Insomniac's new PS5 exclusive Marvel's Wolverine departs from the studio's open-world Spider-Man formula, instead offering a linear action game closer to God of War and Uncharted. The story follows Logan as a reluctant member of the mercenary group Team X, alongside characters like Sabretooth and Mystique, as they investigate mutant disappearances tied to an arms dealer. Combat centers on fast, violent slashing that leans into Wolverine's healing factor and claws.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-10
A new methodology integrates multiple existing data sources—Sentinel-1 radar-based damage detection, Overture Maps building footprints, VIINA territorial control data, and UCDP fatality records—to analyze building destruction across Ukraine from March 2022 to October 2023. The approach disaggregates damage data from 10-meter pixel grids down to individual building level using over 26 million mapped footprints, mostly sourced from Microsoft's ML Building Footprints and OpenStreetMap.
nature.com
· 2026-09-09
The national average price for regular gasoline reached its highest point ever recorded for a Labor Day weekend, driven by ongoing refinery disruptions and continued instability tied to the Iran conflict. Despite the record for this specific holiday period, prices remain below the all-time high of $5.02 per gallon reached in June 2022.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-07
Diesel prices in the United States climbed to an unprecedented average of $5.85 a gallon on Friday, driven by disruptions to global fuel supplies stemming from the six-month conflict with Iran. Regular gasoline also rose, averaging $4.15 a gallon, though still below its 2022 record, according to AAA data.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-09-04
Apple TV has added a new original film called Mayday, an action-comedy set during the Cold War starring Ryan Reynolds as an American operative and Kenneth Branagh as a former KGB agent who unexpectedly helps him escape Russian territory. The film pokes fun at classic 1980s Cold War thriller tropes and has earned an 84% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-09-04
Dave Bautista shared his physical transformation two weeks into training for his upcoming portrayal of Kratos in the God of War adaptation. He indicated that this early stage of muscle-building is only the beginning, with more significant gains planned before filming.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-09-03
MIT Technology Review's latest coverage highlights two issues: digital child-safety tools that have prevented harms like suicide and predation but also caused false alarms and anxiety, with researchers proposing better alternatives. Separately, the outlet examines how agriculture's reliance on natural gas for fertilizer production has driven price volatility, worsened by the Iran conflict's impact on trade through the Strait of Hormuz.
technologyreview.com
· 2026-09-03
Porcelain insulators, long overshadowed by glass ones in the collecting hobby, have grown significantly more popular over the past decade. New books, catalogs, and increased online resources have expanded collector knowledge, while rising glass prices have made porcelain a cheaper alternative.
insulators.info
· 2026-09-01
Over his 15 years as Apple CEO, Tim Cook navigated increasingly tense relations between Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump, helping Apple avoid the worst fallout from a US-China trade war while keeping manufacturing operations in China intact. His approach included storing some Chinese user data on mainland servers starting in 2014, complying with Chinese app removal demands, and staging high-profile displays of goodwill with Trump, such as touring a Mac Pro plant together.
theverge.com
· 2026-09-01
Three sister African wild dogs were flown from Mozambique's Karingani Game Reserve to South Africa's Waterberg region as part of the Endangered Wildlife Trust's decades-long range expansion program. They'll spend weeks in a newly designed boma built specifically for the species before being fitted with tracking collars and released into the wild to help form a genetically diverse new pack.
smithsonianmag.com
· 2026-08-28
After trade talks collapsed, Canada announced tariffs of 25-50% on nearly 900 US goods, including toilet paper and tissue products, set to take effect September 8. This is retaliation for a 50% US tariff hike, and since Canada supplies $328 million worth of toilet paper to the US annually, prices are expected to climb on both sides of the border.
theguardian.com
· 2026-08-26
PlaySide Studios released a new gameplay trailer for its upcoming strategy title 'Game of Thrones: War for Westeros,' offering the most detailed look yet at the game ahead of its planned 2027 release. The footage features character likenesses drawn from HBO's television adaptation of the franchise.
gizmodo.com
· 2026-08-25
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