Universes Beyond is ruining Magic’s best format, but there’s an easy solution
It may be time for Wizards of the Coast to ditch the legend rule — not for all of Magic, but for draft and limited
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Apple makes big bet with launch of $599 iPhone 17e, upgraded iPad Air
The move comes as memory chip prices climb amid a global shortage, suggesting Apple is willing to absorb some component cost pressure to make its lowest-priced model more compelling.
Trump says he ordered Iran strikes to thwart Tehran's nuclear, missile programs
WASHINGTON, March 2 - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he had ordered the U.S. military to attack Iran to thwart Tehran's nuclear development and a ballistic missile program that he said was growing rapidly.
No, AMD isn't abandoning Ryzen Z1 chip series: Lenovo says it's working with AMD on handheld gaming PC updates until 2029
Calming the rumour mill.
Pokémon Pokopia reviews say Nintendo's new life sim is both nostalgic and unique
Pokopia isn't just Animal Crossing in a Pokémon costume, according to reviews
Harry Styles Concert to Stream on Netflix on ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’ Release Weekend
Harry Styles is bringing “Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally” to the big screen. The pop star’s first concert in nearly three years — taking place this Friday in Manchester, England to celebrate the release of his fourth studio album — will be available to stream on Netflix
Orsi’s first year in power: unemployment and crime fall, wages edge up, growth moderate in Uruguay
Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi is set to address the General Assembly on Monday to deliver a first-year account of his administration and outline priorities for the year ahead. Parliament scheduled the session for 18:30 at the Legislative Palace in Montevideo.
The nation is missing millions of voters due to lack of rights for former felons
If you gathered every American with a prison record into one contiguous territory and admitted it to the union, you would create the 12th-largest state. It would be home to at least 7 million to 8 million people and hold a dozen votes in the Electoral College.
Trump says he ordered Iran strikes to thwart Tehran's missile program
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday he ordered the U.S. military to attack Iran to thwart Tehran's nuclear program and a ballistic missile program that he said was growing rapidly. (Reporting by Steve Holland; eduiting by David Ljunggren)
Pixar’s Hoppers fuses Avatar and Up, then undermines them both
Piper Curda, Bobby Moynihan, Jon Hamm, Meryl Streep, and Dave Franco star in the latest Pixar animated movie, about a girl fighting a greedy developer
Anthropic restores Claude service after outage affecting thousands
Tech company Anthropic restored service to its artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot Claude after a nearly three-hour outage Monday that affected thousands, the company said in a statement. “Claude is back up and running across claude.ai and our apps. We're grateful to our users
South African TV personality who planned to take his life dies aged 61
Ian von Memerty had documented his choice to die in a 15-part Facebook series.
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Stranded tourists shelter from missile fire in Dubai
On Dubai's artificial island, empty beaches stand in stark contrast to frantic hotel lobbies, where stranded tourists have taken shelter as they wait for a way home. Iran's strikes on Gulf neighbours since Saturday, following the US-Israeli attack, forced the UAE to shut its
Mideast war risks sending global economy into stagflation
An extended conflict in the Middle East after the US and Israel launched strikes on Iran could trigger global stagflation -- a troublesome blend of high inflation and anaemic growth -- due to spiking oil and gas prices, economists warned. - Will there be an oil shock ? - The
Resident Evil Requiem lives up to the silly spectacle of the movies
Resident Evil Requiem's action is bigger than ever, as the games have finally reached parity with their animated movie counterparts.
How invasive house sparrows are helping scientists detect dangerous contaminants
The house sparrow is a highly invasive pest in North Carolina, and bluebird enthusiasts frequently throw their eggs out and remove their nests to keep them from overtaking the nestboxes that bluebirds call home. A new study puts those discarded eggs to use in detecting heavy
‘Hoppers’ Review: The Delightful New Pixar Film Is an Out-of-the-Box Critter Comedy That’s Like ‘Bambi’ on Crack
What places "Hoppers" in the first rank of Pixar movies is that the story, while wild enough to begin with, keeps twisting and turning with let’s-try-it-on surrealist nonchalance. The director, Daniel Chong, has crafted a tale of woodland creatures fighting to save their
The Gotham Film & Media Institute and Laika Launch Animation Accelerator Program (EXCLUSIVE)
The Gotham Film & Media Institute and Laika Animation have launched an animation accelerator program which is designed to support early and mid-career animators. The Laika x Gotham Animation Accelerator aims to support animation creators in developing pitches with an emphasis
Lumière, Le Cinema!
Lumière, Le Cinema! is a new documentary film by Thierry Frémaux about Auguste & Louis Lumière and the early days of motion pictures — and includes 100+ newly restored films. It’s playing at MoMA at the end of this month; here’s their description: Witness the birth of cinema
Jesse Collins Entertainment to Produce This Year’s iHeartRadio Music Awards (EXCLUSIVE)
Jesse Collins Entertainment, the production company behind the Emmys and so many more live events, has been tapped to produce the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. This year’s event takes place at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theater on Thursday, March 26, and will air live on Fox that
Hope Davis Joins Peter Krause in NBC Drama Pilot ‘Protection’
Hope Davis has joined the NBC drama pilot “Protection,” Variety has learned. Davis is now the second cast member announced for the pilot, following the casting of Peter Krause. The project was picked up to pilot at NBC in January. The logline for the show states: “When a U.S.
Casper Van Dien and Bastiano Ferrari Join Dove Cameron in Romantic Thriller ‘Love Me Dead’ (EXCLUSIVE)
Casper Van Dien and Bastiano Ferrari have joined Josh Webber’s dark romantic thriller “Love Me Dead,” which will soon wrap principal photography in Los Angeles. Starring Dove Cameron (“Descendants”) and RJ Mitte (“Breaking Bad”), “Love Me Dead” follows a young mortician named
‘SNL’ U.K. Taps Alumni From ‘Welcome to Wrexham,’ ‘The Late Late Show’ and ‘Horrible Science’ for Writing Team
“Saturday Night Live” U.K. has set its writing team, led by head writer Jonno Johnson (“Parlement”). “The number of funny, talented writers we have got to work on “SNL” U.K. is ludicrous,” said Johnson. “Some of them have been doing this for years, some of them it’s their first
New Resident Evil Pack On Switch 2 Is A Wild Deal, But It Goes Away Soon
Get Resident Evil 7 , Village , and Requiem for just $90
Qatar says it shot down two Iranian jets, intercepted missile and drone barrage
Ballistic missiles and drones 'targeted several areas' in Qatar, according to the country's Defense Ministry, and the missiles were shot down before they reached their targets
Lenovo is going long with a foldable 12-inch handheld gaming PC concept
Not sure what's weirder: the screen size or the tiny analogue clock displayed on the controller.
Lost Rembrandt painting rediscovered after 65 years
The painting, created by the Dutch master in 1633, had disappeared after being sold in 1961.
RedOctane's 'next evolution in rhythm gaming' sure looks a lot like 2007's Rock Band
Stage Tour is expected to be out late in 2026.
Trooper kills suspect after I-495 stabbing incident
Two people were killed and three others were injured in a road-rage stabbing on I-495 in Fairfax County, Virginia, and the suspect was shot and killed by a trooper in self-defense.
‘Seed of the Sacred Fig’ Director Mohammad Rasoulof Reacts to Death of Ali Khamenei: ‘The Most Hated Figure in the Contemporary History of Iran’
Iranian auteur Mohammad Rasoulof has spoken out on the death of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed on Saturday in a combined U.S. and Israeli military strike. In a social media post that marks the first public comment by a major Iranian director on
Iranian strikes test the Gulf’s trillion-dollar AI dream
The region sold itself as a safe harbor for the world’s data. Amazon’s burning data center in the UAE has upended that pitch.
Trump Warns It’s About to Get a Whole Lot Worse in Iran
President Donald Trump is warning that “the big one” is still coming for Iran. CNN’s Jake Tapper on Monday recounted a nine-minute phone call with Trump, including a chilling message from the president for the people of Iran. “Right now we want everyone staying inside, it’s not
Saturday Night Live criticised for 'hurtful' Tourette's sketch
The condition is "not a joke", the Tourette Action charity says, as the Baftas fallout continues.
Khamenei's chosen successor could offer Trump a 'dream deal' to end the Iran war
Ali Larijani – whom Khamenei designated to assume control in the event of his death – could pitch Trump a deal that trades regime survival for the strategic gains Washington seeks, arguing that overthrowing Iran's leadership risks chaos and that there is no viable alternative
Wildfire smoke silences grassland birds in New York state
On a hazy day in June 2023, doctoral students Trifosa Simamora and Timothy Boycott noticed that the birds at their field site had gone quiet. Now in a study published in Biological Conservation, they show that the culprit was smoke from that summer's record-breaking Canadian
Satellite images show how Antarctica's vanishing sea ice is changing the food chain
Melting ice is an emblem of climate change. For sea ice, the Arctic has been grabbing most of the headlines for its truly alarming rate of decline. But recently Antarctica has followed suit.
