Red supergiant star Betelgeuse has a new excuse for its bad behavior: an accomplice. The star, pronounced “Beetlejuice” (just like the Michael Keaton character), sits like a little devil on the shoulder of the Orion constellation about 700 light-years away in space. It has long-perplexed scientists, with some convinced it was on the brink of…
EA Sports’ sophomore return to the college gridiron is here, and after a week with College Football 26, the verdict is clear: it’s fine. Not great. Not terrible. Just… fine. A perfectly okay follow-up to last year’s triumphant yet turbulent reboot. When CFB 25 dropped, the fanfare was massive. After a decade-long hiatus and a…
The Mini is a bite-sized version of The New York Times‘ revered daily crossword. While the crossword is a lengthier experience that requires both knowledge and patience to complete, The Mini is an entirely different vibe. With only a handful of clues to answer, the daily puzzle doubles as a speed-running test for many who…
Connections: Sports Edition is a new version of the popular New York Times word game that seeks to test the knowledge of sports fans. Like the original Connections, the game is all about finding the “common threads between words.” And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier…
The Late Show may be cancelled, but Stephen Colbert is still on the air until May 2026 — and he’s not holding back. The host spends the vast majority of the monologue above talking about Donald Trump, who recently gloated about Colbert’s cancellation, and the president’s past friendship with convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein….
Givaudan on Tuesday reported half-year sales that fell slightly short of market expectations, hit by the strengthening of the Swiss franc and as growth moderated from the strong prior-year performance. Read More
Ibex Investment Holdings Ltd., formerly known as Steinhoff International, raised 26.6 billion rand ($1.5 billion) by selling its entire stake in clothing retailer Pepkor. Read More
Farfetch has filed its accounts for the year at the end of which it was acquired by Coupang and they show just how tough times were for the business. Read More
UK retail continues to campaign for the return of tax-free shopping for tourists in Britain despite a seeming lack of interest from the current government after the previous government abolished it. Read More
Decathlon UK has filed its accounts for 2024 with the business that runs the French company’s 45 UK stores and logistics ops seeing a year of “significant transformation”. Read More
