If you try to access Pornhub, one of the world’s biggest websites, from any of 17 US states, you’ll be blocked. Pornhub’s parent company, Aylo Holdings, has restricted access in response to a slew of laws that says Pornhub itself should be responsible for checking that every visitor is over 18. Now, the United States […]
Two spectacular stellar nurseries—the Lagoon and Trifid Nebulae—have been revealed in dazzling detail in one of the first public images from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory. Located 4,000 light-years from Earth, these distant clouds of gas and dust mark the debut of the observatory’s scientific capabilities. Released during a livestream on June 23, the images
Apple is officially working on supporting its Swift programming language on Android, the company announced earlier this week. While apps for iOS and Android are usually written in Swift and Kotlin, respectively, the iPhone maker’s attempts to support Swift on Android could offer an alternative for development of apps on Google’s operating system. Apple already
FBC: Firebreak, the new co-op shooter from Remedy Entertainment, has surpassed one million players, the studio announced Thursday. The game launched on June 17 and is available on Xbox Game Pass and PlayStation Plus Game Catalog. While members of the two subscription services would likely form the major chunk of the game’s player base, Remedy
Cats are beautiful, interesting, weird creatures. They’re also very picky. Finding cat toys that they’ll actually play with is tough, especially with the sheer oversaturation of the pet market today. Cats require a specific environment to play, scratch, and relax. Based on years of testing with our cats, these are our favorite WIRED-approved, tech-y cat
Two spacecraft have achieved a rare milestone: recreating a total solar eclipse in space. The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Proba-3 mission released the first images on June 16 from a successful test where one satellite blocked the sun’s light, allowing the other to capture the blazing outer atmosphere—the corona. Unlike fleeting eclipses on Earth, this
Jun 27, 2025 · 16 min read · 6 views Context: I am part of a group of people that push for a pan-European legal entity in Europe: EU Inc The goal of this post is to explain a) how we got so far and b) what’s still needed and c) how you can help
Xiaomi Watch S4 41mm and Xiaomi Smart Band 10 were launched at the Human x Car x Home event on Thursday. The former arrives as a compact variant of the standard Watch S4, sporting a 1.32-inch circular AMOLED screen and up to eight days of battery life. Meanwhile, the Xiaomi Smart Band 10 is the
Google released the full version of Gemma 3n, its latest open-source model in the Gemma 3 family of artificial intelligence (AI) models, on Thursday. First announced in May, the new model is designed and optimised for on-device use cases and features several new architecture-based improvements. Interestingly, the large language model (LLM) can be run locally
Mindfulness that fits your coding flow When your mind wanders while coding, simply return to breath. No tracking, no metrics, no disruption—just pure awareness in your terminal. The noticing itself is the practice. ✨ > ~/.zshrc echo “alias breathe=”zenta now”” >> ~/.zshrc echo “alias reflect=”zenta reflect”” >> ~/.zshrc source ~/.zshrc # Use instantly breath #
