Culture

Highguard to launch Jan. 26; SteamDB lists global release at 1 p.m. EST

Polygon reports Highguard is releasing on Monday, Jan. 26. There isn't an official release time from Wildlight Entertainment, but according to SteamDB the official global release is Monday, Jan. 26 at 1 p.m. EST. That corresponds to 10 a.m. PST, 1 p.m. EST, 3 p.

Tech

Sony includes removable fitting cushions with LinkBuds Clip to improve fit

Sony's LinkBuds Clip come with removable ear-fitting cushions that address common fit and stability issues with clip-on open-ear earbuds, ZDNET reviewer Jada Jones wrote. Jones said the cushions dramatically change how the earbuds fit and perform, closing the gap between the earbuds' hooks and the ear so

Culture

A case for blended Scotch and independent bottlers over whisky snobbery

A Guardian food column urges drinkers to set aside Scotch snobbery and embrace blended whiskies and independent bottlers, noting the contrast with the ceremonial appreciation shown on Burns Night for Robert Burns’s poem about haggis. The piece argues single malts have become a near-luxury brand, citing the way some

Culture

Diablo 4 expansion Lord of Hatred launches April 28, sends players to Skovos

Gamesradar reports Diablo 4's second expansion, Lord of Hatred, will release on April 28 and takes players to the islands of Skovos — a rainforest and volcanic realm featured in the series for the first time. Editor-in-Chief Josh West interviewed narrative designers Matt Burns and Eleni Rivera-Colon, who say

Culture

Meghan’s 'With Love' season two misses Netflix top 1,000; third series reportedly unlikely

The Duchess of Sussex’s Netflix lifestyle show, With Love, Meghan, failed to reach the platform’s top 1,000 most-watched programmes, ranking 1,124th between July and December 2025 with 2m views, figures suggest, and Page Six reported the series will not return for a third season. Released in

Politics

Trump vows 100% tariff on Canadian imports if Canada strikes deal with China

Donald Trump said he would impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian imports if Canada makes a trade deal with China, the US president said on Saturday. He also announced that the US had taken oil from recently seized Venezuelan tankers. The president wrote on his Truth Social platform that

Tech

Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 discounted to $169.99 at Amazon

Kotaku reports the Samsung Galaxy Watch 7 is available at Amazon for $169.99, down from $249.99, a savings of $80 and approximately 32% off the retail price. The write-up highlights the watch’s fitness and health features, including step and heart-rate tracking, workout monitoring, and sleep tracking, plus

World

Nashville debuts new snowplows, including Dolly Plowton, as winter storm hits

Nashville put five new snowplows into service on Saturday, including a purple-and-pink vehicle nicknamed Dolly Plowton, as a powerful winter storm brought snow and ice to the region. The storm swept across a large swath of the United States, with nearly 200 million people in its path. Nearly eight inches

Culture

Taika Waititi says his Star Wars film will recapture original trilogy’s fun

Movieweb reports director Taika Waititi told Variety at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival he hopes to bring "a little more of the fun from the original films" to his as-yet-undated Star Wars movie. The project has faced hold-ups from both Waititi and Lucasfilm and has yet to settle

Business

Workers 50+ earning over $150,000 must place 2026 401(k) catch-up contributions in Roth accounts

Starting in 2026, employees aged 50 and older who earned more than $150,000 in 2025 and who make contributions beyond the standard limit must deposit those extra 401(k) catch-up contributions into a Roth 401(k), meaning no upfront tax deduction and potentially lower take-home pay, tax experts say.

Culture

Natasha Lyonne says she has relapsed and called recovery ‘a lifelong process’

People reports that Natasha Lyonne, 46, said she has relapsed in her sobriety journey, sharing the update in a series of posts on X on the evening of Friday, Jan. 23. In one post she wrote, “Took my relapse public more to come.” Hours later she followed up with a

World

Photographer Finds Undercarriage Piece That May Offer Clues in Spain Crash

Finbarr O’Reilly, a photographer on assignment for The New York Times, said he found a large piece of train undercarriage partly submerged at the edge of a stream near the site of a collision between two high-speed trains in Adamuz, southern Spain. He wrote that the fragment could provide

Crypto

Seeker tumbles as smart money exits and whales buy the dip

Beincrypto reported that Seeker (SKR) has entered a pullback, sliding nearly 25% over the past 24 hours after a roughly 200% post‑launch rally earlier this week, while smart money reduced its SKR exposure by 56.48%. The analysis says the first crack came on January 24 when price lost

World

Winter storm brings snow, ice and widespread travel and power disruptions

A severe winter storm swept across much of the eastern half of the United States, bringing snow, sleet and extreme cold to an area that officials said put nearly 200 million people in its path and disrupting travel and electrical service. By early Saturday more than 100,000 customers were

Tech

FTC warns of texts and emails impersonating the IRS claiming tax refunds

The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory warning taxpayers about text and email scams that impersonate the IRS or state tax offices and claim recipients are due a tax refund. According to the advisory, these scams typically begin with a message saying your refund claim has been processed or

Business

Traders wager on how much snow New York City will get this weekend

Businessinsider reports traders are betting on how much snow New York City will get this weekend as Winter Storm Fern barrels through the US. Traders on Kalshi had bet almost $900,000 as of Saturday afternoon on whether more than 12 inches of snow will fall in New York City

Culture

Meera Sodha shares leek and tempeh manis vegan recipe

Meera Sodha presents a vegan recipe for leek and tempeh manis, an Indonesian-style dish that fries tempeh until crisp, coats it in a sticky, spicy sweet soy sauce and finishes it with a liberal sprinkle of salted peanuts. The recipe highlights tempeh as a fermented, compressed soy product with a

Culture

Heated Rivalry stars Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie named Olympic torchbearers

Nbc reports that Hudson Williams and Connor Storrie will serve as torchbearers during the relay leading up to the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony. The actors, stars of Heated Rivalry who portray pro hockey players and have become routinely mobbed by fans, will join the relay as the

Culture

Robbie Williams scores 16th UK No 1 album, surpassing the Beatles

Robbie Williams has scored his 16th UK No 1 album, surpassing a tally set by the Beatles in 2000 to become the all-time chart record holder. His new album, Britpop, went straight to No 1 in its first week of release. All but one of Williams’s studio albums have

Culture

Romeo and Cruz Beckham spotted on double date in Paris amid family dispute

Pagesix reports Romeo, 23, and Cruz Beckham, 20, were photographed Saturday night on a double date in Paris, making their way to Kaspia restaurant after Romeo’s appearances at Paris Men’s Fashion Week. Romeo wore a denim-on-denim outfit with wide-leg trousers and an oversized coat over a white shirt,

Science

Expedition 74 crew studies cardiac health and AI as Dragon reboosts station orbit

Expedition 74 crew members conducted cardiac research and tested artificial intelligence tools aboard the International Space Station on Friday, Jan. 23, while the SpaceX Dragon spacecraft fired its thrusters to raise the station’s orbit. NASA Flight Engineer Chris Williams set up the Ultrasound 2 device in the Columbus laboratory,

Culture

Sleeve at Salon C. Lundman's Paris showroom draws attention

In Paris’s Marais, at the Salon C. Lundman showroom, Jacob Gallagher wrote that a stout wool coat with an arcing sleeve stopped him cold. The label, started by Christoffer Lundman in 2023, is run by Lundman, 47, who Gallagher described as a particular sort of purist. Lundman keeps no

Tech

Prince of Persia Sands of Time remake said to be near completion before cancellation

Pcgamer reports Ubisoft cancelled its remake of Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time as one of six projects included in a "major reset" of the company. One day after the announcement — which also included a promise of more "player-facing generative AI" — Ubisoft shares dropped to

Business

Economists warn a Trump-controlled Fed could bring short-term boost, long-term pain

President Trump has signaled he wants the Federal Reserve to lower short-term interest rates, and New York Times columnist Jeff Sommer warns that cutting rates beyond what economic conditions warrant could create a short-term boom while producing longer-term problems such as higher inflation and damage to the Fed’s credibility.

Culture

Emma Bell headlines Adam Green’s 2010 ski-lift horror Frozen

Polygon says fans of The Walking Dead should watch Adam Green’s 2010 horror film Frozen, a claustrophobic survival thriller that stars Emma Bell and Shawn Ashmore and centers on three people stranded on a ski lift. The film follows Bell as Parker O’Neal, Kevin Zegers as Parker’s