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The sports play world in 2026 shows huge growth and new tech tools, with the whole market set to top $125 billion. During this fast rise, known sites like betPARX and Betrivers are making the rules for legal play. While betPARX gets fans with its large $1,000 net-loss refund and special games from the real […]
The sports play world in 2026 shows huge growth and new tech tools, with the whole market set to top $125 billion. During this fast rise, known sites like betPARX and Betrivers are making the rules for legal play. While betPARX gets fans with its large $1,000 net-loss refund and special games from the real […]
Two astrophysicists at Spain’s Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias analyzed data from the James Webb Space Telescope — the most powerful telescope available — on 31 galaxies with an average redshift of 7.3 (when the universe was 700 million years old, according to the standard model). “We found that they are on average ~600 million years old old, according to the comparison with...
The search for the next cryptocurrency to cross the $1 mark has led many investors to look past the top ten rankings. While large assets like Cardano (ADA) have long dominated the conversation, their massive market caps often limit short-term growth potential. Many traders are now turning their attention toward cheap altcoins that offer higher […]
Ethereum (ETH) remains one of the strongest pillars of the crypto market, but as its market capitalization grows, the question many investors are asking is simple: where can the next outsized returns come from? While ETH continues to evolve and expand its ecosystem, smaller DeFi projects with active development and early-stage pricing are increasingly being […]
It is one of the most infectious diseases around, and can cause blindness and hearing loss – and can also be fatal. Why are cases now soaring and what can be done about it?
Saijal Ladd’s week in hospital remains a blur. The very worst days still feel like a fog, punctuated by two nightmarish memories. First, attempting to speak to a consultant to discuss if she should be rushed to ICU, but...
Bitcoin (BTC) is under pressure again, and as market sentiment cools, attention is shifting to smaller projects that are still building and still in early-stage pricing. One of the names drawing headlines during the dip is Mutuum Finance (MUTM), after notable whale inflows hit its presale while the broader market stayed shaky. Bitcoin (BTC) Drop: […]
“More than two years after the last major 9.1 release, the Vim project has announced Vim 9.2,” reports the blog Linuxiac:A big part of this update focuses on improving Vim9 Script as Vim 9.2 adds support for enums, generic functions, and tuple types. On top of that, you can now use built-in functions as methods, and class handling includes features like protected constructors with _new(). The...
Future Olympic prospects are testing a device that can give them corrective advice in real time as they hurtle into the air.
Monogamy may be held up as an ideal, but evolution has other ideas
Most of us know people in committed relationships, even lifelong marriages. And we also know stories about relationship transgressions, of partnerships tested or broken by infidelity.
As an evolutionary biologist who studies sex and relationships, I’m fascinated by these two truths. We humans make romantic commitments to each...
From flagship and budget to flipping and folding, Samsung’s Galaxy range spans the breadth of the smartphone cosmos. WIRED’s here to help you make your choice.
You can never truly empty a box. Why? Zero-point energy.
Tablets could make treatment more mainstream, with sector predicted to be worth $200bn by end of the decade
“I just felt slow: I want to be able to do anything my kids want to do and not have weight be a factor. Even a ride or a water park – things have weight limits,” says Melody Ewert, 44, from Minnesota.
Ewert has just switched from Eli Lilly’s Zepbound weekly injection to Novo Nordisk’s...
Windows laptops have never been so good, and they’re only going to get better as we move through 2026.
Beyond mistakes or nonsense, deliberately bad information being injected into AI search summaries is leading people down potentially harmful paths.
This FDA-cleared red-light helmet helps spur hair growth and is Bluetooth-enabled with a comfortable design. But don’t expect results overnight.
Bobsledders rely a lot on specialized equipment to perform well and stay safe during the “Formula 1 of ice.” Here’s a quick guide.
In Minneapolis, videos of the Alex Pretti killing undermined the federal government’s account. But an A.I. video of Brad Pitt shows the dangers ahead.
This week Apple patched iOS and macOS against what it called “an extremely sophisticated attack against specific targeted individuals.” Security Week reports that the bugs “could be exploited for information exposure, denial-of-service (DoS), arbitrary file write, privilege escalation, network traffic interception, sandbox escape, and code execution.”Tracked as CVE-2026-20700, the zero-day...
“Research published in the World Journal of Men’s Health found evidence that drugs such as Viagra and Cialis may also help with heart disease, stroke risk and diabetes,” reports the Telegraph, “as well as enlarged prostate and urinary problems.”Researchers found evidence that the same mechanism may benefit other organs, including the heart, brain, lungs and urinary system. The paper reviewed a...
“ChatGPT is getting more social,” reports PC Magazine, “with a new feature that allows you to sync your contacts to see if any of your friends are using the chatbot or any other OpenAI product…”It’s “completely optional,” [OpenAI] says. However, even if you don’t opt in, anyone with your number who syncs their contacts are giving OpenAI your digits. “OpenAI may process your phone number if...