With heavy hearts, Jews in Israel lit the year's first Hanukkah candles, mourning after gunmen opened fire on a Jewish gathering in Australia, killing 15 and reviving painful memories of the October 7, 2023 attack. Sunday's attack in Bondi Beach was Australia's worst mass
Interracial couples often face unique social pressures—from strangers' stares to family disapproval—and two recent studies from the University of Toronto Mississauga shed light on how these stresses affect the relationship.
A major new global study led by a researcher at The University of Manchester has found that younger generations around the world are embracing a more diverse and fluid understanding of sexual identity than ever before.
Whether it's rust or because the bosses are just artificially hard, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 players are reeling at the free DLC's difficulty.
Scientists have tested, for the first time, how biodegradable wet wipes break down when flushed rather than composted, discovering that most wipes remain after five weeks—a finding the research team say challenges the marketing of these products.
An unbilled Springsteen sang "I Don't Want to Go Home," "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out," "Merry Christmas, Baby," and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" with Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul
Laura Fernández Espeso, a major driver of Grup Mediapro dramatic international expansion over the last decade, is leaving the company where she took up the post of its general manager in January 2025. Fernández Espeso’s departure is understood to be amicable, and is part of a
Sasquatch is walking around the island in Fortnite, just don't get too close.
Netflix has appointed Dani Dudeck as chief communications officer. She starts on Jan. 12 and will report to co-CEO Ted Sarandos. Dudeck is joining Netflix from Instacart, where she serves as chief corporate affairs officer. She’s also held posts at Zynga and MySpace. Dudeck’s
“Fallout” is coming back for round two earlier than expected. On Monday, Amazon revealed the second season of its “Fallout” TV series will debut Tuesday, Dec. 16 at 6 p.m. PT — one day earlier than the previously announced Dec. 17 release. Amazon broke the news of the “Fallout”
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Patlabor, the classic mecha anime praised by James Cameron, is returning with eight standalone OVA episodes, with production starting in 2026.
It offers a 12 hour battery life, plus comes with a pen for easy note-taking. The post Lenovo Idea Tab Becomes the Cheapest Android Tablet With a Holiday Discount, Lowest Price of the Year appeared first on Kotaku .
The giant planets weren't always where we find them today. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune formed in a more compact configuration and later underwent a violent reshuffling that scattered them to their current positions. Exactly what triggered this chaos remains uncertain,
Hundreds of thousands of Cambodians who live near the Thai border have fled their homes for temporary shelters.
Australia has the third largest ocean territory on the planet, measuring 13.8 million square kilometers, including the Australian Antarctic Territory. Australia's diverse oceans, seas and waterways form an integral part of our lifestyle, economy and national well-being. These
Climate crisis forecast to wipe out thousands of glaciers a year globally, threatening water supplies and cultural heritage Europe live – latest updates Glaciers in the European Alps are likely to reach their peak rate of extinction in only eight years, according to a study,
“The Orchids” first appeared on post-punk greats Psychic TV’s 1983 album Dreams Less Sweet as a sparse, elegant ballad with a scrappy punk sensibility. It came to me via Califone’s dreamier experimental folk-rock cover from 2005’s Roots And Crowns, and revisiting that cover
The Elephant consists of three loosely connected shorts airing as a single, ad-free special on Adult Swim on Dec. 19.
Glaciers are melting worldwide. In some regions, they could even disappear completely. Looking at the number of glaciers disappearing, the Alps could reach their peak loss rate as early as 2033 to 2041. Depending on how sharply the planet warms, this period may mark a time when
Comedy group Smosh is scrubbed in for its next live digital special: “Smosh Hospital,” a spoof of TV medical dramas like “The Pitt,” “Grey’s Anatomy” and “E.R.” “Smosh Hospital” is billed as a one-night-only, fully improvised medical-drama parody — in which the scripted
In 2024 alone, ENISA, the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, logged more than 11,000 serious cyber incidents across the European Union.
It’s possible to defy gravity using sound waves, magnets or electricity, but today’s methods can’t hoist heavy items high in the sky.
An international study led by researchers from Australia's La Trobe University and the University of Cambridge has challenged the classification of one of the world's most complete human ancestral fossils, raising the possibility of a new human species.
Nick Reiner is now being held on a $4 million bail.
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Labour leaders said the strike vote was unanimous and it was not immediately clear whether the work stoppage will last longer than one day.
Dr. Tonya Lander, Stipendiary Lecturer at Christ Church and researcher at the Oxford Martin School Program on the Future of Food, explains the diverse factors that impact the price of chocolate, and what measures could help improve the long-term resilience and stability of this
Disney’s animated sequel “Zootopia 2” continued to tower over the Korean box office, delivering $6.7 million from more than 1 million admissions over the Dec. 12–14 frame. According to KOBIS, the tracking service operated by the Korean Film Council, the film now stands at a
Terminator 2D: No Fate is a masterpiece of run-and-gun arcade action The post Terminator 2 Finally Has The Incredible Video Game Adaptation It’s Always Deserved appeared first on Kotaku .
The far-right is claiming that Ahmed al-Ahmed, the bystander who intervened in the deadly, antisemitic mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach, Australia, this weekend was a Christian—and not a Muslim—to justify their Islamophobia. Australian Mass Shooting At
As the sounds of bullets rang out and the bodies fell, the young mother threw herself on top of her 5-year-old son and prayed.
Stanford engineers debuted a new framework introducing computational tools and self-reflective AI assistants, potentially advancing fields like optical computing and astronomy.
More than 30,000 Spotify users reported issues with the streaming-music service on Monday morning, according to outage reports compiled by DownDetector.
A somewhat belated Halloween update has now arrived, just in time for festivities The post 2025’s Break-Out Roguelite Megabonk Gets, Er, Spooky For The Holidays appeared first on Kotaku .
