fantasy 7 will be re-released on Steam to replace the 2013 release, and everyone who owns the original can have the new version for free while retaining access to the old edition. A message posted to the Final Fantasy 7 account on

Culture

Highguard 1.0.4 adds FOV slider, ADS/crouch toggles and major crash fixes

Wildlight Entertainment released Highguard patch 1.0.4 on Jan. 29, 2026, aiming to address player complaints that emerged after the game's Jan. 26 launch. The update adds FoV sliders for consoles, a Crouch Hold/Toggle option for all platforms, and an Aim Down Sights Hold/Toggle option

Culture

Akira Yamaoka says Silent Hill “has no significant change” since he joined 30 years ago

Akira Yamaoka told GamesRadar+ that he believes the Silent Hill franchise "has no significant change" since he first got involved 30 years ago, arguing Konami’s "philosophical approach has been the same." Yamaoka said the original team aimed to "create a new experience — a new,