Predator: Badlands Beats Box Office Expectations — But Media Spins a Modest Start Into a Blockbuster Story

The movie opened with around $40 million in North America and $40 million overseas, for a total of $80 million worldwide. While this is the biggest opening weekend the Predator series has ever seen, it’s important to remember that’s not adjusted for inflation. When you factor in inflation, the 2004 film Alien vs. Predator still brought in more viewers.

Renowned physicist reveals real reason 3I/ATLAS lost its tail — and it’s not aliens

TopMob has been monitoring the ongoing discussion surrounding 3I/ATLAS, an interstellar object that’s sparked a lot of theories. Previous reports detailed claims that the object might have sent signals to Earth, and that NASA’s slow release of images led to speculation about aliens. There were even suggestions that a UN-supported system for protecting Earth from threats had focused on this object, worried about its potentially advanced, extraterrestrial origins.

Where Winds Meet Preps for Global Launch With New Action-Packed Overview Trailer

Where Winds Meet is a new open-world game set in ancient China during a turbulent period of history. Players start as unknowns and must forge their own path to become legends, facing dangerous enemies along the way. The game features a wide variety of weapons, martial arts styles, and special abilities, all within a vast and lively world full of things to do.

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The Elder Scrolls 6 “Still a Long Way Off”, Says Todd Howard

I just read an interview with Howard in GQ, and he said that The Elder Scrolls 6 is still quite a ways from being released. It doesn’t have a subtitle like Morrowind or Skyrim yet, but he did say it’s what Bethesda is working on every day, which is good to hear! It’s not coming tomorrow, but it’s definitely in development.

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The Hidden Carbon Footprint of AI

Sustainability isn't achieved through incremental steps, but through a tiered system of rigorous checkpoints—G-TRACE indicators assessing carbon output, lifecycle impact, and regional energy factors—that either propel systems forward or demand further optimization before advancing toward true climate stewardship.

As generative AI scales, the energy demands of running these models are quickly surpassing those of training, creating a significant and often overlooked climate impact.