A new wave of nonfiction projects have officially gotten a boost from Sundance Institute.

The nonprofit revealed the roster of global recipients selected to receive documentary fund grants for 2026. In total, 19 filmmaker-led projects got a thumbs up to receive more than $1 million in unrestricted funding to support their process from development and production to post-production. (Four of the 19 projects are in development, 12 are in production and three are in post.) Grants are made possible by the Open Society Foundations, the John Templeton Foundation, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and Free People.

Comms app Discord is a notorious resource hog. So, news that a resource-light "Game Mode" for Discord is in the works is definitely welcome. The catch? Early sightings indicate the new mode will reduce "Discord's CPU and GPU usage while a game is running." Notably, there's no specific mention of reducing the app's memory footprint. Doh!

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The beauty of trading options is you can make money if a stock goes up, down or nothing at all. Shares of Microsoft are presenting such an opportunity right now.  

It's a less-cinematic experience that's been the highlight of many museum field trips.

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IMAX advertises itself as the "world's most immersive movie experience," but with roughly five kinds of systems using varying technological setups, it offers different levels of immersion to movie lovers depending on which IMAX-branded theater they enter.

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Sony and Nintendo need to make their current consoles last as long as possible amid soaring costs that have already prompted PS5 and Switch 2 price rises.

Cole Palmer is the "victim" of a "sick" system that is expecting too much of players, according to Professional Footballers' Association chief executive Maheta Molango.

Molango said Palmer's recent withdrawal from the England squad highlighted a match calendar that is unsustainable and has become the "survival of the fittest".

A long-running Warhammer content creator has announced the end of their YouTube channel amid Games Workshop takedowns of their 3D printing designs, and burnout from dealing with online complaints and threats.

Getting good multi-room audio doesn’t have to break the bank.

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CD Projekt Red are seeking to show "another side" of flirty bardman Dandelion

While the cover's flown off The Witcher 3 Remastered today, September 29th, the wait for the RPGs elusive extra expansion goes on until next year. I've had rather mixed feelings on the decision to extend Gerry from the River's tale beyond the execellent ending offered by the Blood and Wine DLC thus far, something that CD Projekt Red's general tight-lippedness when it comes to dicussing story details hasn't helped. They have at least now dropped some crumbs as to how the new expansion will stack up tonally compared to its peers and what it provides space for that the existing game didn't.