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Jackbox Spinning Off Fakin’ It into a Standalone Party Game
Jackbox Games is spinning off Fakin’ It, a popular social deduction mini-game from 2016’s Jackbox Party Pack 3, into a standalone title called Fakin’ It XL, due out on 12 November 2026. The move mirrors the earlier success of Trivia Murder Party as a standalone spin-off, and reflects the enduring popularity of Fakin’ It, in…
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Google halves Chrome’s update cycle to accelerate security fixes
Google is speeding up Chrome’s release schedule, moving from a four-week update cycle to a two-week one, starting with Chrome 153 on desktop, Android and iOS. The change, first promised in March, means new features, interoperability improvements and bug or security fixes will reach users roughly twice as fast as before, which matters because it…
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Display panel technology, not software, drives smart television price differences
Even the cheapest smart TVs now advertise 4K UHD resolution, HDR support and the same streaming apps as premium models, but the real differences lie beneath the surface, in the display panel and processing hardware rather than the software features. Understanding these hidden factors helps buyers decide whether spending more actually improves picture quality for…
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Lib Dem MP speaks in Commons with microphone during thyroid recovery
Liberal Democrat MP Anna Sabine used a microphone to speak in the House of Commons as she continues recovering from a nerve injury sustained during thyroid surgery earlier this year. The Frome and East Somerset MP, her party’s culture, media and sport spokesman, used the device while responding to a Government minister’s statement on online…
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Pro-Palestine activists found guilty of criminal damage after targeting Picasso masterpiece ‘Motherhood’ in National Gallery and hurling red paint on floor are spared jail
Two pro-Palestine activists have avoided jail after being convicted of criminal damage for targeting Picasso’s painting “Motherhood” at the National Gallery in London. NHS worker Jai Halai, 25, and politics student Monday-Malachi Rosenfeld, 23, both members of the group Youth Demand, covered the 125-year-old artwork with a poster of a Gazan mother and child before…
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Brit, 24, is ‘instantly paralysed’ after breaking his neck in belly flop into Turkish hotel pool as ‘wrong insurance’ leaves him with £50k bill
William Ponter, a 24-year-old electrician from Lancashire, was left “instantly paralysed” after breaking his neck while belly-flopping into a hotel pool in Turkey on 3 September, the final day of a holiday with his girlfriend, Rebecca Francey. The case highlights the severe medical and financial consequences of a split-second accident abroad, particularly when travel insurance…
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Trinity College’s elite debating society honoured an online troll who makes jokes about rape, said America deserved 9/11 and has had to deny that he electric shocked his own dog… So why are Kneecap pals with him?
Trinity College Dublin’s University Philosophical Society (“the Phil”) has named US Twitch streamer Hasan Piker an honorary patron, placing him alongside past honourees including Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Desmond Tutu, Joe Biden and Martin Scorsese. The decision has drawn criticism because of a string of controversial remarks Piker has made, including that America “deserved” the 9/11…
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Two Renoir paintings stolen from French museum ahead of London show
Two paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Portrait of Madame Colonna Romano and the unfinished Jeune Femme au Puits, were stolen from the Renoir Museum in Cagnes-sur-Mer, southern France, after thieves cut through a perimeter fence with bolt cutters and broke in overnight. The theft has puzzled commentators because Renoir’s critical standing has slipped relative to fellow…
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British Pop Mourns “The Golden Boy,” Teen Idol and 1950s Chart-Topper, Dead at 85
Craig Douglas, the British pop singer known as “the singing milkman” for his working-class beginnings on the Isle of Wight, has died at the age of 85 following a short illness. He rose to fame in the 1950s and 1960s, most notably with his 1959 UK cover of Sam Cooke’s “Only Sixteen”, which reached number…
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Pusheen’s Place launches on Apple Arcade in October
Apple has announced Pusheen’s Place, the first-ever video game based on the popular cartoon cat character, which will launch exclusively on Apple Arcade on 1 October. The game lets players collect and care for more than 100 variations of Pusheen, including Pusheenicorn and Pancake Pusheen, while decorating rooms and completing a range of minigames. It…