WP Engine Partners With BigCommerce To Scale WordPress Stores

WP Engine announced Commerce Connect, a partnership with BigCommerce that enables ecommerce stores to scale to the next level without any downtime or changes to SEO. Most importantly, Commerce Connect is not about replacing platforms but enabling a safe way to modernize and grow to the next level while preserving everything about the brand.

The biggest D&D news and announcements from Gen Con 2026

Dungeons & Dragons has officially cemented Gen Con as the premiere event during which Wizards of the Coast will announce each upcoming year’s slate of TTRPG content. During Thursday night’s D&D Vision Keynote 2027 panel hosted by Baldur’s Gate 3’s Theo Solomon, D&D designers and leadership talked about new releases for the game, including updates on new books, digital tools, video games, and collaborations for the next year and more.

Pacific Ocean pattern helps explain diverging wildfire trends in US and Australia

Pacific Ocean
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Two of the world's most fire-prone regions have followed strikingly different wildfire trajectories despite both experiencing a warming climate. Burned forest area has surged across the U.S. Southwest, while eastern Australia has not seen the same increase.

The busiest week in tennis? The one full of weddings - ESPN

Jul 30, 2026, 08:00 AM ET

Asia Muhammad didn't need to figure out a wedding date when her now-husband James Cross proposed to her last August.

While there were many -- many -- other details to figure out in the months ahead, picking a day was not among them. Knowing they wanted to get married in their home base of Vancouver, British Columbia, in the warmer-weather months narrowed their options down to exactly one week.

You Can Watch The Solar Eclipse With An Astronaut On These Cruises

A total solar eclipse over water and mountains

A total solar eclipse darkens the sky above the ocean. Several cruise lines are positioning ships in the path of totality for the August 12, 2026, eclipse, with astronauts and other spaceflight experts aboard.

The Warriors are standing pat as the Curry era reaches another crossroads - ESPN

WAITING AT A traffic signal on the Las Vegas Strip in the dead heat of summer league, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr noticed someone filming him from the rear window of an adjacent car. Kerr rolled down his window to say hello. They asked about the team's ongoing pursuit of LeBron James.

'I Don't Know How We'd Tackle That' — Spider-Man Star Tom Holland Wants Symbiote Suit That's as Good as the Games

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Tom Holland thinks that Marvel's Spider-Man 2 game did the symbiote suit so well that he's unsure if they could pull it off in live-action.

Rural runoff funnels hurricane floodwater toward coastal cities, model finds

How water flows toward cities during hurricanes
Multi-scale E3SM framework captures inundation distribution across different landscapes. (a) The simulated maximum inundation depth for the entire Delaware River basin, and (b)–(d) for three subregions (SRs) of upstream reservoir (SR1), densely residential area (SR2), and coastal wetland (SR3), respectively. Credit: Geophysical Research Letters (2026). DOI: 10.1029/2026gl122550

Coastal cities are at increasing risk of compound flooding events, such as when heavy rainfall and storm surges occur simultaneously during hurricanes. However, the processes that contribute to urban compound flooding aren't well understood at smaller scales.

‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Sets Rotten Tomatoes Audience Record For Holland’s Spidey Films

Tom Holland in "Spider-Man Brand New Day."

Tom Holland in "Spider-Man Brand New Day."

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While Tom Holland’s Spider-Man: Brand New Day has the lowest critics’ score for the actor’s Spider-Man films on Rotten Tomatoes, the site’s users feel otherwise.

‘The Magic Faraway Tree’ Team on Bringing a 1940s Family Adventure Into the Modern Era

In Vertical’s upcoming The Magic Faraway Tree, Enid Blyton’s 1940s children’s novels get a modern makeover, and one that director Ben Gregor, as well as stars Andrew Garfield and Claire Foy, say brings the author’s messages around adventure and family to a modern audience.