2026

Dramatic 'boiling sea' and eruption clips of Anak Krakatau are spreading again. Some are real and current, some are recycled. Here's how to tell, and where to get the real status.

The 'we're giving away Bitcoin' posts are back in everyone's feed again. This is the machine that keeps producing them, and why X can't seem to shut it off.

Photos of packed Bellagio docks are all over the internet, and Lake Como's towns are pushing back with new rules. Here's when to go and how to dodge the worst crowds.

The dappled forest is the prettiest biome in Minecraft's Wilderness Bound update and the hardest to find. Here's the fast way with cheats and the survival way without.

The crowds and the rally proved people want the Academy saved. With days left before it closes, the real question is whether that's still possible, and how.

A viral post called Steam's goodwill something you 'can't even argue.' On the consumer side, mostly true. On the developer side, there's a jury getting ready to argue it.

A week after Wilderness Bound went live, the player verdict is in and it's split: the building blocks are a hit, but the new forest and the missing mob are not.

Displaced orangutans and slow lorises are the images that go viral. The fire behind them is a bigger, repeat story with causes that are well understood.

The Academy of Natural Sciences museum is closing, but scientists are focused on something else: the 19 million specimens behind the scenes, and where they go now.

The old 'China is impossible for tourists' complaints are half out of date. Foreign cards now work on Alipay and WeChat. The real friction moved to getting online.