Although the next generation of consoles is right around the corner, the high prices of components, and thus gaming hardware, mean anticipation for the PlayStation 6 and Xbox Project Helix is at an all-time low. At this point, it's not even certain if the new consoles will indeed launch by the end of 2027, as Sony CEO Hiroki Totoki made some interesting, and somewhat foreboding, statements not only about the PlayStation 6 , but also about how the company's business has to change
The Sinking City 2 review
An improved sequel that doubles down on the basics.
2 men charged with attempted murder in stabbing near Broadview and Danforth
Two men are facing attempted murder charges in relation to a near-fatal stabbing in the Danforth and Broadview avenues area, Toronto police announced on Monday.
Emergency crews were called to the area on Tuesday, August 11, 2026 after a passerby found an injured man lying on the ground and called 9-1-1.
The victim was rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, but survived.
Investigators later learned that he was approached by two suspects he knew, and one of them allegedly stabbed
Trump threatens to bomb US ally Oman if it 'gets in the way' over Iran issue
President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Oman - a US ally - if it "gets in the way" of his administration's own talks with Iran, Fox News reports.
The US and Oman have separately been negotiating with Tehran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway that is vital to the global economy. It has been largely closed for nearly six months during the US-Iran war.
A reporter for Fox said the US president made the threat to Oman while using an expletive during a phone interview.
TV Station in a Fight to Retrieve Its Archive After Cloud Company Went Bust
A local TV station is in a messy situation after the cloud company it was using to store 70 years’ worth of archival material vanished.
Gizmodo reports that Nine PBS in St. Louis had a rolling annual contract with Open Source Storage (OSS), a cloud storage provider, but when the station went to renew the deal earlier this year, OSS didn’t respond.
On the day the contract expired, Nine PBS suddenly lost access to its data without any warning. That’s when staff there realized
Struggle
Struggle
Qian Julie Wang, a graduate of Yale Law School, wrote a moving memoir of her moving from China to Mei Guo as an illegal immigrant at the age of seven. The direct translation of the Chinese word for America gives clue to the memoir's title Beautiful Country .
If you guess the theme is Qian's harrowing hardship of poverty in America, you could not be further from the truth. Her parents used to be university professors in home town, but ended up working in sweatshops and freezing sushi processing
Opatra London distances itself from Hong Kong firm over deceptive sales allegations
UK-based beauty chain Opatra London has distanced itself from a Hong Kong distributor accused of using “deceptive sales practices”, even after the local branch said it offered to refund about a quarter of a HK$60,000 (US$7,650) shopping bill on skincare products.
The company said on Monday night that it deeply regretted if any customers had a “distressing experience associated with our brand”, and revealed it had initiated an independent review of the local distributor.
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Pregnant woman among 3 killed in suspected gang shooting in Spain
Three people have been shot dead in a suspected revenge attack linked to the drug trade in southwestern Spain, the authorities in the Andalusia region said on Monday.
The three victims were a pregnant woman in her eighth month of pregnancy, a 62-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy. The unborn child also did not survive, the authorities said, adding that two other people were injured in the attack.
According to official statements, the attack took place in Isla Cristina, a town
When Is The PS6 Coming Out? Even Sony Doesn’t Know The Answer Yet
Scheduling is happening amid an unprecedented cost crisis for gaming
Astronomers may have discovered a new kind of object called a black hole star
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What we know so far: NASA's James Webb Space Telescope has identified a bright red object from the early universe that may be a black hole hidden inside an enormous shell of gas. The object is roughly the size of the solar system but produces more energy than any known star. Researchers say its unusual properties point to a black hole surrounded by an extended gas envelope – a proposed new type of object they call