Culture

Natasha Lyonne announces relapse after nearly a decade sober

Pagesix reports Natasha Lyonne revealed on X that she has relapsed after nearly 10 years of sobriety. "Took my relapse public more to come," she wrote via X on Friday evening. She followed with, "Recovery is a lifelong process. Anyone out there struggling, remember you’re not

Science

NASA invites unique unsolicited proposals to support its mission

NASA encourages the submission of unique and innovative unsolicited proposals that will further the Agency’s mission, while noting that the vast majority of proposals are solicited via publicly available NASA Notices of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) and only a small number are unsolicited. The agency provides several resources for prospective

Culture

Blizzard halves costs after World of Warcraft transmog overhaul backlash

Pcgamer reports that Blizzard overhauled World of Warcraft: Midnight's transmog system, then cut its costs following community backlash, even slicing prices in half this week. Under the new system, the old per-piece transmog workflow is gone and players create outfits that do not change when they acquire new

Culture

Stars honor Robert Redford at Sundance gala in final Park City year

Ava DuVernay, Ethan Hawke and Patti LuPone joined hundreds of film lovers and industry figures at a gala in Park City, Utah, on Friday night to pay tribute to Robert Redford, the Sundance Film Festival’s founder, who died in September. The event also marked the festival’s last year

Culture

Claire Foy and a goshawk headline adaptation of Helen MacDonald memoir

Philippa Lowthorpe’s film H Is for Hawk stars Claire Foy alongside a trained goshawk in an adaptation of Helen MacDonald’s award‑winning memoir, and is playing in theaters. The story follows Helen MacDonald (Foy), who, after the sudden death of her father (Brendan Gleeson) while finishing a fellowship

Culture

Talkative NPC undermines Subnautica: Below Zero's winter-horror promise

Polygon says Subnautica: Below Zero, which is set on the frozen side of the same terrifying planet as the first game, is undermined by one NPC who never stops talking: Al-An. The piece describes Al-An as a member of the Precursors, a cybernetic race tied to the outbreak of the

Culture

Janie Chang Recommends Historical Novels About Rule Breakers

In a New York Times column, Janie Chang, the best-selling author of several historical novels, recommends eight works of historical fiction that centre on characters who push against the conventions of their time. Chang argues that readers need more than descriptions of clothing and food to empathize with historical characters;

Culture

Playground Games' Fable lets players buy and enter every building

Gamesradar reports Playground Games' reboot of Fable lets players buy every building in the open world of Albion, a feature the studio's general manager said was one of the "requirements" retained from the original trilogy. Being able to purchase any property opens roleplaying possibilities, from

Science

Edith Flanigen, chemist behind synthetic zeolites and emeralds, dies at 96

Edith Flanigen, an award-winning chemist whose work on synthetic molecular sieves and lab-grown emeralds advanced industrial refining, water treatment and other processes, died on Jan. 6 in Buffalo. She was 96, and her sister Jane Griffin confirmed the death; Ms. Flanigen moved to Buffalo after a stroke in 2021 after

Business

Washington Post will not send a contingent to the Winter Olympics in Italy

The Washington Post notified more than a dozen journalists that it will not send a contingent to cover the Winter Olympics in Italy, according to an email from managing editor Kimi Yoshino reviewed by The New York Times. Ms. Yoshino wrote, “As we assess our priorities for 2026, we have

Culture

Blizzard cuts World of Warcraft transmog prices by half after player backlash

Kotaku reports Blizzard is reducing transmog outfit creation prices by 50% after widespread player outrage over a pre-expansion patch for World of Warcraft: Midnight that launched on January 20. The community manager Linxy wrote on the Blizzard forums, "We're going to lower the cost of outfit creation

Tech

Afghan start-up HesabPay uses blockchain to send aid to Syria and Afghanistan

An Afghan start-up, HesabPay, is using a blockchain-based system to deliver humanitarian cash assistance abroad, allowing a farmer in Halfaya, northwestern Syria, to receive $500 on a plastic card to help restart her farm. HesabPay was developed in Afghanistan and has been used by the U.N. refugee agency to

Culture

Frieren Season 2 Debuts on Crunchyroll, Raises MyAnimeList Score to 9.31

Movieweb reports that Frieren: Beyond Journey's End returned for a second season on Crunchyroll on Jan. 16 and has already earned a 9.31 rating on MyAnimeList. The Madhouse adaptation of Tsukasa Abe's manga debuted in 2023 and became an international sensation, once topping MyAnimeList'

World

Trump warns of 100% tariffs if Canada 'makes a deal' with China

President Trump said he would impose a 100 percent tariff on Canadian goods if Canada "makes a deal with China," and he insulted Prime Minister Mark Carney, in a post on Truth Social after returning from the World Economic Forum in Davos. There is no indication that Canada

Tech

Turn an iPad or Android tablet into a dedicated e-reader

ZDNet writer Kerry Wan outlines how any iPad or Android tablet can be made to feel like an e-reader, saying tablets already do what e-readers do and that turning one into a reading device is easier than it might seem. The article notes common reasons people choose dedicated e-readers—eye

Culture

Nancy Lee Grahn says she refused to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live! episode with Carrie Underwood

According to People, General Hospital actress Nancy Lee Grahn wrote on Threads that she refused to watch Jimmy Kimmel Live! when Carrie Underwood appeared on the Jan. 23 episode. Grahn, 69, posted "See ya next week @jimmykimmel" and "I refuse to even look at @carrieunderwood" after

Culture

Viral 'slutty little glasses' spark surge in men's statement eyewear

Last spring Tom Broughton, founder of eyewear brand Cubitts, was asked to comment on a meme featuring his company's 'Plimsoll' frames, worn by Jonathan Bailey in leaked stills from the 2025 movie Jurassic World Rebirth and dubbed by the internet as a pair of "slutty

Crypto

Binance and OKX reportedly consider relaunching tokenized US stocks

Beincrypto reports that major crypto exchanges Binance and OKX are reportedly exploring the reintroduction of tokenized US stocks as a way to capture TradFi-style yields amid weak crypto trading volumes. Binance previously launched stock tokens in April 2021 with German broker CM-Equity AG and discontinued the product in July 2021

World

Barron Trump’s call to City of London police cited in assault trial

Details of an emergency call placed by Barron Trump to the City of London police last year were made public during a trial in London this week. In the call he told operators he had just seen a girl "getting beat up" on a video call. Prosecutors say

Culture

John Wilson’s The History of Concrete Debuts at Sundance

Collider reports that John Wilson's feature debut, The History of Concrete, premiered at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival and plays like a feature-length episode of his HBO series How To. Wilson frames a film about concrete through wide-ranging tangents: a writer’s strike class on making Hallmark rom-coms

Tech

January Windows update patched vulnerabilities but caused multiple new bugs

Microsoft's January Patch Tuesday update, released on Jan. 13, addressed 114 security vulnerabilities but has also triggered several new bugs affecting Windows users. The update fixed critical vulnerabilities and one that had been exploited in the wild, yet introduced issues including Remote Desktop sign-in failures for Cloud PC

Sports

Cbssports urges Bucks to trade Giannis after calf strain sidelines him weeks

Cbssports argues the Milwaukee Bucks should trade Giannis Antetokounmpo after he suffered a calf strain that is expected to keep him out four to six weeks. The piece criticizes recent front-office moves — including waiving and stretching Damian Lillard to sign Myles Turner — and says the team missed chances to pursue

Sports

Model backs Kyren Williams and TreVeyon Henderson in Championship RB props

Cbssports reports the SportsLine model sees value on three running back player props at DraftKings for Sunday’s AFC and NFC Championship Games, recommending TreVeyon Henderson Over 36.5 rushing yards, Kyren Williams Over 53.5 and Kenneth Walker III Under 83.5. The model projects Henderson for 46 rushing

World

Trump’s shifting Davos stance on Greenland and NATO alarms European allies

At the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Trump moved from insisting on full ownership of Greenland and threatening tariffs to declaring himself satisfied with a vague framework for a deal, a reversal that has unsettled European allies. For days Mr. Trump had demanded control of the Danish territory and

Tech

Verizon offers free Samsung tablet or 43-inch TV with home internet sign-up

Verizon is offering new customers of its 1 Gig and 2 Gig home internet plans a choice of a free Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 FE 5G, a free 43-inch Q7F QLED TV, or a $15 monthly credit for 36 months if they sign up from now until Feb. 4, the