There's something even scarier than Huggy Wuggy in the Playtime toy factory this weekend
Poppy Playtime's multiplayer prequel, Escape from Playtime, is in open beta on Steam until Sunday.
Headlines
- All
- Africa
- Asia
- Business
- Culture
- Environment
- Europe
- Gaming
- Markets
- Middle East
- Movies & TV
- Music
- Politics
- Science
- South America
- Tech
- World News
There are so many games coming out in October you guys
We're all spoiled by choice this month.
Don’t Miss Saturn in All its Glory This Weekend
And the Orionids later in the month The post Don’t Miss Saturn in All its Glory This Weekend appeared first on Nautilus .
Nike issues bleak forecast, plans to slash more jobs after sales disappoint
The weaker-than-expected forecast added to investor unease about the pace of CEO Elliott Hill's turnaround.
Bridging generations: Early findings suggest shared spaces may benefit both children and nursing home residents
It was the first day of school, and the kids at the Logan Intergenerational Family Education Center were not going to wait a second longer. Normally, the hordes of elementary schoolers would take turns chattering down the hallway to meet and visit their best friends—the
Mining fragmented microbial DNA identifies candidates for anticancer testing
Researchers have developed a practical strategy for recovering biosynthetic information from fragmented metagenomic data. Through this work, the researchers identified and prioritized promising natural-product candidates with potential antibacterial or anticancer activity.
Bolivia arrests its attorney general after U.S. accuses him of narco corruption
Authorities arrested 14 people, including four whom they said were sneaking cash out of Attorney General Roger Mariaca’s home and into an ambulance.
Small protein helps amplify cell signals from receptors targeted by many medicines
A small protein known as p11 may play a much broader role in cellular signaling than previously thought. Researchers at Karolinska institutet have now shown that p11 interacts with numerous receptors targeted by commonly used medicines, opening new possibilities for treating
Two Men Spared From Border Patrol Arrest By Upstate NY Protesters
Collective action spared two men in Oswego, New York Wednesday following a multi-hour stand-off with federal immigration agents. For seven hours, two men were trapped on the roof of a house in the central New York city as Border Patrol agents attempted to arrest them. But the
Bradley Cooper Reportedly Cast As Duke In Danny McBride’s G.I. Joe Reboot
Apparently he was sold on the part after reading the script for the upcoming action flick
Trump Is Spending Millions on America250 Repairs
The Department of the Interior is paying more than $3 million to repair grass on the National Mall that was damaged during President Trump’s poorly-attended America 250 celebrations this summer, according to The Washington Sun . “TURF REPAIR FROM A250,’ reads the contract with
Where the waters meet: Connecting global limits and river basin management
Human activity and climate change are putting growing pressure on water resources, disrupting the predictability of the water cycle and changing the availability and quality of freshwater. IIASA researchers and partners have developed a new framework for guiding water
Webb provides crash course on planet-shattering collisions
In the early history of our solar system, scientists theorize that a Mars-sized object called Theia smashed into the infant Earth, vaporizing massive amounts of rock and blasting it into space. Some of that material coalesced into the moon, where NASA's Artemis program is
Watch live: Trump takes midterm campaign push to Oklahoma
President Trump will rally supporters in Oklahoma Thursday evening as he ramps up his midterm campaign push with Election Day just more than a month away. The event marks a rare presidential visit to a reservation and kicks off a monthlong campaign blitz for Trump through red
Commentary: China opens door to 100,000 American students. The US must do more to get them there
If Americans head to China for educational exchanges, their experience and expertise could benefit more than the US, says Kevin Chen from the S Rajaratnam School of International Studies.
We Demand More Information on How Marin Cops Illegally Shared Flock ALPR Data
The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is the latest California law enforcement agency to get caught sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data from their Flock Safety system with out-of-state and federal agencies. EFF and the ACLU of Northern California are calling them out
Pentagon sending more than 4,000 Marines, sailors to Middle East as buildup ramps up
The Pentagon is sending more than 4,000 Marines and sailors aboard three warships to the Middle East as the Navy buildup ramps up in the U.S. Central Command (Centcom) theater. The USS Makin Island, a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, the flagship vessel of the amphibious
Commentary: What happens when Chinese AI goes rogue?
Using China as the boogeyman is no longer a convincing excuse for inaction on AI regulations by US lawmakers, says Catherine Thorbecke for Bloomberg Opinion.
FBI arrests Energy Department employee accused of attempting to support Houthis
The FBI arrested a Department of Energy (DOE) employee Thursday at the Hanford, Wash., nuclear site under suspicion of trying to aid the Iranian-backed Houthi terrorist group in Yemen, according to the Justice Department. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy, 51, of Richland, Wash., was
GOP lawmaker: Nixon was 'couped out of office,' 'framed' during Watergate
Rep. Riley Moore (R-W.Va.) said Thursday that former President Nixon was “absolutely couped out of office” and added that he was “framed” during the infamous Watergate scandal. “We now know more about the deep state and its power and ability to literally change things at the
A 58-Year-Old Adopted Man Just Met His Biological Father: Michael McDonald
“When he first saw me, he put his arms out, gave me a big old bear hug,” Goessling said of meeting his Grammy-winning musician dad
Venom Frontman Conrad ‘Cronos’ Lant Dies at 63
Conrad “Cronos” Lant, the frontman for the legendary Northern British heavy metal band Venom, has died, according to a post on the band’s social media sites and the Guardian. No cause of death was cited; he was 63. “For more than four decades, Conrad’s voice, bass and vision
Witcher 3 Remastered Makes ‘Various Lighting Adjustments’ With A Fix For Bloom On The Way
The RPG has been working through some launch week wrinkles
Chris Brown Housekeeper Accepts Reduced $9.5 Million Award for Dog Mauling
A jury awarded Maria Avila $12.9 million, but the judge found it wasn't supported by the evidence and gave her a choice between the lower amount or a new trial
US bans Chinese data center gear as Beijing grounds its AI talent
The artificial intelligence (AI) race between the United States and China has accelerated in model protection, supply chains and talent controls, even as the two nations’ leaders agreed last week to open a new dialogue on AI safety. A string of moves announced or uncovered this
New method generates nearly indistinguishable photons for quantum communication
Working in close collaboration, researchers from Paderborn University, the University of Basel and Ruhr University Bochum have made a breakthrough in quantum communication. In their recently published paper in the journal Physical Review Letters, they demonstrate how special
Artisans turn old São Paulo subway construction uniforms into backpacks
Corporate uniforms, advertising banners and industrial technical fabrics almost always end up in landfills at the end of their "life cycles," even when they are still in good condition. To address this issue, Ciclou, a startup based in São Paulo, Brazil, has developed a system
Yosemite toad killer may be hiding in their own homes
UCLA biologists have found the hiding place of a silent killer stalking threatened Yosemite toads: their own burrows. The Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) fungus decimating amphibian populations around the world has long been thought to live in and infect the toads through
Israeli Media Say No Netanyahu Haftar Meeting Took Place as Libya Unity Talks Advance
Israeli media outlets, including i24news.tv reported, citing Israeli sources, that the alleged meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lieutenant General Saddam Haftar in Abu Dhabi did not take place, following media reports linking Haftar’s presence in
All active Aniimo codes list
Aniimo codes get you free Glimmer to spend in the in-game shop and some helpful level-up mats, too. These are all the active Aniimo codes
Masters of Albion, Peter Molyneux's final game, just got a huge update and, [vigorous, lips-pursed nodding of approval], suddenly the old god game magic is back
And there's a tantalising, titan-sized teaser included, too
Trump defies Democrats, diverts aid for Europe to Latin America instead
The diverted funds include tens of millions of dollars Congress approved for countries impacted by the war in Ukraine.
AI method predicts retention times of small molecules more reliably
Whether in drug discovery, environmental analysis or metabolomics: anyone analyzing complex biological samples often needs to identify the small molecules they contain. Researchers at Friedrich Schiller University Jena, in collaboration with partners from the Helmholtz Zentrum
Challengers Approach: Third Party App Stores Arrive to Google Play
If you are an Android user, you may have noticed it already: Google has begun allowing rival, third-party app stores to be distributed through the Google Play Store. And if you are a developer, you may have noticed new options for billing and distributing your apps. For years,
The Memo: Tennessee debacle revives bitter debate over death penalty
The death penalty is back center stage in national politics in the most macabre of circumstances. Christa Pike, 50, who admits to the gruesome 1995 murder of classmate Colleen Slemmer, is in critical condition in the hospital after Tennessee’s attempt to execute her Wednesday
Viewer impatience may explain why ads lasting ten seconds or less outperform longer spots
A research team led by professor Inyoung Chae of Sungkyunkwan University (SKKU), together with professor Beth L. Fossen of Indiana University and professor Philip Kim of Texas Christian University in the United States, has demonstrated that ultrashort "micro ads" lasting 10
The 2025 Kamchatka tsunami kept the Pacific ringing for more than ten hours. Its rhythm could help tsunami warnings
On July 29, 2025, at 23:24 Universal Time, a long stretch of seafloor off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula was thrust upward. The magnitude 8.8 earthquake was the largest on Earth since the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, and within minutes a
If Ace Combat's too pricey, this excellent indie alternative is on sale for just $12.50
And it's got better out-of-the-box HOTAS and VR support, too.
Republicans hit crunch time on data centers
{beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story GOP wrestles with data center backlash weeks ahead of midterms Republicans are growing increasingly worried that data centers are a liability in the midterms, as concerns over higher power bills tied to the facilities turn into a
Global pollination analysis reveals climate explains specialized partnerships better than latitude
An international study led by researchers from Charles University in Prague (CUNI) and the Biology Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences (BC CAS) has mapped how closely flowering plants and their pollinators depend on each other.
One story about my first 30 minutes in this post-apocalyptic robot game led multiple people to buy it
Radiosol released on Steam this week.
Fall 2026 Steam Sale Features So Many Great Games For $15 Or Less
Valve's annual sales event is back and offering up big deals on games like XCOM 2 , Minecraft Dungeons , Grand Theft Auto V , and Total War: Warhammer
'Open world fatigue' is one reason indie RPG Entropy is borrowing from the classics: 'PS1, PS2, GameCube games really never outstayed their welcome'
Except Drakengard.
Danish military admits flaws in report about 2025 drone incursions
In a revised report of the incident at Skrydstrup air base released Thursday, the military admitted that their account might have been mistaken.
Salivary gland mini-organs grown from pluripotent stem cells offer potential path to treating severe dry mouth
Extreme dry mouth, caused by radiation used to treat cancer and by autoimmune diseases such as Sjögren's disease, radically affects quality of life for sufferers. It can hamper speaking, swallowing and eating, and for years has seemed an intractable problem.
How Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave Connects to Three Houses
Fire Emblem Fortune's Weave is a Three Houses prequel, and it's filled with lore details and connections to Three Houses' story
Engineer brings 'surgineering' mindset to future of medicine
Farshid Alambeigi refers to one of his most ambitious research efforts as "the sci-fi project." The idea lives up to the name. He is developing robotic technology that could one day help manufacture living tissue—potentially even functioning organs—for transplantation.
The best multi day hikes in the world. “As an avid hiker,...
The best multi day hikes in the world . “As an avid hiker, who spends most of her time hiking, I have done more than 100 multi day hikes all over the world. This list includes 25 of my favorite ones.”
Live updates: Trump stumps in Texas, Oklahoma
President Trump is in Denton, Texas, to tour the Peterbilt Motors factory on Thursday afternoon, set to deliver remarks about manufacturing and his economic agenda. He will then attend a rally in Durant, Okla., to urge voters to cast their ballots for Republicans. It's the
Democratic Ads Misleadingly Connect Susan Collins to Epstein
In the Maine Senate race, ads from a Democratic super PAC misleadingly claim Republican Sen. Susan Collins cast a vote to "cover up the Epstein files" and received "$3 million to her super PAC" from "Jeffrey Epstein's business partner." The post Democratic Ads Misleadingly