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White House staffers don’t appear to care all that much about the ongoing demolition of the East Wing occurring in the middle of the government shutdown.“Not affecting me at all, to be honest,” a White House aide tells WIRED. This source, who requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the press, adds they “have not thought about it” and that they’ve “probably only heard a handful of people talking about it.”President Donald Trump is moving ahead on a multihundred-million-dollar, privately funded ballroom that would supplant the East Wing, which was added onto the White House in 1902…

[00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case what the WordPress Playground is, and how it’s transforming the scope of WordPress. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast, and you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic that you’d like…

Miners have unearthed a rare, two-colored natural diamond in Botswana — and experts say it likely formed in two stages.The diamond is half pink, half colorless. It measures about 1 by 0.63 by 0.57 inches (24.3 by 16 by 14.5 millimeters) and weighs an “astounding” 37.41 carats (0.25 ounces, or 7.5 grams), according to the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), a nonprofit research center based in Carlsbad, California.The pink half probably formed first, but from what scientists know about colorful diamonds, there’s a good chance that it wasn’t always this rosy, Sally Eaton-Magaña, senior manager of diamond identification at GIA,…

Mu is not the only comedian who has tried to imitate the style of AI-generated videos, but he really nails all of the elements: The clumsy bodily movements, the spaced-out facial expressions, and the unpredictable plot development. Many viewers, me included, were shocked at how accurately he captured the essence of AI slop videos.Mu tells me that the half-dozen AI imitation videos he has filmed represent only a small part of his acting career. He has wanted to be an actor since college and spent the summer after his freshman year at Hengdian World Studios—the world’s largest film studio—looking for…

[00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress, the people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, how the Interactivity and HTML APIs are transforming the way developers work with WordPress. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast, and you can copy that URL into most podcast players. If you have a topic that you’d…

Scientists finally know how venomous snakes sink their teeth into prey thanks to a series of high-speed videos.In a new study, published Thursday (Oct. 23) in the Journal of Experimental Biology, scientists recorded various species of snakes striking fake prey, capturing footage from multiple angles and in high definition. The videos revealed three different ways that the snakes take down their dinners.Scientists have captured the moment when a venomous snake lunges for its meal in photographs and video since the early 1950s. But the strikes happen so quickly — in as little as 0.1 seconds — that older cameras weren’t…

Compare the Best Hearing AidsHow Much Do Hearing Aids Cost?AccordionItemContainerButtonHow much money should you expect to spend on a hearing aid? The answer depends primarily on whether you’re looking into over-the-counter or prescription hearing aids. Unsurprisingly, the latter is a wallet guzzler, with average costs between $2,000 to $8,000. But OTCs can ring up quite a tab in their own right, and our most highly rated devices will still run you about $800 to $2,000 a pair. So far, we haven’t found an OTC device under this $800 price that is truly effective at treating hearing loss. In most cases,…

[00:00:00] Nathan Wrigley: Welcome to the Jukebox Podcast from WP Tavern. My name is Nathan Wrigley. Jukebox is a podcast which is dedicated to all things WordPress. The people, the events, the plugins, the blocks, the themes, and in this case, why open standards matter, and how WordPress fits into an open web. If you’d like to subscribe to the podcast, you can do that by searching for WP Tavern in your podcast player of choice, or by going to wptavern.com/feed/podcast, and you can copy that URL into most podcast players. [00:00:53] Nathan Wrigley: If you have a topic that…

Days before making its closest approach to Earth for more than 1,000 years, the superbright comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) has been snapped over the Scottish Highlands, appearing to fly through a technicolor swirl of auroras that suddenly exploded into the night sky.Photographer Alan Tough took the spectacular shot in the early hours of Saturday (Oct. 18) from his backyard near the town of Elgin in northeast Scotland. He was originally planning to photograph the comet on its own when the auroras suddenly erupted, according to Spaceweather.com, which first shared the photos.The auroras were the result of a surprise geomagnetic storm,…

Other Tablets to ConsiderWe test tons of tablets every year. Here are a few others we like, just not as much as our picks above.Apple iPad Pro (M4). Photograph: Brenda StolyarApple iPad Pro (M4, 2024) for $899: Save yourself some cash and buy the 2024 iPad Pro instead of the latest model. Just make sure you actually buy it at a decent discount. There are two size options—11 or 13 inches—and both are insanely thin and light, enhanced by brilliantly bright OLED displays with 120-Hz refresh rates. They’re the only iPad models with Face ID for authentication, and sport the…