One Million Chessboards is a sequel to one of the best websites ever
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 sold 1 million copies in its first three days
It’s safe to say people are loving Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 so far. The turn-based RPG — which is the debut game from French developer Sandfall — has been racking up rave reviews in the days around its release, and already soared past some big sales milestones. On Sunday morning,
The Legend of Ochi Director Isaiah Saxon on Making His $10 Million Debut Look Bigger Than Life
Making movies is hard. This is not a revelatory observation, though a film like The Legend of Ochi underlines how much most of us take the art of filmmaking for granted. There is so much impossible skill involved in creating worlds and indelible stories told within those worlds. As I
The Story Behind the One-of-One Rolex Daytona Expected to Fetch Over $1 Million at Auction
Want more insider watch coverage? Get Box + Papers, GQ’s newsletter devoted to the watch world, sent to your inbox every Friday. Sign up here to get it free. When it comes to collectible Rolex watches, there are multiple tiers. At the baseline, no watch in the catalog is more
Anta Sports Purchases Jack Wolfskin for $290 Million
Anta Sports Products Limited has acquired Jack Wolfskin, a prominent German outerwear, footwear and equipment brand, from Topgolf Callaway Brands for $290 million, the Chinese sportswear company announced Thursday. The deal is slated to be finalised by the end of the second quarter or by early third quarter of 2025.
Inside AFTD’s Hope Rising Benefit, Which Raised $1.9 Million for Frontotemporal Degeneration
Ariana DeBoseDave Kotinsky/Getty Images On April 3, 2025, over 400 guests gathered in the heart of New York City for an extraordinary night of glamour, generosity, and purpose: the ninth annual Hope Rising Benefit, hosted by the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD). The Ziegfeld Ballroom sparkled as the stars aligned—both
Fashion Traceability Platform Fairly Made Raises €15 Million
Sustainable fashion scale-up Fairly Made has raised €15 million ($16.2 million) from a group of impact-focused venture funds to accelerate its ambitions to expand globally, the company said Thursday. The Paris-based tech-based tech platform works with companies including LVMH, Balmain and SMCP to help them trace supply chains, measure their
Assassin’s Creed Shadows has reached 2 million players, Ubisoft says
Assassin’s Creed Shadows may be shaping up to be the hit Ubisoft needed. On , the Assassin’s Creed team announced that the game, which was released on Thursday, has so far drawn in two million players. Assassin’s Creed Shadows was originally slated to come out last fall, but was delayed
Stalkerware data breach potentially hits over 2 million users, including thousands of Apple devices
A popular spyware company has suffered a data breach Almost 2 million SpyX records were compromised The software monitors devices without the users knowledge or consent A widely-used consumer-grade stalkerware operation was hit by a data breach in 2024, with millions of customers potentially affected. A TechCrunch report claims the
I Just Found Out How Many Days Of Work Vanna White Actually Puts In For Her $10 Million Salary, And Da-a-ang
As the new era of Wheel of Fortune continues with Ryan Seacrest as its freshman host for the 2025 TV schedule, Vanna White is still keeping the normalcy going. She signed a new contract in 2024 after a lengthy negotiation, but it’s still been an adjustment getting used to Seacrest.
