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Ryan Seacrest skipped Swift and Kelce wedding over Disney July hosting clash
Ryan Seacrest was one of the few notable Hollywood figures absent from Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding, but not because he was left off the guest list. On his radio show On Air With Ryan Seacrest, the host revealed he had been invited and initially RSVP’d “yes”, only to withdraw after Disney hired him…
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Appa is a gorgeous, surreal card game about grieving siblings where every move your opponent makes can be reacted to
Rock Paper Shotgun has previewed Appa, an upcoming narrative-driven card battler in which two siblings grapple with the death of their father. The article matters as an early spotlight on a game the writer praises for a distinctive visual style that they feel is rare in the digital card genre, blending point-and-click-style pixel art animation,…
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Woman walking her dog allegedly had food thrown at her before being assaulted as police launch CCTV appeal
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Passengers stuck on American Airlines aircraft for three hours after landing
Hundreds of American Airlines passengers were left stranded on their aircraft for up to three hours after landing at Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) in North Carolina early on Tuesday. Nine flights were affected, with travellers describing an uncomfortable ordeal on a hot runway and complaining that they were given little explanation for the lengthy delays.…
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Bombardier raped woman on morning of her birthday, court martial hears
A court martial at Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire has heard that Bombardier Michael Murley raped a fellow soldier on the morning of her birthday after she repeatedly told him “no”. Prosecutors allege that Murley pinned the woman down and told her “I would have finished by now if you just let me do it”,…
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U2 gatecrash a family’s flat in their latest music video
U2 have released the music video for “Street of Dreams”, the first single from a forthcoming album, and its filming took an unplanned turn when the band ended up commandeering a Mexico City family’s flat. While shooting in Plaza Santo Domingo earlier this year, thunder and rain knocked out the generator powering the production, prompting…
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The Mound: Omens of Cthulhu revives Left 4 Dead formula from Zeno Clash creators
Rock Paper Shotgun previews The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu, a Lovecraftian extraction game from Chilean studio Ace Team, the developers behind Zeno Clash, The Eternal Cylinder and Clash: Artefacts of Chaos. Set in the 17th century, it casts four crucifix-wielding, musket-armed Spanish explorers who venture into a monster-filled jungle in search of loot, with the…
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Age of Umbra: Sallowlands trailer revealed by Critical Role
Critical Role has revealed the trailer for Age of Umbra: Sallowlands, its latest tabletop role-playing miniseries, exclusively to Polygon. The gothic, horror-tinged series continues the previous Age of Umbra storyline and uses the Daggerheart system, marking another notable release from the popular actual-play company ahead of its debut. The miniseries follows five adventurers — Sister,…
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Anthropic brings its Claude cowork agent to mobile phones
Anthropic has announced that Claude Cowork, its AI agent for carrying out digital tasks, is expanding beyond the desktop app to run on smartphones and web browsers without requiring an active desktop session. The change matters because it removes the need for users to leave a laptop open to keep the agent running, allowing scheduled…