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Forget Amalfi and Mykonos. Dalmatia is the Mediterranean’s crown jewel
There is a stretch of Croatian coastline about 200 miles long where you can sail crystal-clear water in the morning, eat grilled fish caught the same day for lunch, hike a mountain with Adriatic views in the afternoon, and end the night in a Roman palace that people have been living inside for 1,700 years.…
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Martina McBride drops out of Freedom 250 concert in DC: ‘Turned out to be misleading’
Country star Martina McBride has dropped out of the Freedom 250 concert series one day after it was announced, claiming the event celebrating America’s 250th birthday was “misleading.” The singer revealed Thursday that she would no longer appear at the President Trump-affiliated Freedom 250 Presents: The Great American State Fair, the free 16-day festival set…
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Artists Withdraw From Semiquincentennial Concerts
Young MC performs on the Northlights Stage on day 3 of K-Days in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on June 25, 2023. —Ron Palmer—SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images Just days after the officially nonpartisan nonprofit organizing group Freedom 250 announced a “first wave” of performers for the U.S. Semiquincentennial concert series in Washington, D.C., more than half of the…
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‘Freedom 250’ dealt crippling blow as headliner latest to quit Trump-linked festival
President Donald Trump’s planned celebration of the nation’s 250th birthday was dealt a crippling blow as the headliner of a planned concert became the latest to pull out. Country star Martina McBride scrapped plans to lead the Great American State Fair, claiming she agreed to perform without knowing the MAGA links to the massive event…
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Streamers Like Clavicular Are Humiliating OnlyFans Girls For Clout
Adult film star Willow Ryder didn’t immediately recognize the man who entered the Miami party she was at earlier this month, but she knew he wasn’t part of the sex work industry. He had an entourage and what appeared to be a hulking bodyguard. Her friends told her it was Clavicular, aka Braden Peters, a…
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Jealousy Is Not a Moral Failure
—MirageC—Getty Images Jealousy may be the most condemned emotion in modern life. We treat it as evidence of insecurity, bitterness, or emotional immaturity—something evolved adults should rise above. But jealousy is not a moral failure. More often, it is information: a painful but clarifying signal about what we long for, what we fear losing, and…
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GoRuck GR1 Review: Great For Travel, Rucking, the Gym, and More
As we get out of the house, the gear-obsessed WIRED Reviews team is writing about our favorite bags and EDCs. Today, reviewer Scott Gilbertson raves about his GoRuck backpack. You can also check out other Bag Check stories where WIRED writers share their carryall of choice. GoRuck’s US-made GR1 is the best backpack I’ve ever…
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AI drones are changing warfare — but they’re easy to sabotage, and a Brooklyn engineer wants to change that
AI-powered drones are vulnerable to jamming, but a Brooklyn engineer has a fix. Brian Streem, CEO of Vermeer, developed a Visual Positioning System for drone navigation. Streem’s tech is already deployed in Ukraine, aiming to save the Department of War a fortune. As the wars in Iran and Ukraine grind on, billions of dollars are…
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This idiocracy is turning America’s pride into a global disgrace
Almost 250 years ago, our Founding Fathers survived a brutal war and established a new nation where all could live free from the oppression of the King of England. We take time every July 4th to remember what the early settlers lived through to create a new nation conceived in liberty, dedicated to the proposition…
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Rescuers work to drain flooded Laos cave to free 5 villagers and search for 2 still missing
Rescuers working at a flooded cave in Laos said Friday that they were trying to drain water out to help extricate five villagers who have been trapped for more than a week. An overnight rainstorm has complicated their efforts, they said. Meanwhile, searching continues for two more people who still haven’t been located. The villagers had reportedly…