Fortnite’s Pokémon-Like Sprites Fuel Player Surge — With 5 More Species Added This Week

Fortnite is enjoying an influx of players keen to hunt the game’s Pokémon-like Sprites — and five more species arrive this week. More than 1.2 million players were active in Fortnite’s core battle royale modes on Saturday afternoon, as the game hosted a pair of two-hour “Power Hour” events where rare Sprite spawns were significantly … Read more

Fans Have Rare ‘Privilege’ To See Lionel Messi Rewrite World Cup History

Every touch carried a sense of history. Lionel Messi scored twice against Austria on Monday to become the FIFA World Cup’s all-time leading scorer, while leading an Argentina side that looks more dangerous and connected with each match. For the first time in his career, Messi is no longer weighed down by questions about winning … Read more

World News in Brief: Pope Leo urges action on hunger, humanitarian strain deepens in Gaza, families return to Lebanon

Speaking at a time of mounting humanitarian need and shrinking resources, the Pope warned that conflict continues to drive food insecurity around the world and stressed that food security must be treated as a matter of global security. “Meeting this need not only alleviates suffering but also addresses underlying causes of geopolitical instability,” he said. … Read more

Meta Exposed Data Internally From Its Controversial Employee-Tracking Program

Meta left potentially Sensitive information collected from employee laptops accessible to anyone inside the company, according to an internal security notice seen by WIRED and three current employees familiar with the issue. The data, which was collected as part of a divisive initiative to train artificial intelligence models, is believed to include keystrokes, mouseclicks, and … Read more

What Dusty May’s Stunning Exit Means For Michigan Basketball

When the following social media post hit people’s timelines at 5:29 p.m. on April 5, the night before Michigan would appear in the national championship game against UConn, anxious Wolverines fans exhaled: “Sources:” ESPN college sports insider Pete Thamel wrote, “Dusty May has informed Michigan officials that he’s not pursuing any college basketball jobs. … May … Read more

Sanju Samson names MS Dhoni cricket’s Roger Federer, compares Virat Kohli to… | Cricket News

MS Dhoni and Virat Kohli (PTI Photo) As the tennis world gears up for another edition of Wimbledon, India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson drew interesting parallels between some of cricket’s biggest icons and modern tennis stars, while also reflecting on India’s recent World Cup successes and the challenge posed by Australia.Speaking ahead of the grass-court major, … Read more

Bethesda Chief Todd Howard Issues Marvel’s Blade Update

Bethesda Game Studios head Todd Howard has offered an update on the long-in-development Marvel’s Blade, which is based on Marvel’s vampire-slaying superhero. During an interview with Entertainment WeeklyHoward said he’d recently seen what the Deathloop team at Arkane Lyon was cooking up but couldn’t say when fans would get another update. “I’m not at liberty … Read more

World at ‘perilous moment’ as leaders warn HIV gains are at risk

At the High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDSheld every five years since 2001, speakers urged governments to recommit to ending AIDS as a public health threat by 2030 and adopt a new Political Declaration to guide the global response over the next five years. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed reflected on the extraordinary progress achieved through decades … Read more

Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak

Meta is pausing a divisive employee tracking program after an internal security issue exposed potentially sensitive data collected through the initiative to other workers. “We have carefully designed this program with privacy safeguards and while we have no indication at this time that any data was improperly accessed by Meta employees, we’re pausing it while … Read more

Tracking Every Kylian Mbappé Goal At The 2026 World Cup

Lionel Messi has already made history at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, but Kylian Mbappé is on his heels. The France star has already broken the federation’s record for the most international goals scored, and he’s within striking distance of Messi’s ever-increasing record for the most goals scored ever at the World Cup.  Will Mbappé … Read more