A modder strapped two desktop CPU coolers to a ZTE Nubia Z70 Ultra and got The Witcher 3 running locally at 1080p on the Ultra preset. That is about as literal as “turn your phone into a PC” gets. The hardware was pushed far beyond a normal handset configuration, but supported Android phones can now…
TL;DR: Unblock ePorner for free with a VPN. The best service for unblocking porn sites is ExpressVPN. More than a third of U.S. states have introduced restrictions for online adult content. After the introduction of these age verification laws, some porn sites blocked users from those locations. The same situation is now taking place in…
Demand for artificially generated smut is surging. But the quality of the visual content being created and shared—like on companion apps, where adult performers are selling their likeness to give fans a 24/7 experience, WIRED reported in March—isn’t exactly movie-level caliber. Rogue Studio, a cinematic AI-generator platform built around adult visual storytelling, is trying to…
Anthropic’s revenue continues to not only grow at an historic pace but also to accelerate. The model maker’s annualized revenue run rate — a projection of a full year’s revenue based on a recent, shorter period —surpassed $65 billion at the end of July, Bloomberg reported on Monday, up from $47 billion in May and…
Apple has opened its Maps advertising platform to businesses in the U.S. and Canada, allowing eligible companies to pay for greater visibility when customers search for nearby businesses. The platform launched Aug. 14 after Apple announced in March that Maps advertising would arrive in summer 2026. Businesses can create campaigns, choose monthly spending limits, upload…
True-crime fandom no longer wants to watch from the sidelines; it increasingly wants in on the case. Consider the recent lineup: TikTok helped pull the Menendez brothers back into the national conversation decades after their convictions. Johnny Depp and Amber Heard’s defamation trial became daily social media programming. Luigi Mangione developed an intense internet fandom…
El Niño looks to reach an intensity unprecedented in recorded history. Characterized by warmer-than-normal sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific, El Niño occurs every few years. Meteorological agencies and researchers around the world are on high alert because when the heat stored in the ocean is released into the atmosphere, it triggers a chain…
Relay, an AI-powered workflow automation tool that was launched in 2021 with the goal of becoming the new Zapier, is shutting down, and some of its staff — including its top executive — are joining Google’s Chrome team. Jacob Bank, Relay’s founder and CEO, shared a company announcement Monday that reveals the app will be…
OpenAI has rolled out Computer History, a new opt-in feature for the ChatGPT desktop app on macOS that records activity across permitted apps and websites, turning it into a searchable timeline and local memories for ChatGPT and Codex. The feature requires ChatGPT Memories to be enabled. Users can ask questions such as what they were…
Your YouTube videos are about to get a lot more views. At least, that’s what it’ll appear like on the YouTube video view count. On Monday, YouTube announced that it was changing how it counts video views on the platform. According to YouTube, starting on Aug. 24, the platform will start counting a view on…
