When Akon promised a $6 billion pan-African Wakanda on Senegal’s shores, the world tuned in. Fast forward to today: what remains isn’t a glittering tech utopia, but a half-built welcome center quietly claimed by goats and an economy that prefers francs over fantasy coins. Grand visions meet local reality—curious how many more crypto-cities will join their ranks as grazing fields?

What do you get when you mix government labs, airplane fly-bombings, and a relentless flesh-eating parasite? The world’s oddest (but strangely effective) pest control program—where billions of sterile flies are released across borders in a high-stakes game of biological brinkmanship. Curious how fly matchmaking became our frontline defense against nature’s nastier surprises? Read on for the wild details.

Imagine stepping into a music festival and, instead of grabbing some glitter, you’re handed a paintbrush and a crash course in outsmarting facial recognition. At Glastonbury’s Greenpeace tent, CV dazzle face painting became both protest and performance, blurring the line between art, privacy activism, and digital mischief. Curious what happens when camouflage goes from battleship to cheekbone? Dive in.

After a century of warnings and countless off-color jokes, Parisians can finally take a legal dip in the Seine—thanks to a €1.4 billion cleanup and a healthy dose of daring optimism. Will the restored river become the city’s new summer hotspot, or just another well-intentioned experiment? Let’s wade into the murky mix of nostalgia, skepticism, and genuine Parisian flair.

Ever wished your bed could follow you out the front door? In today’s feature, we meet the Chinese inventor who turned that idle fantasy into an actual, joystick-operated motorized bed—capable of tackling stairs and village roads while you clutch your morning coffee. Is this peak laziness or accidental genius? Either way, comfort just rolled a little closer to world-changing potential.

Ever wondered if your phone has opinions on your fashion choices? With iOS 26’s FaceTime update, your device now pauses calls mid-change, erring on the side of modesty—sometimes unexpectedly. Curious where tech draws the line on privacy (and pants)? The answer, it seems, is left to the algorithm.