The summer is winding down, the days are starting to grow shorter, and there’s a new chill in the air at night. It’s the perfect time to catch up on some older games ahead of the September onslaught that kicks off with Star Wars Outlaws’ launch next week. Read more...
Monster Hunter Wilds is looking like it’s going to be one of the biggest games of 2025 already, and its showing at Gamescom is going incredibly well. The game is playable for the first time to the public, and the amount of information coming out of just that preview build is
Pokrovsk is a major logistics hub with a railway station and lies at the intersection of important roads.
Singer also channels her inner country star and more on her latest album
Is Denzel Washington nearing an acting retirement from the big screen? In a new interview with Empire magazine to promote his role in Ridley Scott’s “Gladiator 2,” the two-time Oscar winner admitted the upcoming swords-and-sandals epic was one of the few movies left to make
Talks are stuck as Israel is insisting on keeping troops alongside Gaza’s border with Egypt and the Netzarim east-west corridor which Hamas' opposes.
The face of the show that originated in Tel Aviv, Kobi Kalimian, called for Gaza to be “pounded” and "conquered" in a social media post from May 2023.
Karol G may have wrapped her Mañana Será Bonito Tour in July, but she just made one last important stop: “Fortnite.” The “Provenza” hitmaker’s five-part interactive concert debuted Friday afternoon in the massively popular title from Epic Games, bringing her colorful,
Alina Habba, an attorney for former President Trump, slammed former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for criticizing Trump during his speech at the Democratic National Convention (DNC), telling him to “sit the hell down.” “I am sick and tired of this fake nonsense. Sit the hell
The layoffs have resulted in a 'majority' of losses for VC South's art team, along with cuts among design and engineering.
For the past ~10 years, it seems like internet speeds here in the US have stagnated. Probably 80% of places I've been to or lived have been 100Mbps-500Mbps. I'm curious what things would look like if the internet was suddenly 1000x faster. Would there be new apps we could
Chief prosecutor Karim Khan urged a panel of ICC pretrial judges to “urgently render its decisions” on the warrant requests he filed in May for Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, and three Hamas leaders, two of whom have since been killed.
What do you call a man who has 19 Emmys, nine Producers Guild Awards, seven WGA Awards, three Peabodys, a Grammy and whose political satire has influenced U.S. legislature? Certainly not “just another comedian.” John Oliver is all that and more. The state of American politics
The Vessel of Hatred, the first expansion to Diablo IV , is set to release on October 8 and Blizzard dropped a ton of new information about it at Gamescom . That includes more details on the game’s new class , new region, and a few surprise announcements to get players even
In February 2022, Vice President Kamala Harris attended an annual security conference in Germany to talk with European leaders about Russian aggression toward Ukraine and other world topics. She didn't go to Russia, and there is no evidence she met with Russian President
The Biden administration next month will relaunch a program for every American to order free COVID-19 tests through the mail, officials said. Administration officials said during a briefing Friday that households will be able to order four free tests through the Covidtests.gov
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy on Friday said he was suspending his campaign and throwing his support to former President Trump. Kennedy said his name would remain on the ballot in most red and blue states, but would be removed from swing-state ballots
The third-party candidate said he no longer has "a realistic path to victory in the face of systematic censorship".
On the campaign trail this summer, former President Donald Trump has routinely cast doubt on climate change by falsely claiming that the oceans will rise just “one-eighth of an inch over the next 400 years.” He’s previously used the same measurement over a period of 250 years.
Spain announced an extra €50 million to help the Canary Islands currently overwhelmed with more than 5,500 unaccompanied migrant children and teenagers.
Romanian director Emanuel Pârvu’s “Three Kilometers to the End of the World,” a Palme d’Or contender at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, took home the top prize at the Sarajevo Film Festival Friday night. The third feature from the actor-turned-director was awarded by the jury
Iran's cultivation of Hezbollah and other proxy militias in the Middle East has allowed it to control key water channels essential to global trade ■ Not content with its advantageous geopolitical position, Iran is now building up a navy that can reach every corner of the globe
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The Yellow Wind Sage is the final boss of chapter 2 in Black Myth: Wukong, and he’s much more difficult than most other bosses in the game. He is a mandatory boss and the gut check between you and chapter 3. In this Black Myth: Wukong guide, we’ll walk you through how to find
Year after year, the market’s popularity keeps increasing, drawing more artists, celebrities, curators, and collectors than ever before.
U.S. officials have insisted that negotiations for a cease-fire in Gaza were making headway, while glossing over intense disagreements between Israel and Hamas.
Following Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s speech at the Jackson Hole conference , where he hinted at potential interest rate cuts and emphasized the need for policy adjustments, the crypto market experienced a notable surge. Bitcoin, which had been struggling to break through the
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The Hill's weekly technology news digest. {beacon} Friday, August 23, 2024 LEADING THE DAY California's Google deal take heat Image © AP California lawmakers this week reached agreement with Google to funnel millions of public and private dollars to newsrooms across the
Lionsgate has parted ways with Eddie Egan, the marketing consultant who came up with the “Megalopolis” trailer that included fake quotes from famous film critics. The studio pulled the trailer on Wednesday, after it was pointed out that the quotes trashing Francis Ford
The Florida deputy who shot and killed Roger Fortson, a 23-year-old Black airman, has been charged with manslaughter, authorities said Friday. Eddie Duran was fired from the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office after he shot Fortson, a senior airman in the U.S. Air Force, on May 3.
See and Bliss star Nesta Cooper is adding screenwriter to her resume as she gets set to adapt and star in MEM, a sci-fi thriller based on Bethany C. Morrow’s YA novel of the same name. Los Angeles-based Marginal MediaWorks and Sphere Media are behind the book-to-screen
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The election is still almost three months off, but Vice President Kamala Harris bested Donald Trump in at least one race that’s sure to eat away at the former reality T.V. star: the ratings game. Harris’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention captured the
Illustration by Cath Virginia / The Verge | Photos via Getty Images The Supreme Court could stall action on climate change yet again as it weighs whether to pause new pollution regulations for coal-fired power plants. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized rules
Future has hit the studio with Pharrell Williams as they reunite for the first time since 'Move That Dope' for Pluto's new mixtape.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. formally exited the presidential race Friday, filing paperwork to withdraw from the Arizona state ballot—and endorsing Republican nominee Donald Trump. The independent candidate is expected to officially announce his withdrawal and endorsement in a press
The band famously wrote the 2006 song after being attacked by the far-right for speaking out against George Bush and the Iraq War