Starting today, Ofcom is introducing age checks to protect children accessing porn (Picture: Getty Images) Since Friday July 25, porn sites across the UK require age checks for users to access saucy video content. That means they are legally obligated to ask for your ID or even your credit rating upon logging in, landmark methods…
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‘I stepped on board the Titanic and experienced the sinking first hand’
In one section, users can walk on the deck of the Titanic (Picture: Eclipso) At the bottom of the Atlantic, a dusty leather suitcase sits on the sand as fish slowly swim by. Surrounded by mangled, corroded wreckage from the Titanic, you wouldn’t notice it unless you looked hard. It belonged to William Harbeck, a…
Our boss let us spend the day visiting porn sites in the name of research
Pornhub has committed to following the new law, while others have vowed to defy it (Picture: Shutterstock / platinumArt) It’s not often your boss asks if you could check out a few porn websites at work. Today, though, there’s a very good reason for doing so – one of the biggest changes to the way…
Asteroid bigger than the Leaning Tower of Pisa to pass Earth in days
The space rock, 2025 OW, is one of five asteroids veering towards us (Picture: Getty) If you’ve always wanted to see the Leaning Tower of Pisa, all you’ll need to do is look up next week. An asteroid roughly the size of the famous Italian landmark is currently hurtling towards Earth at 46,908 miles per hour….
We could get ‘proof of aliens by Christmas’ after ‘interstellar visitor’ flies past us
The object, officially a comet, was spotted earlier this month (Picture: Getty Images) An ‘interstellar visitor’ spotted drifting into our solar system weeks ago is either a massive dirty snowball or an alien probe. At least, this is according to a leading UFOlogist and a Harvard theoretical physicist, who believe the massive object could have been…
William and Kate share adorable new video of George, Charlotte and Louis
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Prince William and Harry’s cousin found dead ‘with gun nearby’
Rosie Roche, the granddaughter of Princess Diana’s uncle, was found on July 14 at her home in Norton (Picture: Facebook) The cousin of Prince William and Prince Harry was found dead with a shotgun near her, an inquest has heard. Rosie Roche, the granddaughter of Princess Diana’s uncle, was found on July 14 at her…
Astronomers just casually witnessed the birth of a new solar system
Astronomers have observed a solar system being formed for the first time, as hot gas condenses into solid minerals around the baby star (Picture: ESO) Astronomers have witnessed the creation of a solar system for the first time. Data captured by the ALMA telescope in Chile and the James Webb Space Telescope showed planets forming…
Mystery AI rock band with over 1,000,000 streams sparks confusion and warnings
1963 had The Beatles, and now in 2025 we get The Velvet Sundown (Picture: @thevelvetsundownband) A mysterious new band is climbing the charts on Spotify, racking up over over a million listens in just a few weeks. The Velvet Sundown sound familiar, and their songs are perfectly listenable, if not the next Sweet Jane. But…
France’s new rocket Baguette One to go where no baker has gone before
The country wants to reach the upper crust of space (Picture: Getty) If seeing a gigantic baguette flying in space is on your bucket list, do we have news for you. Well, kind of. France will soon have a new player in the space race – a rocket called Baguette One. Humankind reaching the heavens…