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There’s new Godzilla toys and figures on a regular basis, and the latest is based on the King of the Monsters’ smash hit, Godzilla Minus One. Bandai recently unveiled the Odo Island Monster figure for its SH MonsterArts line, which takes inspiration from the king during his opening rampage at the start of the 2023 film. With involvement from Yuji Sakai, a sculptor and modeler who helped design Yamata no Orochi for Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon and has modeled or designed on a Godzilla movie since Godzilla vs. Destroyah, the 4.72-inch figure “faithfully recreates the distinctive forward-leaning posture, large head, and slender torso and legs, with proportions closer…

Does everything feel like too much these days? Get When Life Sucks: 21 Days of Laughs and Light for free when you join the Tiny Buddha list. “Meditation is a way of being, not a technique.” ~Jon Kabat-Zinn I didn’t think I was someone who “couldn’t meditate.” I had read the books. I understood the benefits. I knew, intellectually, that sitting with my breath was supposed to help me feel calmer, more present, more myself. And yet every time I tried, something inside me tightened. My mind raced. My body felt exposed. Stillness didn’t feel peaceful—it felt like being left…

Can anyone topple Michigan? That’s the theme of the 2026 Big Ten Tournament after Dusty May’s Wolverines ran roughshod through the Big Ten slate. Michigan became the first team since 1975-76 Indiana to win every single road game in conference play. It’s an absurdly impressive accomplishment, and the big, bad Wolverines will waltz into the Windy City as the unquestioned favorite to add a Big Ten Tournament title to its long list of accomplishments.But none of the narrative stuff matters in this single-elimination bracket. The top seed has won the Big Ten Tournament just twice in the last nine years,…

When Ring founder and CEO Jamie Siminoff decided to use the company’s first-ever Super Bowl commercial to introduce Search Party — an AI-powered feature that uses Ring camera footage to help find lost dogs — he expected Americans to love it. Instead, the TV spot set off a firestorm. In fact, practically since the moment it aired in February, Siminoff has been making the rounds on CNN, NBC, and in the pages of the New York Times, explaining that his critics fundamentally misunderstand what Ring is building. He sat down with TechCrunch a few days ago to make his case…

BEIJING, CHINA – NOVEMBER 6: Women wearing Qing Dynasty-style costumes take photos inside the Forbidden City on November 6, 2025, in Beijing, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News China’s consumer inflation recorded the biggest jump in more than three years, as an extended holiday bolstered spending while deflation in factory-gate prices moderated. The consumer price index rose 1.3% in February from a year earlier, China’s National Bureau of Statistics data showed Monday, beating economists’ forecasts for a 0.8% increase in a Reuters poll. The increase, following a 0.2% rise in January, marked the strongest rebound since January 2023, according…

While music streaming apps like Bandcamp, Spotify and Deezer have taken steps to inform users about AI-generated content, we haven’t heard much out of Apple Music in that regard. However, Apple Music has now introduced “Transparency Tags” designed to show listeners if any elements were generated in whole or part by AI. The catch is that Apple is leaving it up to labels and distributors to create those tags, according to an Apple newsletter to industry partners seen by Music Business Worldwide..”Proper tagging of content is the first step in giving the music industry the data and tools needed to…

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Chris Ashby made 10 3-pointers and scored 34 points to lead Queens University to a men’s NCAA tournament berth in its first year of eligibility with a 98-93 overtime win over Central Arkansas in the Atlantic Sun tournament despite allowing 49 points to Camren Hunter.The third-seeded Royals (21-13) of Charlotte, North Carolina, survived a late second-half collapse Sunday and Hunter’s heroics to reach the NCAA tournament in their fourth season of Division I play.Queens University players celebrate their Atlantic Sun tournament title and a NCAA tournament berth in the school’s first year eligible and fourth season of…

Nothing has announced its latest premium midrange device, the Phone 4a Pro. The company says it’s the thinnest full-metal phone on the market, measuring in at 7.95mm. It also looks notably different from the prior A-series phones – and pretty much any of the company’s phones to date.It features an aluminum unibody while retaining Nothing’s retro-clear hardware design touches, with a clear, redesigned camera unit. Yes, the aggressively protruding circular camera unit of the Phone 3a Pro is gone, replaced with an oblong housing that houses the triple-camera array and a tweaked Glyph Matrix, similar to what debuted on last…

Every modern TV comes with some kind of smart interface, but a lot of users will opt to plug in a seperate streamer anyway for their preferred experience. If you were going to reach for a Roku anyway, you might check out the brand’s first-party screen offering, the Roku Pro Series QLED. The 55-inch model is currently on sale for $690 from Amazon, a $110 markdown from the usual price, with discounts available on the 65-inch and 75-inch versions as well.RokuPro Series QLED TV (2025)Just because it’s made by a streaming company doesn’t mean they cut corners. This mini-LED, QLED-powered…

ORLANDO, Fla. — Akshay Bhatia rode an Arnold Palmer-like Sunday charge for a breakthrough win at a tournament The King turned into one of the PGA Tour’s premiere events.Riding the energy of the galleries at Bay Hill Club & Lodge, Bhatia rebounded from a shaky opening nine and capitalized on late-round stumble by 54-hole leader Daniel Berger to prevail Sunday during a sudden-death playoff.AdvertisementTo win, Bhatia overcame swirling emotions to summon the best golf of his young career to apply pressure on Berger, who finally cracked down the stretch and opened the door.Bhatia eventually parred No. 18 for the second…