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13 Best Gifts for Every Traveler Should Have (2026) — Travel smarter with gifts packed by WIRED’s globe-trotting staffers.
A Life of One’s Own: A Brilliant Young Woman’s Forgotten Field Guide to the Art of Knowing What You Really Want — “I did not know that I could only get the most out of life by giving myself up to it.”
Sony makes bold claim about game ownership — Sony would like you to know that any reasonable gamer would know that purchasing a game is just licensing a game (Video Games Chronicle), not owning it. And there is truth mixed in with a bold-face…
Three things we've learnt about the UK economy from the IMF — The influential economics body has upgraded its UK growth forecast for this year, but risks remain.
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Thranpages :: How Did I Do :: SimCity 3k in 4k — SimCity 3000 is the best SimCity. Its only problem is that it doesn't run well on contemporary systems. Not to worry, here's a complete guide to a perfect game of SimCity 3000 on modern Windows:...
Writing Underwater: What Diving Taught Me About Trauma and Creativity — Waking up to a home invasion has to be one of the scariest things—opening your eyes, and there’s someone there. A stranger in the doorway. A long-haired man in a backpack, standing over your bed wi…
The Coziest Place on the Moon: Or, How to Bear Your Loneliness — On July 26, 2022, as I was living through a period of acute loneliness despite being a naturally solitary person, NASA reported that computer modeling of data from its Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter …
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‘Brothers’ Review: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson Can’t Detect Any Truth in Apple’s Limp Meta Comedy — 'Brothers,' the new Apple series based on 'a true rumor,' asks if Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson are actually brothers.
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Steven Thrasher on the Killing of Jason Arday — Though I have been mostly offline for my annual summer social media sabbatical, I watched the Jason Arday story unfold with increasing horror over the last couple of weeks. With hundreds of stories…
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Ubisoft's FOR HONOR will block SteamOS / Linux on September 10 — Ubisoft have announced that their third-person hero-based melee fighting game FOR HONOR will be blocking all SteamOS / Linux players on September 10th.
Dungeon Proof Crawler — A browser roguelike where every monster is an Algae proof. Recover Miriam's ring before sunrise.
Eight buildings with dramatic charred-timber facades — <p>For our latest roundup, we've collected buildings clad in charred timber, including a dark-hued yoga retreat and a cabin "shaped by fire". Charred timber is used in projects across the world to create a dramatic, tactile…
WhoDunnitAI — The Voice-Driven Murder Mystery — Step into the interrogation room. Interview AI suspects with your own voice, catch their lies, and accuse the killer to their face. Solve the murder at Blackwood Manor — if you can.
Dwarf Fortress creator says the industry's in shambles over AI and layoff-happy CEOs: 'Everyone I know, their bosses are slowly getting psychosis' — "They're trying to have a CEO press a button that makes a game."
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library book had a handwritten note tucked in the back: 'if you're reading this, you've already decided the ending.' spent the whole book trying to figure out what that meant. it wasn't about the plot.
Airport Simulator — The sky (and your endurance) is the limit!
Tourist's Photo Accidentally Leads to Discovery of New Flower Species — Photographers don't always realize what they've captured until much later.
Razer Barracuda V2 Pro Review: A Gaming Headset for the Office — The Razer Barracuda V2 Pro headset has a place in the office as well as at your gaming battle station.
The Angry GM | RPG Advice with Attitude — The Angry GM delivers advice to players and dungeon masters of fantasy role-playing games with humor, snark, and attitude. Game masters and players are sure to find something of use, whether they are playing AD&D, D&D 3.5, D&D 4E, 5E, Pat
Lit Hub Weekly: August 24 – 28, 2026 — “Jason was not just hounded out of academia, he was hounded out of existence.” Steven Thrasher on the killing Jason Arday. | Lit Hub Politics Long live Dolly Parton, American icon, giver of books.…
Truth, Fact, and the Patterning of Reality: Virginia Woolf on How We Come to Know the World — The great myth is that truth is an emergent property of fact, that it bubbles up from the bottom of reality once the mind attains enough fathoms of factuality. But objective reality — al
The Trump-Xi Summit Leaves Agricultural Markets Wanting More — Soybeans and LNG were notably absent from a list of goods on which China will cut import tariffs.
DualShockers - The Latest on Gaming News, In-Depth Guides & More — DualShockers is the definitive destination for video game fans. From gaming news to in-depth guides, we’ve got you covered with our expert coverage.
Indonesia to Form New Body to Oversee Land Conflicts, Reform — Indonesia will form a new body to oversee land reform and settle related conflicts in a bid to address longstanding problems that have plagued plantations, mines, farmers and indigenous communities.
34 Books You Need to Read This Fall — The weather has become untrustworthy, for determining the seasons and otherwise. As I write this introduction, the leaves remain stubbornly green, and outside my window there is torrential rain. Bu…
#725 – The Secret Life of Circuits with lcamtuf / Michał Zalewski | The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast — Michał Zalewski (lcamtuf) is a security researcher, author, electronics enthusiast, and calculator collector. He joins Chris to talk about his new book The Secret Life of Circui
Google Beam 3D meeting booths coming to co-working spaces — Google today announced the latest expansion of its 3D meeting booths, including a partnership that brings Google Beam to co-working spaces.
HowLongToBeat.com | Game Lengths, Backlogs and more! — How long are your favorite video games? HowLongToBeat has the answer. Create a backlog, submit your game times and compete with your friends!
Idol Mahjong Final Romance: A Slideshow Disguised as a Video Game — We’re back into the strip mahjong games today, here going back to 1991. Video System is a company that’s probably best known in retro-gaming circles for Aero...
Rival clubs want retrospective and future punishments for Man City — A number of Premier League clubs want Manchester City to be hit with both retrospective punishments and sanctions in the future.
Why did the Microsoft Entertainment Pack for Windows have a special sticker announcing that it also had Tetris? - The Old New Thing — A contingency plan.
Nobody Thought The Ginger Man Would Sell a Single Copy — J.P. Donleavy, called Guts by his closest friends for his fighting spirit, refused rejection. The kid from the Bronx who knew how to box and eventually became famous as the author of The Ginger Man…
Under the microscope: Ecco the Dolphin (Sega PC) — Unearthing a 31 year old Easter egg in Ecco the Dolphin
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Iran to announce new shipping route in Strait of Hormuz ‘in coming days’ — Move comes as Iran's top negotiator warns of heavier responses to new attacks after US strikes on Iranian oil tankers.
The Designer’s Constitution — A model for rethinking what makes a designer in the age of AI.
Lit Hub Daily: May 27, 2026 — Why Michael Crichton’s best novel flopped when it was adapted to film. | Lit Hub Film Mary Berman remembers the “gut-churning” experience of showing her parents her debut novel. | Lit Hub Craft Tho…
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Windows GOG DOS Games on M-series Macs • F055 — GOG is great. I bought a few old games from them: SimCity 2000, Theme Hospital, Syndicate Plus. And by old games, I mean games from my childhood that still
On Ed Park’s Personal Days, one of the best comic novels of all time. — This is the first installment of an ongoing series recommending books from what I’ll call the Funny Novel Canon. Think of it as a working syllabus for literary humorists. If there’s a f…
Fantastic Fest Unveils 2026 Lineup Headlined by ‘Resident Evil,’ ‘Carrie,’ and ‘Wild Horse Nine’ — Fantastic Fest has unveiled its 2026 lineup, including films like Zach Cregger's 'Resident Evil' and TV such as Mike Flanagan's 'Carrie.'
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Chinese Refiners Snap Up Iraqi Oil as More Supplies Exit Hormuz — Chinese refiners have snapped up Iraqi crude as more barrels exit the Persian Gulf, underscoring the resilience of oil exports from the region despite persistent threats to shipping.
Spain's De la Fuente in disbelief as Yamal continues scoring streak — Spain coach Luis de la Fuente says Lamine Yamal is on the path to becoming a legend after being left stunned by the teenager's latest goal in Saturday's 3-1 UEFA Nations League win over Czechia.
counterpoint: speedrunners are just playing broken games wrong on purpose, the actual game design was fine before someone found that one frame skip 💀
Ohio State rolls past Iowa behind big games from Sayin, Smith — Julian Sayin threw for 324 yards and three touchdowns, two to Jeremiah Smith, and No. 5 Ohio State beat No. 14 Iowa 31-14 on Saturday.
Break to Sing: Seven New Poetry Collections to Read in July — “Elegy, sing the bones to break / the cycle. The cycle: Sing to Break. Break to Sing.” –Philip B. Williams’ Lift Every Voice * This month, we see poets collaborating and conversing beyond words on …
Dwarf Fortress is getting the mother of all magic updates, extending to "the fundamental cosmological makeup of the universe" — Infamously simulation-heavy colony builder Dwarf Fortress is getting a Myth and Magic update later in 2026 that generates a sorcery system to fit your…
Apple Intelligence Coming to China in December With iOS 27.3 — Apple plans to bring Apple Intelligence to China in iOS 27.3 after two years of regulatory delays, reports Bloomberg. The launch will include basic Apple Intelligence features for things like photo editing, but Siri…
Russian strikes hit key power plant in Kyiv, Zelensky says — The Ukrainian president says the ballistic missile strikes came with "no early warning from our partners".
KALLAX STORAGEBORN, a free creation for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim™ from IKEA. — KALLAX STORAGEBORN, a free creation for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim™ that brings the storage wisdom of IKEA straight to your inventory. Download now at IKEA....
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