Starting today, UK adults will have to prove their age to access porn online. Experts warn that a global wave of age-check laws threatens to chill speech and ultimately harm children and adults alike.https://www.wired.com/story/the-age-checked-internet-has-arrived/
The White House says the show is “fourth-rate” after it showed Trump with “tiny” genitals. The controversy comes just as the FCC has greenlit Paramount’s merger with Skydance and promised to end DEI.https://www.wired.com/story/paramount-has-a-south-park-problem/
A conservative group is targeting payment processors as “a weapon” to get adult games deindexed in storefronts. Even games that have nothing to do with sex or abuse have been caught in the dragnet.https://www.wired.com/story/steam-itchio-are-pulling-porn-games-censorship/
On this episode of Uncanny Valley, we dive into the heated race between two companies to build a commercial brain-computer interface.https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-the-very-real-case-for-brain-computer-implants/
In a landmark ruling, the International Court of Justice declared that failure to act on climate change can be an “internationally wrongful act”—meaning countries could face legal consequences for harming the planet.https://www.wired.com/story/the-icj-rules-failing-to-combat-climate-could-be-a-violation-of-international-law/
Security flaws in Airportr, a door-to-door luggage checking service used by 10 airlines, let hackers access user data and even gain privileges that would have let them redirect or steal luggage.https://www.wired.com/story/luggage-service-web-bugs-exposed-travel-plans-users-diplomats-airportr/
A Chinese man with no medical training is injecting cancer patients with a toxic bleach solution; a full course of treatment runs $20,000. He’s now working to bring the unproven treatment to the US.https://www.wired.com/story/dangerous-bleach-injecting-cancer-treatment/
A promo video of the new brick-built Nintendo collaboration has some people confused as to what your $60 will buy you.https://www.wired.com/story/no-of-course-you-cant-actually-play-the-new-lego-game-boy/
A mixed bag of earnings and economic data still left the indexes at all-time highs.https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/s-p-500-nasdaq-composite-extend-record-run-f99afef2?mod=rss_markets_main
Intel shares drop premarket after chip maker says it will cut 15% of staff; more earnings due this morninghttps://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/stock-market-today-dow-sp500-nasdaq-07-25-2025?mod=rss_markets_main
Airbnb wants to become the everything app for travel, but the economics of travel experiences are tougher.https://www.wsj.com/business/hospitality/airbnb-experiences-services-2e520f2e?mod=rss_markets_main
A ‘sovereign wealth fund’ won’t fill the funding gap and may actually make the problem worse.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/a-risky-plan-for-social-security-0f238ac8?mod=rss_markets_main
The knowledge you gain by doing things yourself can pay off later in unexpected ways.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/moral-flourishing-begins-with-self-reliance-diy-morals-virtue-c39998ab?mod=rss_markets_main
Oskar Lange’s utopian—or dystopian—idea 80 years ago was to have a computer power the economy.https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-ai-market-debate-is-old-ai-oskar-lange-computer-economy-bd164079?mod=rss_markets_main
After a doping scandal upended the sport, professional cycling is pursuing dual challenges of keeping cycling honest and convincing a skeptical audience it is.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/25/tour-france-bikes-hidden-motors/
Experts say President Emmanuel Macron’s decision could pressure other European countries to follow and may lead Hamas to take a harder line in ceasefire talks.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/25/france-palestinian-state-countries-gaza-macron/
Young Kenyans continue to risk their lives in protests over corruption and police brutality. Others are being recruited as “goons” to menace the protesters.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/25/kenya-protests-gen-z-goons-police/
Starovoit’s apparent suicide suggests fundamental changes inside the Kremlin, where high-level officials caught in corruption cases were once allowed to flee the country.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/25/russia-corruption-starovoit-putin/
Christina Chapman helped North Koreans obtain remote jobs at U.S. companies under false identities, operating a “laptop farm” that funneled money to Pyongyang.https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/07/25/north-korean-remote-workers-fraud-christina-chapman/
The Southeast Asian neighbors, who share a disputed 500-mile frontier, have long fought over the sovereignty of a 1,000-year-old temple.https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/07/24/thailand-cambodia-border-conflict-explained/