Culture

Jason Statham's Shelter Gets 65% on Rotten Tomatoes Ahead of Jan. 30 Release

Jason Statham’s new thriller Shelter has debuted to generally positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, holding a 65% score based on 17 critic reviews as of this writing. The film, directed by Ric Roman Waugh, opens in theaters on Jan. 30, 2026. Shelter follows a former assassin protecting a young

Health

Hidden camera found in staff bathroom at Kaiser Permanente West LA; suspect arrested

Employees at the Kaiser Permanente West Los Angeles Medical Center say they found a hidden camera inside a staff-only bathroom stall in November 2025, and police now have a suspect in custody. Registered nurse Tyesha Sullivan, who works in the emergency room, first noticed the device in the back of

Culture

Birkenstock and Danielle Frankel to unveil bridal sandal collection

Danielle Frankel and Birkenstock will unveil a bridal shoe collection on Feb. 12. The six reworked styles will be sold on their websites and in select stores. The ready-to-wear collection includes Madrid sandals with slender ties, Arizonas in ivory satin and Tulums adorned with pearls. Two custom pieces — a hand-painted

Crypto

Zoomex outlines hybrid CEX‑DEX strategy and RWA push, says Marketing Director

BeInCrypto interviewed Fernando Aranda, Marketing Director for Zoomex, who said the exchange — founded in 2021 — is steering a user‑centric strategy that blends high‑performance trading, regulatory compliance and a hybrid centralized/decentralized model, while preparing to expand into real‑world assets (RWA). Aranda told BeInCrypto Zoomex puts users at

Culture

Trailer hints Kurt Russell may die in Taylor Sheridan's The Madison

Taylor Sheridan's new neo-Western The Madison — set in Montana's Madison River valley — teases a major twist: the series' new trailer suggests Kurt Russell's Preston Clyburn may already be dead or die in episode one, Collider reports. The show is set to premiere on

Sports

Rats filmed at Camp Nou days after newly-renovated stadium leaked

Rats have been spotted at the newly-refurbished Camp Nou, just days after the stadium sprung leaks during Barcelona’s La Liga clash with Real Oviedo, with Marca publishing a video showing rodents running alongside the perimeter of the pitch. Barcelona beat Oviedo 3-0 thanks to goals from Dani Olmo, Raphinha

Culture

Sundance 2026: Farewell to Park City with strong films and unexpected comedies

Kurt Soller, deputy editor of T Magazine, reported from the 2026 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Jan. 28, 2026, saying the festival delivered notable films and unexpectedly comic fare as it staged its final edition in Park City before moving to Boulder, Colo. Soller wrote that the

Tech

Apple earnings: Wall Street eyes AI plans, iPhone sales and memory costs

Apple will report fiscal first-quarter results after the market close on Thursday, and investors are closely watching the company’s AI strategy, iPhone sales, and rising memory costs, analysts say. Wall Street expects Apple to report $138.4 billion in revenue and earnings per share of $2.68 for the

Culture

Alexander Skarsgård to Host SNL Jan. 31 — From True Blood to New 2026 Films

Alexander Skarsgård will make his Saturday Night Live hosting debut on January 31, with musical guest Cardi B. The episode airs at 11:30 ET/10:30 CT/8:30 PT on NBC and will stream next day on Peacock. Born in Sweden in 1976, Skarsgård landed his first U.

Culture

Meghan Markle’s go-to cashmere: Brochu Walker sweater she’s worn at least nine times

Meghan Markle attended the Sundance Film Festival earlier this week with Prince Harry for the premiere of "Cookie Queens," and spoke at the event wearing Brochu Walker’s Everyday Cashmere Bright Crew in the Bisque Melange color. The sweater is available in seven colors and sizes XS-L; Markle

Tech

'cursed': AI-made Gen Z programming language — creator warns 'Ralph' loop is powerful

Developer Geoffrey Huntley used Anthropic’s Claude running in a loop to create a programming language called “cursed” that lets you write code with Gen Z slang; Huntley says he ran Claude in a loop for three months and released v0.0.1 and a website for the project. The

Culture

Arc Raiders: Where to find Arc Deforesters and fix 'A Prime Specimen' bug

Polygon published a Jan. 28, 2026 walkthrough for the Arc Raiders quest "A Prime Specimen," which sends players on Blue Gate to locate an Arc Deforester — a large, non-hostile tree‑cutting machine — but the objective can sometimes bug out and appear incompletable. There are three Arc Deforesters on

Culture

20,282 Steam games released in 2025 — only 608 hit 1,000 reviews

Annual game releases on Steam reached 20,282 in 2025, and just 608 of those games managed to reach 1,000 user reviews, according to analysis from indie developer and marketing expert Chris Zukowski. Zukowski's report, titled "What the hell happened in 2025," says 2.99%

World

Marco Rubio says Nato must be 'reimagined' as Europe boosts defence capabilities

US state secretary Marco Rubio told the US Senate that Nato “needs to be reimagined,” saying European allies must rapidly increase defence capabilities to offer meaningful security guarantees, and said he was confident of a “positive resolution” on Greenland as technical talks begin. Rubio argued that current security guarantees ultimately

Tech

UGREEN 25,000mAh power bank drops to $85 on Amazon, lowest listed price

UGREEN’s 25,000mAh power bank is on sale on Amazon for $85, a 35% discount from its usual $130 price — the lowest price this model has reached since being listed and a $45 saving for a limited time. The power bank includes two USB-C ports and one USB-A port,

Culture

Ana de Armas to Play Troubled Fitness Influencer in J Blakeson Thriller 'Sweat'

Ana de Armas has signed on to star in Sweat, a psychological thriller directed by J Blakeson that adapts Magnus von Horn’s Polish feature that was part of the 2020 Cannes official selection. De Armas will play Emma Kent, a famous fitness influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers

Culture

Amelia Gray fires back after injector accuses her of multiple cosmetic procedures

Amelia Gray, the 24-year-old model, publicly pushed back after content creator and cosmetics injector Molly Bailey shared an Instagram carousel alleging Gray had multiple cosmetic procedures. Bailey posted side-by-side photos and wrote, "In case you missed it Amelia Gray Hamlin is starring in a show [Ryan Murphy's

Sports

Champions League matchday eight: live coverage of the final league phase

Live, goal-by-goal coverage of Champions League matchday eight — the final night of the league phase — with all 36 teams in action across 18 simultaneous fixtures, all kicking off at 8pm on Wednesday, according to the live coverage. This is the sophomore season of the Champions League’s Swiss model. The

Crypto

Whales Bought $13M of ADA During 20% Cardano Drop — What to Watch

Cardano (ADA) fell more than 20% between January 14 and January 25 to fresh local lows, yet large holders added over $13 million of ADA during the decline, according to on-chain data cited by the report. Data from Santiment shows wallets holding 10 million to 100 million ADA increased balances

Culture

Murderbot tops Apple TV+ charts as Season 2 targets late 2026–early 2027

Collider reports that Murderbot Season 1 is tearing up the Apple TV+ charts globally, according to data from FlixPatrol, and the series has already been renewed for a second season. Based on Martha Wells’ The Murderbot Diaries, the Apple TV+ adaptation follows an artificial private security consultant forced into unwanted

Sports

Perez held private talks with Bellingham and four players after Alonso sacking

According to Cadena SER, Real Madrid president Florentino Perez reportedly held personal meetings with Jude Bellingham and four other players to demand an immediate change in attitude following the dismissal of Xabi Alonso. The report says Perez intervened after identifying a lack of intensity and self-demand. He is said to

Science

Scientists ready to drill on Thwaites Glacier as fierce winds delay work

On Tuesday, a week after scientists from Britain and South Korea pitched tents on Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, the 10-member team said they were ready to begin a multiday drilling operation into the half-mile-deep ice, the culmination of an eight-week voyage of the icebreaker Araon that, if successful, would allow

Culture

Paris Haute Couture Week 2026: Stars from Dakota Johnson to Olandria Carthen

Paris Haute Couture Week 2026 kicked off on January 26 and runs through January 29 in Paris, with fashion houses including Dior, Schiaparelli, Chanel, Valentino and Armani showing their latest couture. Celebrities including Olandria Carthen, Dakota Johnson and Lily Allen were photographed in the front row. The Valentino front row

Tech

Paper: 'Vibe coding' is harming open source by cutting human attention

A newly published paper titled 'Vibe coding kills open source' argues that using AI tools to write code — so-called "vibe coding" — is damaging open source software developers by reducing the human attention that sustains many projects, say its authors from several universities and institutes. "Vibe

Tech

Reporter examines battlefield tech used in Minneapolis immigration arrest

Thomas Gibbons-Neff, who deployed twice to Afghanistan as a Marine and later served as the Kabul bureau chief, examines battlefield technology used in an immigration arrest at a home in Minneapolis. Gibbons-Neff’s background — two deployments to Afghanistan as a Marine and later work as Kabul bureau chief — is noted