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At the Game Developers Conference on March 11, 2026, Google began rolling out Play Games Sidekick and announced Game Trials and cross-buy pricing for select titles. The Sidekick adds a landscape or vertical overlay in supported Android games with quick actions—screenshot, screen record, Do Not Disturb, streaming—and an inaugural carousel of AI-generated Game Tips “based … Read more

Lead Brent crude climbed back to about $100 a barrel after explosions struck two foreign tankers near Umm Qasr, Iraq, deepening supply fears across global markets. The International Energy Agency (IEA) announced a coordinated release of 400 million barrels from emergency reserves, yet traders remain uncertain how long the Strait of Hormuz will stay a … Read more

Raiders defensive end Maxx Crosby broke his silence on Wednesday night after a proposed trade to the Baltimore Ravens collapsed: he posted that everything happens for a reason and declared he is staying with Las Vegas. The comments follow a late 2025 shutdown by the Raiders while Crosby played through a knee injury for much … Read more

Italy rolled to a 9-1 victory over Mexico on Wednesday at Daikin Park in Houston, eliminating Mexico and ensuring the United States advances to the World Baseball Classic quarterfinals. Italy finished Pool B undefeated at 4-0, while the U.S. moves on as the pool runner-up after its 8-6 loss to Italy on Tuesday. The Americans … Read more

Republican and Democratic senators in Washington spent Wednesday sparring over how to fund the Department of Homeland Security, with negotiations stalled as the department’s partial shutdown — which began on Feb. 14 — enters its fourth week. The impasse has left many of the department’s roughly 260,000 employees working without pay and produced long security … Read more

Lead: René Redzepi, the chef who co-founded and ran Copenhagen’s Noma since 2003, announced his departure on March 11–12, 2026, after new reporting and social-media accounts detailed allegations of staff abuse from roughly 2009 to 2017. The resignation follows widespread online attention and protests that coincided with Noma’s 16-week pop-up opening in Los Angeles. Redzepi … Read more

Lead: The United States announced a plan to release 172 million barrels from its Strategic Petroleum Reserve next week, to be delivered over about 120 days, as crude prices surged above $100 a barrel on Thursday. The move follows a broader International Energy Agency decision to free 400 million barrels from member emergency stocks after … Read more

Lead: Baltimore Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said on March 11, 2026 in Owings Mills, Md., that he was “gutted” after the team backed out of a trade to acquire five-time Pro Bowl pass rusher Maxx Crosby from the Las Vegas Raiders. The deal, which would have sent two first-round picks to Las Vegas and … Read more

On March 11–12, 2026, Morgan Stanley and asset manager Cliffwater LLC restricted withdrawals from large private credit vehicles after redemption requests far exceeded those funds’ permitted windows. The moves affected Cliffwater’s $33 billion flagship private credit fund and Morgan Stanley’s North Haven Private Income Fund, which holds nearly $8 billion. Cliffwater allowed redemptions equal to … Read more

Team USA secured a place in the 2026 World Baseball Classic quarterfinals on Wednesday after Italy beat Mexico, finishing pool play that set the knockout matchups for Houston and Miami. Canada clinched Pool A by defeating Cuba 7-2, while Italy completed an undefeated 4-0 run by routing Mexico 9-1. Meanwhile, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela … Read more

Lead: At the GDC Festival of Gaming, Xbox executives disclosed the first technical outline for their next console, codenamed Project Helix. Jason Ronald, VP of Next Generation, said the system is being co-designed with AMD and targets a major jump in rendering and simulation capability. Microsoft said alpha developer hardware will begin reaching studios in … Read more

Lead Atlassian announced cuts of roughly 1,600 roles—about 10% of its workforce—on 12 March 2026 as it restructures to accelerate investment in artificial intelligence. The company also said its chief technology officer will step down at the end of March and be succeeded by two designated AI-focused leaders. Shares rose more than 4% in extended … Read more

Researchers report that a specific gut bacterium, Parabacteroides goldsteinii, increases in older mice and contributes to age-related memory decline. In experiments described in Nature, young (2-month-old) mice co-housed for one month with old (18-month-old) mice acquired older animals’ microbiomes and showed marked short-term memory loss. Introducing P. goldsteinii alone into young mice reproduced the deficit, … Read more

José Antonio Kast was inaugurated as Chile’s president on March 11, 2026, in Valparaíso, marking a decisive rightward shift in the country’s politics. Kast, a long-time far-right figure, captured a December runoff with more than 58% of the vote and succeeds leftist Gabriel Boric after a four-year term. He has framed his incoming four-year administration … Read more

Lead: In her new memoir Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!, Liza Minnelli recounts a passionate extramarital relationship with director Martin Scorsese during the mid-1970s that coincided with escalating cocaine use. The liaison unfolded while they worked on the 1977 musical New York, New York, at a time when Minnelli was married to Jack Haley … Read more