Author: Vidya Saras
Netflix “Steel Ball Run: JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure” is one of the most anticipated anime of 2026. It’s the seventh entry in the hugely popular, long-running series “JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure,” itself based on Hirohiko Araki’s best-selling manga of the same name and a property heavily influenced by Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Western movies. The manga has even inspired two different anime adaptations, along with an appropriately gonzo live-action “Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure” film by legendary director Takashi Miike. Part of the appeal of “Steel Ball Run” is that it takes place in a new…
By Katherine K. Chan, Reporter THE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) said inflation risks have “significantly” grown after consumer prices sharply accelerated in March amid the oil crisis. “The inflation risk environment has significantly shifted to the upside amid the ongoing conflict in the Middle East,” the central bank said in a statement released late on Tuesday. Headline inflation quickened to 4.1% in March, much faster than the central bank’s expected 3.1%-3.9% print, as oil prices soared amid the Middle East war. The March print picked up from the 2.4% in February and 1.8% a year ago, making it the…
Four years on, the provocative HBO drama is back, with Zendaya, Jacob Elordi and Sydney Sweeney all returning. Unfortunately, though, “it has become a series with very little to say”.Of all the twists you might have anticipated for Euphoria’s third and (rumoured) final season, turning Rue’s (Zendaya) story into a neo-Western – driving across a desert, walking by an actual tumbleweed, working for a boss in a cowboy hat who carries a golden gun – was probably not high on anyone’s list of guesses. That’s just one of the many turns that may make you say: “Huh? Why?”When the show…
Blockstream CEO Adam Back pushed back on concerns that quantum computing poses an imminent threat to Bitcoin’s cryptographic security, arguing that current progress in the field remains far from the level required to break real-world encryption. Speaking in an interview with Bloomberg, Back noted that much of today’s quantum research is still in its early experimental phase. He pointed to the limited capabilities of existing quantum hardware, which often lacks full error correction and has only demonstrated trivial computations. “The biggest calculation it’s performed is factoring 21 into 7 times 3,” he said, emphasizing that today’s machines remain closer to…
Luke walked beside me, one hand curled around my arm, the other tapping a gentle rhythm with his white cane. We were crossing the Taj Mahal’s grounds just after sunrise, the air already balmy and faintly perfumed. From the scattered murmur of tourists, Luke said he could sense a grand, open space around us. I described the Persian-style gardens — reflecting pools, clipped shrubs, stone walkways in perfect symmetry. Then I read aloud a sign: “Don’t make direct eye contact with monkeys.”Near the mausoleum’s entrance, the ground changed — rough sandstone yielding to cool marble, smooth beneath our feet. I…
Page transitions help create a smoother, more connected experience by avoiding abrupt page changes and making navigation feel more continuous. With Barba.js, we can intercept page navigation and load the next page in the background. This lets us replace content dynamically and animate the transition between the current page and the next one. What We’re Building In this tutorial, we’ll build a small page transition system with Barba.js, GSAP, and a few supporting utilities. We’ll start with a simple synced reveal, then gradually explore more expressive effects using WebGL, SVG morphing, overlay-based transitions, and animated pseudo-elements, all inspired by some…
A night-time view of Earth, capturing human activity of the planet through the emissions of artificial light. Derived from satellite images taken daily over the past decade, the image maps the dynamics of the human night-time activity, with golden areas experiencing brightening, purple areas featuring dimming, and white areas experiencing both.Michala Garrison / NASA Earth Observatory A new study confirms: Humanity’s night lights have brightened significantly over the past decade. And they’re doing so with increasing changeability from night to night. But skygazers have cause for hope, as a few countries have managed to buck the trend, dimming their contribution…
Ezri Konsa in action for Aston Villa against Tottenham (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) Pascal Struijk could be on his way out of Leeds United at the end of the season.The 26-year-old central defender has a contract with the Premier League club until 2027, and he could be available for a reasonable amount of money in the summer.According to a report from TEAMtalk, Aston Villa are planning to submit an offer for the Netherlands defender in the summer. Tottenham and Newcastle are lurking in the background as well, and they could look to make a move.It remains to be seen…
President Joseph Aoun, a former army chief, had ruled out using force, warning that this could exacerbate divisions and lead to violence. Reacting to the latest escalation, his government made the historic announcement that it was open to negotiate directly with Israel – the countries do not have diplomatic relations. But, Israel, so far, has ignored the offer.
Donald Trump’s two-week ceasefire with Iran brought a sense of relief to the streets of Dubai on Wednesday, its stock market soaring and thoroughfares busier than during the last six weeks of the Islamic republic’s daily missile barrages.Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the president, sought to claim that the United Arab Emirates had emerged triumphant from a war it had tried to avoid, “safeguarding sovereignty” against “brutal aggression”.But, despite hopes that the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz could ease Iran’s chokehold on oil and gas exports and halt further cycles of escalatory attacks on infrastructure, there will be wariness…