Joseph Cooper

A licence-verification failure took down Xbox sign-ins, the store and game launches for more than eleven hours, throwing error 0x87e107df at players trying to start titles they had already paid for. Microsoft says services are restored. It was the second Xbox outage in days, and some players are asking for compensation.

'Avengers: Doomsday' took $16.5 million in advance sales on day one — from roughly 1,000 premium screens, double what 'Deadpool & Wolverine' managed across every format. The reason those screens carry a new 'Infinity Vision' badge is that 'Dune: Part 3' opens the same day and has IMAX locked for three weeks.

Headlines are telling Costco shoppers they could be owed money. Most of them are not. The settlement covers people who were Washington State residents when they received a Costco marketing email between June 2021 and July 2026. No receipts required, but you have to file — and there is only one legitimate place to do it.

Fall clothes hit shop floors in mid-July. Actual fall arrives around October. That six-to-ten week gap is the hardest stretch of the year to dress for — and the reason most August purchases get worn twice. A guide to buying for the season you're actually in.

A vehicle drove into people in Tiergarten park on Saturday night, near the route of Berlin's Christopher Street Day celebrations, before crashing into a tree. Police called off the parade and a concert, and are searching for a suspect. They say they do not yet know the motive.

A former president appeared in a recorded video on Barstool Sports' flagship podcast to congratulate a personality on winning a joke award for the third straight year. The bit is funny. The venue is the story.

Marvel has not recast Chadwick Boseman's T'Challa. It has aged up the boy revealed in the final scene of 'Wakanda Forever' — and cast David Jonsson to play him. Coogler returns to direct, with Letitia Wright and Denzel Washington also aboard.

Brasília blocked a trip planned for July 27-30 by assistant secretary Riley Barnes and deputy assistant secretary Samuel Samson. Brazilian officials called it election interference. The State Department says the visit was routine and that any suggestion of a plot is 'a baseless lie.'

Amorim takes charge of Milan for the first time at Celtic Park, replacing the sacked Massimiliano Allegri. His lineup is a 3-4-2-1 built around young players, with Nkunku and Estupiñán left in Italy. Kick-off 3 p.m. BST.

A preliminary hearing in Los Angeles is deciding whether the singer, David Anthony Burke, stands trial for the murder of the 14-year-old. He has pleaded not guilty to all charges. This week detectives described phone records, DNA evidence and a 2024 welfare check.

Roughly 70 million people are under heat advisories, with temperatures above 100 degrees from Dallas to North Dakota. The number that actually predicts harm isn't the afternoon high — it's how little the temperature falls overnight.

Cory Barlog gave the first mainline God of War not starring Kratos a date at Comic-Con: February 16, 2027, on PS5. He also confirmed a second game already in development starring Kratos, connecting directly to Laufey's story — which tells you something about the risk Sony knows it is taking.

The next Ridgeline is coming within two years with what Honda calls a more rugged design, built in Alabama. The detail buyers should register: production of the current truck pauses later this year, meaning a stretch with no new Ridgelines on lots.

Nigeria's naira firmed to around ₦1,368 at the official window on July 24 while the parallel market sat near ₦1,415 — a gap far narrower than in past years. Reuters-polled traders still expect the naira, Ghana's cedi and Uganda's shilling to weaken, with Middle East fighting pushing crude higher.

The first teaser debuted at Comic-Con with Callum Turner as Case and Briana Middleton as Molly. Ten episodes, starting January 22, 2027. William Gibson's 1984 novel invented the word cyberspace and has defeated every previous attempt to adapt it.

Boston gets an infielder having a genuine power breakout with four years of control left. Washington gets a 24-year-old starter controlled through 2031 — who is currently on the injured list with elbow inflammation, and who their president of baseball operations drafted himself.

Kevin Feige announced the 2028 film at Comic-Con with Gosling and director Shawn Levy on stage. The two are already making 'Star Wars: Starfighter' together, and that is where Gosling started pitching his take on Johnny Blaze.

Santos lost their Apertura opener and sit 13th. Atlas won theirs and sit 3rd. The bookmakers can barely separate them — Santos +155, Atlas +170, draw +230 — which is about right for two sides who have played one match each.

Lucasfilm Publishing's Comic-Con panel laid out eleven titles running from September through spring 2027, timed around the 50th anniversary of 'A New Hope.' Highlights: a Rebecca Roanhorse 'Andor' prequel sequel, Luke and Leia training together after 'Jedi,' and a three-perspective retelling of the original film.

Josh Greenbaum's comedy landed on Apple TV+ with no theatrical run, a stacked bench — Ed Harris, Mary Steenburgen, Patton Oswalt, Chloe Fineman, plus McEnroe and Roddick as themselves — and a premise that anyone who has been near a community court will recognize immediately.

Party delegates chose the former state Senate president at a convention in Bangor — an unusual route to a nomination, made necessary when Graham Platner withdrew this month. Democrats need four seats for control, and they have targeted Collins before without success.

Waymo will launch its own app in both cities in January 2028, ending three years of routing those markets solely through Uber. Uber has cited unsustainable economics and safety incidents it says Waymo was not forthcoming about. The FT reports Waymo is weighing a full exit.

Jonquel Jones finished a rebound shy of a triple-double and took MVP at the United Center. For Golden State, the night belonged to Gabby Williams — the first player in Valkyries history to start a WNBA All-Star Game.

An online campaign accusing FIFA of favoring Argentina and Lionel Messi closed with more than 23 million signatures, one of the most-signed petitions ever recorded. It carries no legal or sporting weight — and the officiating in the final Argentina lost to Spain cut mostly the other way.