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Business

$15 Matchmaking Pass Outearns Every New Game on Steam

CS2's $14.99 matchmaking pass holds #5 on Steam's revenue chart. Four games launched the same day by developer MUTAN show zero concurrent players each. The platform owner's own product dominates its own shelves.

Maynard Keys April 27, 2026

Health

China Mobilizes Against Alzheimer's as Cases Spiral Toward 50 Million

By 2060, nearly 50 million Chinese citizens could have dementia, with annual costs surpassing $5 trillion. Beijing's new national campaign aims to develop four original drugs — but the last homegrown Alzheimer's treatment was just pulled from the market.

Carl Sage April 27, 2026

World

Gaza Voted for the First Time Since 2006. Barely Anyone Showed Up.

Israel blocked voting materials from entering Gaza. The election commission improvised with wooden boxes and vaccination ink. In Deir al-Balah, three-quarters of eligible voters stayed home.

Von Clause April 27, 2026

Politics

Orbán Vows to Rebuild the Movement Hungary Just Buried

Viktor Orbán spent 16 years reshaping Hungarian democracy in his own image. Voters just rejected him by the largest margin in the country's post-communist history. His response: a promise to rebuild.

Von Clause April 26, 2026

World

The Man From Daraa: Syria's First War Crimes Trial Begins

Atef Najib oversaw the arrest and torture of teenagers in Daraa in 2011 — the crackdown that ignited Syria's civil war. On Sunday, he sat in a Damascus courtroom in handcuffs, the first Assad-era official to face trial inside Syria.

Von Clause April 26, 2026

World

$2.89 Trillion: Global Military Spending Hits Record as Asia Surges

Military spending across Asia and Oceania rose 8.1 percent — the fastest pace in 16 years — as US allies questioned Washington's security guarantees. The global total has climbed for 11 straight years.

Von Clause April 26, 2026

Culture

Michael Jackson's Biopic Broke Every Record by Skipping the Truth

Critics called it 'bland and barely competent.' Audiences gave it $217 million in a single weekend. The Michael Jackson biopic just rewrote the rules on what sells.

Ozzy Wild April 26, 2026

Technology

Cohere Merges With Aleph Alpha in Transatlantic Sovereign AI Push

Canada and Germany are backing a Cohere-Aleph Alpha merger to build "sovereign AI." The combined entity is valued at $20 billion. Its annual revenue: roughly $240 million.

Jonny V. Nuovo April 26, 2026

Science

Deep Under Antarctic Ice, Scientists Finally Catch the Ghost Particles They've Been Hunting

Thirteen radio pulses, buried in 208 days of noise from the South Pole, prove a detection technique that physicists have chased since 1962. The real quarry — ghostly neutrinos from the universe's most violent events — is still out there.

Carl Sage April 26, 2026

World

Israel Shatters Lebanon Ceasefire With Wave of Strikes Across the South

A ceasefire extension was two days old when Netanyahu ordered fresh strikes across southern Lebanon. Six people are dead, seven towns are under forced evacuation orders, and thousands are fleeing again.

Von Clause April 26, 2026

Business

The U.S. Mint Bought Cartel Gold and Stamped It 'American'

A New York Times investigation traced gold from Colombian cartel mines — including one on a military base — straight to the U.S. Mint, where it was melted, rebranded, and sold as domestically sourced product.

Maynard Keys April 26, 2026

Technology

The Supreme Court Will Decide if Your Phone Makes You a Suspect

Police didn't have a suspect — just a map and a warrant served on Google. The Supreme Court will decide if that's enough to search the location history of every person who happened to be nearby.

Jonny V. Nuovo April 26, 2026

World

Russia and North Korea Cement Five-Year Military Pact, Open Joint War Memorial

North Korea deployed 15,000 troops to Russia's war and lost an estimated 2,000 soldiers. This weekend, Moscow repaid the debt with a five-year defense pact and a war memorial in Pyongyang.

Von Clause April 26, 2026

Gaming

EA SPORTS FC 26 Hits Rock Bottom at 70% Off — and Players Still Aren't Happy

Seventy percent off, #7 on Steam's bestseller list, and the most positive review reads: 'ts will give me packluck.' EA's football franchise has never been this cheap — or this unpopular.

Tyler Vincere April 26, 2026

Gaming

Seven Steam Games Launched This Weekend. Three Players Showed Up.

Kawai'ian Isolation is free and has zero concurrent players. STIGMA has the best numbers of the batch — two players and a negative review. Across seven new Steam launches, three people showed up.

Tyler Vincere April 26, 2026