Balancing Screen Time and Wellbeing for Children: What Educators and Parents Need to Know in 2025
Children worldwide spend more hours than ever with digital devices, raising urgent questions for parents and educators about how to balance the benefits of technology with the risks to well-being. The challenge is clear: how can parents and teachers ensure…
Why Filipinos flood social media to shame ‘nepo babies’ amid US$9.5 billion scandal
The term “nepo babies” has been all over social media lately. Short for “nepotism babies,” it describes children who rise to positions of power or influence largely because of their family name. The current rage against them in the country…
Black Myth Wukong Spreads It’s Unoptimized Joy To Xbox Players
According to a Digital Foundry rundown, Black Myth: Wukong suffers greatly on the Xbox Series S. There is a severe lack of quality on the Xbox Series S, with it almost feeling like a prior-generation game with downgraded visuals and effects that…
Doechii Anounces 2025 Tour
Doechii is heading out on her biggest ever tour. The run, dubbed Live From the Swamp, kicks off in Chicago on October 14 and runs across North America before concluding in Seattle on November 10. Check out her full itinerary,…
Studio Ghibli Fest 2025
Studio Ghibli Fest is back for 2025, with a lineup of eight features from the beloved catalog of Studio Ghibli, in celebration of the historic animation house’s 40th anniversary. GKIDS and Fathom Entertainment are overjoyed to present a curated new line-up…
Japan’s Trade Negotiator Cancels Trip To America
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top trade negotiator abruptly canceled a trip to Washington aimed at issuing a joint statement on a tariffs deal with the Trump administration, as a top government spokesman urged the U.S. side to speed up implementation of the…
Hollow Knight: Team Cherry Likes Torturing It’s Fans
It’s become the new normal, unfortunately, to wait years for a follow-up to our favorite games. While the realities of modern game development mean studios are working harder than ever to meet ever-higher standards, that hasn’t stopped projects like Rockstar’s…
Alex Eala beats Arianne Hartono to open Guadalajara 125 campaign
Alex Eala defeated Arianne Hartono of the Netherlands, 6-2, 6-2, on early Wednesday (Philippine time) to commence her campaign at the Guadalajara 125 Open in Mexico. Eala, currently ranked No. 75 in the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) rankings, is the…
50 Years of Play, 50 Years of Memories: From Capital Children’s Museum to National Children’s Museum
The National Children’s Museum is celebrating its 50th anniversary. One of our favorite pastimes has always been reminiscing with visitors over fond memories made within our walls. Whether from their own childhood discovering something new at the then-named Capital Children’s…
Sony Going The Gambler’s Fallacy Method When Making Live-Service Game
By the time Sony started printing money releasing its exclusives onto PC, the company had made a name for itself delivering the biggest and best singleplayer games on the market. Its run of solo PS4 exclusives from Bloodborne to The Last of Us…
Is the Next Phase of Sex Positivity Choosing Not to Have Sex?
“She just needs a good f*,” a friend said of Charlotte, Sex and the City’s archetypical romantic. “Why is she waiting for Prince Charming?” asked another. It was 2006, and my friends and I—all 20-somethings—were huddled around a tiny laptop…
Dancing Makes You Happier
Are you a dancer? While some of us might answer an adamant “No!” to that question, we were all dancers at some point. In fact, as a three-week-old baby, you were already starting to sync up your movements to the…
A Brief History of Pie
They’re simple, they’re American and come Thanksgiving, everybody saves room for them. But the pies we know today are a fairly recent addition to a history that goes back as long as mankind has had dough to bake into a…
Why Is My Drink So Damn Weird?
I don’t know what to order anymore. When I walk into a fancy cocktail bar—I should add right away that I absolutely love fancy cocktail bars and always have—and they slide me the menu, I feel like Elmer Fudd. It…
The trends behind the historically low U.S. birth rate
This week, correspondent Jon Wertheim reported from Japan, the land of declining sons and daughters. Over the last 15 years, the East Asian country has seen its population decline, amid low birth rates and falling marriage rates. Last year, more…
Physical Media On the Rise
How many of you have experienced something like this? You get home from a long day of class or work; you boot up Netflix, and you realize your favorite show has been taken off the platform. It happened to me…
The Inner Life of Cats
Feline Functionality As anyone who has spent time with cats knows, our feline companions are mysterious—much more so than those otherfurry family members. Here John Bradshaw, author of Cat Sense (Basic Books, 2013), fields a selection of questions submitted by…
Updated Standards of Dating in 2025
Dating Standards and Sustainability My young, single clients are fed up. Their tales of dating woes sound completely exhausting. Many come to sessions traumatized after evenings gone wrong, so I try to help them change the negative core beliefs they…
Meet Gentle Monster Fusing K-Pop Excitement With Immersive Retail In Luxury Eyewear
Gentle Monster store American Dream Mall Courtesy of Gentle Monster K-pop stars have become the new darlings in luxury fashion. Blackpink power performers – Lisa, Jennie, Rosé and Jisoo – double as power ambassadors for brands like Celine, Chanel, Saint Laurent, Dior,…
Loewe Gets ‘Spirited Away’ With Its Latest Collaboration
CHARACTER STUDIES: Released to universal acclaim in 2001, “Spirited Away” has metamorphosed into a fashion collection from Loewe. Characters from the animated fantasy film by Japan’s Studio Ghibli and director Hayao Miyazaki appear on knitwear, jeans, puffer jackets, blankets, scarves and…