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The Pokémon leakers were right: the Gen 10 games are called Pokémon Wind and Pokémon Waves. The Pokémon Company confirmed the titles during a 30th anniversary stream on Pokémon Day. The games are set to hit Nintendo Switch 2 in 2027. (A Game Freak leak last October suggested Wind and Waves would be out this year with DLC to follow in 2027.)According to the Pokémon account on X, in Wind and Waves, “you’ll travel across beautiful windswept islands and a vast ocean with glittering waves that ebb and flow. You’ll also team up with Pokémon to overcome challenges and even…

Apparently for some months, if you called the Washington state version of the DMV, known as the Department of Licensing (DOL), and tried pressing 2 to interact with the phone tree in Spanish, it may have felt like some kind of Family Guy gag was playing out in real life. Instead of Spanish, the text-to-speech voice on the other end of the line spoke English with a Spanish accent. A TikTok post about this by a Washington state resident named Maya Edwards went mega viral, attracting millions of views. According to Mark Hanrahan of the Spokane CBS News affiliate KREM,…

No. 7 Florida clinched a share of the SEC title with an authoritative 111-77 win over No. 20 Arkansas on Saturday night, marking an accomplishment that even last year’s national title team never claimed. The Gators can clinch the outright league crown on Tuesday with a victory over Mississippi State or an Alabama loss to Georgia.It is Florida’s first regular season SEC title since 2014, when the program was coached by Billy Donovan. The outcome marked Florida’s biggest win ever against a ranked opponent.The Razorbacks (21-8, 11-5 SEC) entered with the nation’s No. 4 scoring offense led by star freshman…

Congressional Democrats on the Joint Economic Committee released a report this week pinpointing more than $20.9 billion in consumer losses stemming from identity theft that came out of four major breaches of data broker firms. US senator Maggie Hassan launched the investigation in August after an investigation by The Markup and CalMatters, copublished by WIRED, found that some data brokers were hiding opt-out tools from Google and other search engines.The US Department of Justice’s recent release of 3 million documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein included grand jury subpoenas to Google that shed light on how federal investigators…

Feeling disappointed by your job or job search? Two recent films might strike a chord.Park Chan-wook’s “No Other Choice” and Sam Raimi’s “Send Help” imagine what happens when workers in bad situations, whether a stagnant job market or a toxic workplace, are pushed to their limits, with murderous consequences. They offer cathartic, if violent, outlooks on the worker angst and desperation in the zeitgeist. Part dark comedy and part horror, they touch on perennial workplace anxieties but are particularly timely now.Sluggish hiring means many employees feel stuck, and many job seekers are struggling to find work. Last year, U.S. employers…

There’s a particular kind of dread that sets in when you wake up to winter weather, check the forecast, and see the words freezing rain buried in the afternoon outlook.If you live in the mountains of British Columbia as we do, you already know what that can mean: downed power lines, flickering lights, and the quiet anxiety of wondering whether today is the day the grid decides to take a break.We live where six inches of snow in a single day is just a Tuesday. We have ski hills nearby, outdoor rinks the kids love, and the kind of winters…

Saunders, who died last summer at the age of 90, is most closely associated with his home city of Oakland, but seeing his multimedia paintings in person at David Zwirner in Los Angeles is a reminder of California’s rich and prolific tradition of Black artistry.Where to see it: David Zwirner, 616 N. Western Avenue, February 24 to April 25Amity Group Exhibition: I Did It MyselfIssy Wood, ‘Go, daddy! 4’, 2025Frieze LA isn’t complete without the opportunity to see some truly cool local architecture, and that’s exactly what arts organization Amity’s curator and founder, Jed Moch, is offering with a group…

Pokémon celebrates its 30th anniversary today, and as you’d expect, Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are cranking up the nostalgia in every possible way. In addition to re-releasing the Game Boy Advance remakes of Pokémon Red and Blue on Nintendo Switch Online, they’re also selling us a Game Boy-shaped portable Pokémon jukebox.Officially titled the Pokémon Game Music Collection, the little music player is palm-sized and can be loaded up with 45 different cartridges, each featuring a different melody or sound effect from the original games’ soundtrack. The device was announced by longtime series composer Junichi Masuda during today’s anniversary Pokémon…

Feb 28, 2026, 05:53 PM ETMIAMI — If Kevin Durant ultimately decides to chase more Olympic gold, Erik Spoelstra seems interested in coaching him.Spoelstra, the Miami Heat coach who will lead the U.S. men’s basketball team at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, said Saturday he’s aware of Durant’s recent comments about the potential of playing for what would be a fifth gold medal.And the concept is clearly intriguing.”Just him saying that is incredible,” Spoelstra, an assistant on the 2024 Olympic team, said before the Heat beat Durant and the Houston Rockets 115-105. “You know, that’s the culture of USA Basketball.…

The streaming and entertainment industry just witnessed one of its most high-stakes megadeals ever, stunning industry observers. Not only is it historic in its size, but it is also predicted to disrupt Hollywood and the media business as we know it.  After years of Warner Bros. Discovery struggling under the weight of billions of dollars in debt, compounded by declining cable viewership and fierce competition from streaming platforms, the company has been considering major strategic changes, including selling its entertainment assets to one of its rivals. Several major players saw the potential in acquiring the media giant and in December,…