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Sony Offloads DualSense Edge at Record Low, Pro Gamers Get Elite Controller at Casual Gamer Price
Swap stick modules, remap back buttons, and adjust sensitivity curves instantly. The post Sony Offloads DualSense Edge at Record Low, Pro Gamers Get Elite Controller at Casual Gamer Price appeared first on Kotaku .
Christmas ads are hijacking the 'Love Actually' feel-good spirit to get us spending more
The Christmas advert season has officially started, and Richard Curtis's genius is all around—again.
A new study reveals the microbial biodiversity of dehesa soil
A study reveals the underground interactions between fungi and oomycetes in twenty Andalusian dehesas, wooded pasturelands typical of the Iberian Peninsula, making it possible to identify the role of water as the main driver of microorganism diversity and to shed new light on
Rapper Kay Flock Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison
The artist had been found guilty of attempted murder and racketeering charges
Disclosure Day
Over his storied career, Steven Spielberg has made only four studio films about aliens: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, ET, War of the Worlds, and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — the outsized influence of the first two gives the impression that he’s
Living in substandard housing linked to kids' missed schooling and poor grades
Children living in substandard housing in England miss 15 more school days and achieve worse test scores in English and math than their peers living in better quality housing, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
The big challenges facing banks
Presented by the Bank Policy Institute — {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy PRESENTED BY THE BANK POLICY INSTITUTE The Big Story Bank experts tackle changes facing industry, consumers The banking sector is changing fast, with policymakers, industry leaders and
Mona Fastvold on Making ‘The Testament of Ann Lee’ “Quite Different From a Traditional Musical”
Amanda Seyfried stars in Fastvold's "musical and movement piece" about Shakers founder Ann Lee.
People tend to overestimate others' emotions, but this may boost empathy
According to a new study led by Prof. Anat Perry and her Ph.D. student, Shir Genzer, of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, together with Prof. Noga Cohen from the University of Haifa, chances are you're overestimating just how strongly the other person feels.
Susie Wiles comes under the spotlight after Vanity Fair remarks
White House chief of staff Susie Wiles is grappling with a controversy of her own making after she made a number of startling admissions in a series of interviews with Vanity Fair. In an article published Tuesday that drew on 11 interviews with Wiles over the past year, the
There's more to Horses than the Steam ban: The controversial horror game is a great example of how games can effectively borrow from film, and how they can also stumble
After playing Horses, I found it fascinating, but it didn't take its juxtaposition of mundane chores and extreme violence far enough.
Variety Announces Additional Speakers and Sessions for Expanded CES 2026 Programming
As previously announced, Variety will now host two days of programming at CES in Las Vegas. Its annual Entertainment Summit at CES will take place on Jan. 7, and the new Business of Creators Summit, presented by Samsung Ads, will take place on Jan. 8. New Additions to the
Exploring the origins of the universe: 145 low-noise amplifiers complete ALMA telescopes
The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) in the Chilean Andes is one of the most powerful radio telescope facilities in the world. Researchers use it to study dark and distant regions of the universe in order to better understand how stars, planets, galaxies and
Scientists discover how plant cell walls guide stem cells
Imagine if our bodies could grow new organs throughout our entire lives. Plants do this constantly, thanks to tiny, powerful reservoirs of stem cells. But how do these cells know when to divide, and how do they ensure each division is perfectly oriented to build a leaf, a stem,
Netflix’s ‘Best Guess Live’ Mobile Game Will Bump Up Prizes Next Week, For a Total of $1 Million
Netflix is aiming to bolster awareness of its new “Best Guess Live” mobile game, by giving away a total of $1 million over the course of next week. The daily jackpot, which normally stands at $15,000, will be bumped up to $50,000 on Monday, then escalate throughout the week
How Earth’s Atmosphere Reached the Moon
And what this might mean for colonizing other worlds The post How Earth’s Atmosphere Reached the Moon appeared first on Nautilus .
UK lawmaker: BBC should 'stick by their guns' against Trump defamation suit
A British lawmaker on Tuesday urged the BBC to "stick by their guns" in its new legal fight with President Trump, who sued the media company and claimed it edited a speech he gave to supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, before the U.S. Capitol attack. "I think it's right that the BBC
Warner Bros. Discovery preparing to tell shareholders: Back Netflix deal over Paramount
Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), the massive media conglomerate that owns HBO, CNN and a number of other top brands in news and entertainment, is preparing to advise its top shareholders to reject a bid from Paramount to buy the company and back a planned deal with Netflix
Get up to SPEED on today's floor drama
{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Permitting bill advances after hardliner pushback A group of hardline conservatives in the House on Tuesday threatened to block a permitting reform bill, but ended their saber-rattling and voted to advance the
Trump bars Palestinians 'with PA-issued travel document' from entering U.S.
The new proclamation cites the Palestinian Authority's 'weak or nonexistent control,' adding that 'several U.S.-designated terrorist groups operate actively in the West Bank or Gaza Strip and have murdered American citizens'
Oscars 2026: Best Song Shortlist Includes Nine Inch Nails, Nick Cave, & HUNTR/X
The Oscar nominations don't come out until Jan. 22, but the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences has revealed the shortlists for a few of its nominations, including Best Original Song and Best Original Score. So we don't know who will be nominated yet, but at least we
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now. “1. Enact...
Seven Voting Laws Every Blue State Should Enact Right Now . “1. Enact a statutory right to vote for every eligible citizen. This may surprise you, but there is no general federal constitutional right to vote.”
Anker SOLIX C1000 at Record Low for Christmas on Amazon, Charge 10 Devices With 2,000W Output at Once
Recharge 1,024Wh in 49 minutes and power 10 devices at 2,000W output. The post Anker SOLIX C1000 at Record Low for Christmas on Amazon, Charge 10 Devices With 2,000W Output at Once appeared first on Kotaku .
BG3 studio Larian is using AI to make Divinity, but there's nuance CEO says
Divinity, the next game from Baldur's Gate 3 devs Larian, employs AI and machine learning, but not at the expense of creators, Swen Vincke says.
Republican tensions boil over as ObamaCare deadline approaches
Republican tensions boiled over Tuesday in the Capitol over the fate of expiring ObamaCare subsidies that could play an outsized role in the race for the House next year. Republican moderates lashed out at House GOP leadership just hours after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.)
Category '6' tropical cyclone hot spots are growing
The oceanic conditions that churn up the very strongest of hurricanes and typhoons are heating up in the North Atlantic and Western Pacific, fueled by warm water that extends well below the surface. Human-caused climate change may be responsible for up to 70% of the growth of
Rob Reiner and Nick Reiner’s ‘Being Charlie’ Interviews Gave a Glimpse at a Family’s Tragic Struggles With Addiction
Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner’s murders on Sunday were shocking for many reasons – their sheer brutality, the sad fact that it involved one of Hollywood’s gentlest souls, and that the couple’s son, Nick Reiner, is allegedly the killer. I had seen a brief glimpse into
Australia holds first funeral for Bondi Beach attack victims
Large crowds are expected at the funeral of rabbi Eli Schlanger.
The Memo: White House closes ranks around Susie Wiles amid Vanity Fair furor
President Trump led an effort to close ranks around White House chief of staff Susie Wiles on Tuesday, seeking to contain damage of Wiles’s own making. The furor was kicked off by a move that stunned Washington. Wiles — known both for a relative aversion to the spotlight and
2 additional Heritage Foundation board members leave amid Carlson-Fuentes fallout
Two more Heritage Foundation board of trustees members resigned Tuesday in the wake of the conservative think tank's president defending an interview between conservative pundit Tucker Carlson and white nationalist Nick Fuentes. "No institution that hesitates to condemn
Hegseth, Democrats battle over Sept. 2 boat strike video release
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Democrats are battling over publicly releasing the video of the U.S. military’s Sept. 2 attack on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the Caribbean, a controversial operation in which two boatwrecked survivors were killed, spurring war crime
Jeffrey Epstein kept Bear Stearns job despite lying on résumé — while he was dating boss’s daughter: report
Epstein was just 23 when he was hired as a junior trader at Bear Stearns in 1976, despite having no college degree or Wall Street experience.
Bari Weiss’ town hall with Erika Kirk saw ratings plummet as CBS News editor-in-chief debuts on-screen
Kirk's various appearances on Fox News last week drew 2 million viewers on average with her guest-hosting appearance on "The Five" delivering 3.3 million viewers at the 5 pm ET timeslot on Tuesday.
Susie Wiles May Have Screwed Trump’s Revenge Quest on Letitia James
White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles may have just ruined any chance President Donald Trump had of reviving his administration’s indictment of New York Attorney General Letitia James. In a wildly candid interview with Vanity Fair published Tuesday, Wiles admitted that Trump’s
Díaz-Granados reelected for second term at helm of CAF
Colombian lawyer Sergio Díaz-Granados was re-elected on Tuesday as the Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean's (CAF) Executive President for a second, consecutive five-year term after getting the nod from the entity's Board of Directors.
The 10 Best Art Films of 2025
A day in the life of Peter Hujar, a bungled museum heist, and Meredith Monk's six-decade career were the subjects of some of our favorite art films this year.
The Elder Scrolls 6 is 'progressing very well,' Todd Howard says: Everyone wishes it could go faster, but 'it’s a process that we want to get right'
It's been more than seven years since TES6 was announced at E3.
‘M3GAN’ Spinoff ‘Soulm8te’ Pulled From Universal Calendar as It’s Shopped
The move follows 'M3GAN 2.0' bombing over the summer.
Sen. Chris Murphy after boat strike briefing: There's 'no fentanyl' and 'no legal justification'
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said Tuesday’s classified briefing with Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirms the Trump administration has no legal or national security justification for the strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean and
The U.S. has long had interest in Venezuelan oil, but that's not all
NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Francisco Monaldi, the director of the Latin American Energy Program at the Baker Institute at Rice University about the U.S.'s long interest in Venezuela's oil industry.
Makary denies plans for COVID-19 black box warning
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary on Monday denied recent reports suggesting plans for his agency to add a black box warning onto COVID-19 vaccines. CNN reported last week that the FDA was considering adding a black box warning onto the COVID-19
Scripps Rejects Sinclair’s Unsolicited Acquisition Offer
The board of E.W. Scripps Co. unanimously rejected the unsolicited acquisition proposal submitted by Sinclair, the second-biggest U.S. TV station owner group, Scripps announced Tuesday. Sinclair on Nov. 24 had offered $7 per share (in a mix of cash and stock) for stock in
Hari & Deepti Conjure Magical Narratives with Illuminated Paper Sculptures
The husband-and-wife duo continue their exploration into the possibilities of paper and light. Do stories and artists like this matter to you? Become a Colossal Member today and support independent arts publishing for as little as $7 per month. The article Hari & Deepti
EU moves to fix failing medical and in vitro device rules and spur innovation
A 'targeted' revision to the MDR and IVDR promises clearer timelines, proportionate oversight and faster access to innovative technologies. The European Commission has unveiled its long-awaited targeted revision of the EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) and In Vitro Diagnostic
‘M3GAN’ Spinoff ‘Soulm8te’ Removed From Release Schedule, Will Be Shopped Elsewhere
The “M3GAN” Cinematic Universe might not be expanding after all. “Soulm8te,” a sci-fi spinoff about man who buys an android to cope with the death of his wife, has been removed from Universal’s release calendar. The film, which was set for Jan. 9, will be shopped around town to
Rob Reiner’s Son Nick Facing First-Degree Murder Charges, Eligible for Death Penalty
Los Angeles District Attorney Nathan Hochman said a decision on whether his office will seek capital punishment has not yet been made
‘Hamnet’ Star Jacobi Jupe Joins Scarlett Johansson in New ‘Exorcist’ Horror Movie for Blumhouse, Universal
Mike Flanagan, who previously tackled Stephen King adaptations 'Gerald's Game' and 'Doctor Sleep,' is writing and will direct the feature film.
New AI tool speeds up discovery of life-supporting microbes in microalgae
Scientists at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed a powerful new artificial intelligence tool called LA⁴SR that can rapidly identify previously overlooked proteins in microalgae—tiny organisms that produce much of Earth's oxygen and support entire aquatic ecosystems.
Commentary: How Asia’s Gen Z is losing out to China’s US$1 trillion surplus
China’s new economic model may be stabilising growth at home but it’s exporting uncertainty across Asia’s labour markets, says Karishma Vaswani for Bloomberg Opinion.
