Three BTS tunes — "Come Over," "Normal" and "Dynamite" — return to the same two sales charts in the U.K., with "Normal" becoming a new No. 1 on the lists. LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - MAY 25: (EDITORIAL USE ONLY) (L-R) Jungkook, V, Jin, RM, Suga, Jimin and J-Hope of BTS speak onstage performs onstage during the 52nd American Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 25, 2026 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Dead Cells developer Motion Twin has responded to acclaimed filmmaker Guillermo del Toro’s thoughts on the game — specifically, his request for a mode without respawns.
Schematic diagram of moisture tracking with WAM2layersv3 and how ρ c , τ v , and d v are calculated from the E-DRoPS data set. Credit: Geophysical Research Letters (2026). DOI: 10.1029/2026gl122565
Before rain falls, the moisture that forms it may have traveled anywhere from just a few kilometers to hundreds or even thousands of kilometers away. It usually begins as water that evaporated from oceans, lakes, forests or fields. According to a paper published in Geophysical Research Letters, rain in parts of the United States is increasingly arriving from farther away.
In his latest documentary, The American Revolution, Emmy-winning filmmaker Ken Burns argues that America’s founding conflict was not a tidy, unanimous march toward independence, but a messy, agonizing civil war defined as much by its profound contradictions as its high ideals.
Fortnite is hosting two sessions of Web Shooter hours on Saturday, Aug. 1 (or Sunday, Aug. 2 depending on your time zone). If you want to use the special Spider-Man items to web-swing around the island, this is a great time to play.
Spotify is giving users a new way to personalize their playlists with “User Notes,” a feature that lets them add their own notes to individual tracks, the company announced on Thursday.
Despite the slump, Apple and Samsung have both seen their market share go up.
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A new report from the technology analyst group Omdia claims that global smartphone sales are down six percent year on year, falling to 272 million units in 2Q26. An already stagnating market is now facing up to the reality of the ongoing memory crisis and rising component costs, with supply chain disruption set to continue for at least the remainder of 2026 (and likely a lot longer).
For years, researchers have tried to harness the "twist" of light to transmit data. This property describes how light spirals as it travels forward, and because it can be molded into a virtually infinite number of different twists, it provides a massive, promising alphabet for high-capacity communication.
The father of a teenage boy who shot and killed four people at a high school in the US state of Georgia has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for murder, manslaughter and other charges.
Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012.
Jeff has published nine novels and more than 70 short stories; his story Ringing the Changes was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories2006. In 2018, Jeff published the book Writing Without Rules: How to Write & Sell a Novel Without Guidelines, Experts, or (Occasionally) Pants. He holds a bachelor’s degree in English and previously worked in medical publishing as a production editor.
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