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Spyro 4 team tease one returning feature that is hidden in plain sight

Spyro 4 team tease one returning feature that is hidden in plain sight

Published by Daniella Wilson

You’ve already seen the news that Spyro: A Realm Beyond, the long-awaited fourth game in the series, has finally been revealed. But did you spot a subtle confirmation that a key feature is set to return? I was on the ground at Summer Game Fest in LA, which meant I was able to share some time with the Spyro 4 developers from Toys for Bob shortly after their big unveil at the Xbox Games Showcase. Naturally, with their project having only just been announced, there wasn’t a great deal more that the game’s creators could tell us, although they did talk a fair bit about the ‘flow state’ that the classic Spyro games have – that feeling when you’re running around exploring and naturally finding things to do, following your nose and enjoying the ride. The team at Toys for Bob tried to capture that same feeling of flow in the game’s flying mechanic, which is one of the major new additions they’ve brought to the fore in A Realm Beyond. But that’s not the …

Belmont Park Rebuild Nears the Finish Line as the Belmont Stakes Is a Year From Returning Home

Belmont Park Rebuild Nears the Finish Line as the Belmont Stakes Is a Year From Returning Home

Published by Sam Flores

NEW YORK (AP) — A stroll by the paddock at Belmont Park is a glimpse into the past before becoming a window into the future. The white pine tree that has stood there for more than two centuries remains. Around it, everything else is brand new. The racetrack that straddles the border of Queens and Long Island is smack in the middle of a massive $550 million reconstruction project that included knocking down the gargantuan brick grandstand and rebuilding a smaller, modern facility suited for horse racing in the 21st century. A year from now, the Belmont Stakes will return to its traditional home at Belmont Park after a three-year hiatus upstate at Saratoga Race Course to allow for the work to get done. “It’s hugely important to get it back to Belmont,” Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher said. “The opening of a new facility is something that can really give the industry a shot in the arm.” Aqueduct Racetrack will close to consolidate racing in New York to two locations after shiny new …

Returning to the fold? Some young Spaniards embrace Catholicism and can’t wait for Pope Leo’s visit

Returning to the fold? Some young Spaniards embrace Catholicism and can’t wait for Pope Leo’s visit

Published by Sam Flores

Until three years ago, Sara Cabral’s faith experience was on trend with other Southern European youth — a “Catholic but never practicing” upbringing with little relevance to her life on Spain’s Canary Islands. Then she listened to a song from a faith youth group that felt as if God were speaking to her. She joined the group, and now in addition to its weekly adoration with music sessions, Cabral is excitedly preparing to attend Pope Leo XIV ’s Mass in Gran Canaria with her friends. “You get a restlessness about an emptiness that you don’t know how to fill,” Cabral, 26, says of her embrace of Catholicism. “God is the one looking for you first, but you need to go meet him.” On trips to Spain this month and France in September, Leo will find thousands of young people like her in these traditionally Catholic but now staunchly secular countries, where historic churches are abundant and Mass attendance is sparse. Church leaders and some experts see the success of youth movements and the surge in …

Gardeners beware: slugs returning after dry weather to threaten strawberries | Gardens

Gardeners beware: slugs returning after dry weather to threaten strawberries | Gardens

Published by Jenni Sidey

Entomologists in England are expecting a surge in slugs coming out of hiding to munch the nation’s strawberry plants after weeks of sun followed by wetter weather has caused a bumper crop. The Royal Horticultural Society is bracing for a surge in inquiries from its 625,000 members, who write in with their garden gripes. Workers at the RHS have also noticed a spate of slugs in the charity’s gardens, including Wisley in Surrey. Recent hot conditions, including record-breaking heatwaves, forced slugs into hiding. But now, according to Dr Hayley Jones, the principal entomologist at the RHS, the gastropods will be re-emerging, ravenous, into the damp conditions caused by this week’s torrential rain. “We have had such a long dry spring that they are all going to pop up at once. Slugs are really good at hiding out when conditions are not ideal and then popping out,” Dr Jones said. She added: “They will be really hungry and all coming out at once into people’s gardens.” This is a bad time for a horde of hungry …

Serena Williams Is Coming Back to Tennis at 44, Returning to the Sport She Dominated for Decades

Serena Williams Is Coming Back to Tennis at 44, Returning to the Sport She Dominated for Decades

Published by Sam Flores

PARIS (AP) — Serena Williams is coming back to professional tennis at the age of 44, returning to the sport she dominated for two decades before famously “evolving” away from the daily grind of competition. First up for the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion is the doubles tournament at Queen’s Club. But Wimbledon and the U.S. Open could be next. “It seems like she’s trying to work her way up maybe to the U.S. Open, and those fans would be so ready to see her back on a singles court there,” former No. 1 Lindsay Davenport said at the French Open after the WTA Tour announced Monday that Williams has accepted a wild-card invitation to play doubles at next week’s grass-court tournament in London. Williams won seven Wimbledon titles and six at the U.S. Open before stepping away from the game in 2022. In doubles, she won six titles at Wimbledon and two at the U.S. Open — all with her older sister Venus Williams. “She’s a legend. It’s inspiring to see,” top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka …

Truck carrying returning refugees crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 22

Truck carrying returning refugees crashes in eastern Afghanistan, killing 22

Published by Sam Flores

KABUL, Afghanistan — A truck carrying Afghan refugees returning from neighboring Pakistan overturned on a highway in eastern Afghanistan on Saturday, killing at least 22 people and injuring about 36 others, most of them women and children, officials said. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The accident occurred in Laghman province on the main highway linking Kabul, the Afghan capital, with Nangarhar province, said Abdul Malik Niazai, the spokesperson for the provincial governor. He said among the dead were 10 children and five women, and the injured were taken to hospitals in Nangarhar. The provincial director of public health. Aminullah Sharif, said 22 people were killed and about 36 injured. He said the accident occurred when the truck fell into a ditch after the driver fell asleep. The passengers were among thousands of Afghans who recently returned from Pakistan, which launched a crackdown on migrants in 2023, and has since deported or pressured many to leave. Iran also intensified expulsions of Afghan migrants around the same …

Netflix viewers ‘up at midnight’ to binge-watch returning 8-part drama The Four Seasons

Netflix viewers ‘up at midnight’ to binge-watch returning 8-part drama The Four Seasons

Published by Daniella Wilson

Netflix viewers have been staying up until midnight to binge-watch the new season of The Four Seasons. Created by Tina Fey, Lang Fisher and Tracey Wigfield, the comedy-drama first landed on Netflix in May 2025 and followed three middle-aged couples who vacation together once every season. With a cast packed full of comedy royalty, including Steve Carell and Tina Fey, the series quickly became a fan favourite. © Courtesy of NetflixTina Fey as Kate and Colman Domingo as Danny After earning a 78 per cent critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes for its debut season, the new instalment follows the group as they grapple with the aftermath of Nick’s sudden death. As someone who binge-watched the first season when it premiered, I can’t wait to tune in and see how the close-knit group navigate life without their friend. With Tina Fey leading the charge both on screen and behind the scenes, viewers are bound to be laughing one minute and crying the next.  WATCH: The Four Seasons Trailer What are viewers saying about The Four Seasons …

New Moms Are Returning to Coding Jobs Radically Reshaped by AI

New Moms Are Returning to Coding Jobs Radically Reshaped by AI

Published by skeptic

As Danielle settled into the rhythms of new motherhood, her profession underwent a drastic reinvention. Danielle, who asked to use her first name to avoid damaging her job prospects, worked as a software developer at a car company in Portland, Oregon. Before she left the workforce in mid-2024, barely anybody used AI to write code; by the time she was ready to return, a year later, it had become the expectation. Once upon a time, she had been drawn to coding for the job security it offered, but AI was threatening to upend that. “The skills that I had learned—rote development skills—we are now expected to outsource to AI,” Danielle says. The world’s largest AI companies anticipate a future where pretty much everything is “vibe-coded.” In April, Mark Zuckerberg predicted that AI will write most of Meta’s code within the next 18 months. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently told WIRED he expects AI coding to become “one of these rare multitrillion-dollar markets.” The dizzying pace of change has touched software engineers across the industry. But …

Is A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder returning for season 3?

Is A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder returning for season 3?

Published by Daniella Wilson

When Connor’s brother Jamie disappears in season 2 of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Pip has no idea that the investigation she reluctantly takes on will lead her down such a dark path, uncovering a twisted revenge plot linked to a child serial killer. Fortunately, Jamie emerges physically unscathed — although he’s unlikely to ever forget what he was pulled into – but the same can’t be said for Pip. “I think she’s a bit checked out [by the end],” Emma Myers said of where we leave the amateur sleuth. “She has definitely lost hope in every single person who said they would help her. She’s had to do everything herself again, and it hasn’t turned out the way she hoped.” Myers went on to say that she relates to that aspect of Pip’s character “on a personal level as well”. “She comes easily to me – especially her dark side.” Read more: But will Pip return for another mystery in a third season of A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder? Read on for …

The lesson Southern Jews knew first

The lesson Southern Jews knew first

Published by Sam Flores

(RNS) — Every time I give out my phone number, or every time I call someone, people notice I have a 404 area code. This leads to confusion. They ask me if I live in Atlanta. I tell them I live in New Jersey, but my phone was born in Georgia — almost 25 years ago, when I moved to the state I’ve since left. My Southern area code has clung to me, like the sweat on the brow of a man in Savannah, languishing in the humidity of August. When I reflect on my rabbinical career, I realize I have spent nearly a third of it south of the Mason-Dixon Line. Yes, that includes about 10 years in South Florida — and lest you see South Florida as a mere extension of Long Island, when I moved to Miami in 1981, it still had traces of an old Southern Jewish community. I enjoyed my time in the South. I found the people gracious, the communities strong, and I did good work there. However, I …