-
Comfort food season is here: Shop slow cookers, Dutch ovens and more fall cooking staples
Fox News has published a shopping roundup ahead of autumn, highlighting kitchen equipment intended to make seasonal comfort-food cooking, such as soups, roasts and baked goods, easier. The article is a promotional deals guide rather than a news report, featuring discounted cookware and appliances from well-known brands, several of which carry commercial or advertising ties…
-
Top real estate figure tells Gen Z hopefuls they should stop eating at cafes if they one day want to buy a house
Celebrity auctioneer Damien Cooley has reignited the decade-old “smashed avocado” debate, telling young Australians they spend too much on dining out and entertainment instead of saving for a first home deposit. Speaking at the Australian Financial Review Property Summit, he suggested first home buyers should consider more affordable regional areas, such as Maitland in the…
-
Brad Pitt’s New Survival Thriller Pushed Him to His Limits: “He Was Hypothermic the Whole Time”
Director David Ayer has spoken to Polygon about the gruelling production of his new film Heart of the Beast, revealing that star Brad Pitt endured near-constant hypothermia during filming. The survival thriller sees Pitt play a retired soldier stranded in the Alaskan wilderness with his ex-military dog, and the pair’s real-life struggle to cope with…
-
The “incredible” musician The Beatles wanted to join them: “Part of the band”
The article revisits how The Beatles regarded keyboardist Billy Preston as an unofficial “Fifth Beatle” during their fraught final years, when tensions within the band were running high amid business disputes following manager Brian Epstein’s death. Unlike most outsiders, Preston was welcomed into the band’s rehearsals and recording sessions, with George Harrison bringing him in…
-
Streaming from the cloud was meant to change games forever – what happened?
Cloud gaming was once billed as the future of the industry, letting players stream any game instantly without owning a console or PC, but nearly two decades on the technology still hasn’t lived up to that promise. Microsoft’s decision to impose monthly time limits of 5-15 hours on Xbox game streaming, announced last week, signals…
-
My favorite gaming earbuds got their first discount
Asus’s Cetra Open wireless earbuds, praised by The Verge for their gaming and general audio performance, have received their first-ever price cut. The open-ear design lets outside noise mix with in-game or podcast audio, a feature the reviewer favours for staying aware of their surroundings, though some gamers may prefer more isolation. The discount matters…
-
Nintendo Direct September 2026: The biggest news and trailers
Nintendo has now completed its September 2026 double-header of showcases, following Tuesday’s Zelda-focused presentation, which confirmed a 5th November release date for the Switch 2 remake of Ocarina of Time, with a roughly 45-minute Nintendo Direct on Wednesday. The Direct was a relatively low-key affair centred on Switch 2 titles due this winter, but it…
-
Will it kill off humanity? Computer scientists and politicians wrestle with risks of AI
A wave of stark warnings from computer scientists, an AI industry insider and politicians this week has intensified calls for tighter controls on the development of artificial superintelligence (ASI), technology that could surpass human capabilities. In Westminster, figures including former defence secretary Des Browne and Berkeley professor Stuart Russell compared the risks to nuclear weapons,…
-
DAU review – Ilya Krzhanovsky’s crazed Soviet inferno reaches its central character
This is a review from the Venice Film Festival of DAU, the latest instalment in Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s sprawling, controversial Soviet-era film and multimedia project, which finally puts its central figure, physicist and Nobel laureate Lev Landau, at the heart of the story. Unlike earlier spin-offs such as DAU. Natasha and DAU. Degeneration, where Landau was…