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Before the United States was a country, it was a rebellion: against kings, taxes, and the general idea that someone far away has the right to tell you what to do. In that very foundational sense, there’s nothing more American than opting out, and this map is your field guide to the U.S.’s most creative acts of noncompliance. From California’s Slab City to Amish Country in the Midwest, this is the other America. Not the majority version, but an equally American one. It exists not despite its residents having opted out of the mainstream, but because they have.

1. The Amish

Opting Out of Modernity

Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana

Seeking balance between God and the world. Nearly 50% of the residents of Holmes County, Ohio, are Amish, which means that large parts of the county look as if the 20th century never happened. Horse-drawn buggies clippety-clop past cornfields that have never seen a tractor. There is no Wi-Fi, no TV, no electricity. Bread is baked by hand. Barns are raised by hand, too.

The Amish, an Anabaptist sect that keeps God close by refusing the conveniences of modern life, constitute America’s largest-scale experiment in opting out of modern society — and judging by the numbers, it’s a successful one. In 1900, an estimated 5,000 Amish lived in the U.S. Thanks to high birth rates, an average of six children per woman, the population surpassed 400,000 in 2025. More than 60% reside in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and Indiana, but Amish settlements have sprung up across 29 other states, including as far afield as New Mexico.

The Amish don’t just ignore progress; they negotiate with it.

The keys to the Amish community’s separation and, arguably, its success are the Ordnung and Gelassenheit . The Ordnung is an unwritten set of rules particular to each congregation. Some Amish, for instance, use tractors, but not rubber tires. Some allow telephones, but not in the house. Gelassenheit translates to “submission” — to the will of God as expressed in the Ordnung .

As these examples show, the Amish don’t just ignore progress; they negotiate with it. Each new technology is evaluated: Will it strengthen the community or weaken it? Will it make members more dependent on others or less? The ban on electricity, for example, is not so much about power as about the grid that would tie Amish households to the outside world. Many Amish have accepted solar panels as they can provide electricity without a grid connection.

The Amish are not unaware of the world beyond their communities. Many young adults purposely explore it during a period called Rumspringa (“jumping around”), but around 80% decide to commit to the Amish lifestyle afterward — enough to keep the community’s population doubling every 20 years or so.

2. National Radio Quiet Zone

Opting Out of Electromagnetic Radiation

Parts of Maryland, Virginia, & West Virginia

Where your phone goes to die. Your phone won’t get any signal in the central part of the National Radio Quiet Zone (NRQZ), and that’s by design. Established in 1958 by the Federal Communications Commission, the NRQZ restricts electromagnetic emissions in a giant rectangle covering 13,000 square miles of Appalachia straddling Virginia, West Virginia, and Maryland. Today, it is one of the few radio-quiet places in the world.

The NRQZ is home to the Green Bank Observatory (GBO) , the world’s largest steerable radio telescope. It’s designed to pick up signals so faint they carry less energy than a single snowflake touching the ground, and scientists use it to detect pulsars, map hydrogen clouds, and search for extraterrestrial intelligence. Also in the NRQZ: Sugar Grove, the location of a National Security Agency (NSA) communications station. Same principle, except these giant antennae are used to capture terrestrial intelligence.

Visitors often describe local life as slower, more social, and more in tune with nature.

For these über-sensitive ears to do their job, the rest of us need to be really quiet when it comes to electromagnetic radiation. Since it would be impossible to ban all modern electronics across such a large part of the country, the NRQZ has been divided into five concentric enforcement zones that grow progressively stricter the closer they are to the GBO and Sugar Grove Station. In Zone 5, the NRQZ’s outermost region, cellphone towers and other fixed transmitters are subject to stricter rules than elsewhere. By the time you reach Zones 1 and 2, which include the GBO and Sugar Grove Station themselves, all unauthorized radiation is strictly forbidden. That means no cellphones, fitness trackers, or even gasoline-powered vehicles (spark plugs generate miniature electromagnetic pulses).

Limited access to modern electromagnetic technology has obvious drawbacks, but there are benefits to living in the NRQZ as well: Visitors often describe local life as slower, more social, and more in tune with nature. People who believe they suffer from electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) are also drawn to the area. EHS is not recognized as a medical condition — its symptoms are believed to be psychosomatic manifestations of technoskepticism — but the NRQZ can offer EHS sufferers relief from headaches, fatigue, nausea, tingling skin, and other symptoms.

3. Sanctuary Cities

Opting Out of Immigration Enforcement

Hundreds of cities across the U.S.

Civic disobedience grounded in a religious exception. In ancient Greece, if you touched the altar of Athena, the goddess offered you asylum (Greek for “non-seizure”), meaning you were protected against immediate violence or arrest. With Christianity, churches and abbeys took over this role. In medieval London, the writ of the king did not apply to Whitefriars, a former monastery that had retained its “liberty,” making it a notoriously unruly haven for debtors, prostitutes, and criminals. It was nicknamed “Alsatia,” after the then-lawless region on the border of Germany and France.

America’s sanctuary cities — places where local authorities limit cooperation with federal immigration enforcement — also trace their lineage to religious spaces, specifically the churches that offered asylum to refugees from Central America’s civil wars in the early 1980s. The idea then crossed over from religious to civic authorities. In 1985, San Francisco passed a “City of Refuge” resolution that prohibited the use of city funds and resources to assist federal immigration authorities.

Sanctuary cities exercise one form of governmental power to limit another.

While “sanctuary city” lacks an official definition, more than 1,000 jurisdictions across the U.S. have some form of sanctuary policy. The Department of Justice’s list of sanctuary jurisdictions includes 12 states (plus the District of Columbia), four counties, and 18 cities, including Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Boston, Seattle, and, of course, San Francisco.

The constitutional argument for refusing to offer city-level support for federal efforts to enforce immigration laws, including the deployment of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), is actually rather elegant. It cites the 10th Amendment, which reserves powers not explicitly delegated to the federal government for the states and the people. It also builds on the anti-commandeering doctrine, confirmed by the Supreme Court in Printz v. United States (1997), which prevents the federal government from conscripting local law enforcement into federal programs. In this reading, sanctuary cities are not rebels; they’re constitutionalists sticking to the letter of the law.

Unsurprisingly, that’s not how the Federales see it. The Trump administration threatened to withhold federal funding from sanctuary cities and has conducted large-scale ICE operations in sanctuary jurisdictions, most notably Minneapolis in 2025 and 2026. By opting out of federal demands on immigration enforcement, sanctuary cities are exercising one form of governmental power to limit another form of governmental power. It’s the federalist tradition weaponized against the federal government: ironic, paradoxical, and as American as apple pie.

4. Slab City

Opting Out of Government Regulation

Imperial County, California

Welcome to utopia (but bring your own water). Slab City has been called “the last free place in America.” If true, then freedom is not for the faint of heart. Located in the Sonoran Desert, the unincorporated community technically belongs to California, but the state is an absentee landlord. Any government presence is fleeting, and regulations are not enforced. Slab City has no utilities, no zoning ordinances, and, depending on whom you ask, no past and no future — just an eternal, Sun-baked present.

The community takes its name from the concrete slabs left behind when the Marines abandoned Camp Dunlap in 1956. The base fell into California’s lap, but after it failed to find a new purpose for the site, a procession of social misfits marched into the administrative vacuum — the marginal, the bankrupt, the retired, the addicted, the artistic, and the free.

Slab City’s population ebbs and flows with the seasons. In the winter, when the heat is bearable, up to 4,000 people call it home. In the summer, when temperatures regularly exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit, the population dwindles to a few hundred hardcore residents.

Slab City is a great American experiment: part refuge, part art project, part survival challenge.

Today, it is a semi-anarchic, off-the-grid community where locals can find freedom — most notably from the costs of traditional housing. In a country where many people spend more than 30% of their income on housing, Slab City offers a place to live without paying for the privilege. The land and air are free, though the water will cost you.

Even with all the restrictions that their particular brand of freedom imposes, “Slabbers,” as they are called, have built a vibrant community. There is a library. There are churches. Notable landmarks include Salvation Mountain, a monument to Christian folk art that has been called both a national treasure and a health hazard (the paint contains lead), and East Jesus, an evolving art installation consisting of found objects, recycled technology, and philosophical graffiti.

Despite the government’s absence, Slab City is a genuine community. Despite the absence of laws, it is not an amoral place. Paradoxically, it embraces both mutual aid and a live-and-let-live ethos. Slab City is a great American experiment: part refuge, part art project, part survival challenge. It shows true freedom is still available if you’re prepared to suffer a few hardships — and bring your own water.

5. Sudbury Valley School

Opting Out of Traditional Education

Framingham, Massachusetts

The school without a curriculum, classes, or grades. In 1968, French students tore up the streets of Paris to throw cobblestones at the police. That same year, another educational revolution — not as headline-grabbing, but arguably more durable — took place in Framingham, Massachusetts: the opening of the Sudbury Valley School.

The school is radically different from most educational institutions. It has no curriculum, no compulsory classes, and no grades. Teachers are hired on an annually renewable basis by the School Meeting, a democratic assembly in which every staff member and student — ages four through 19 — has a vote. A recipe for chaos and disaster? Hardly. All these years later, not only is the school still going, but the Sudbury Model has inspired more than 40 other schools in Europe, Israel, Japan, Australia, and elsewhere in the U.S.

At a Sudbury school, students do anything they want and nothing they don’t.

The Sudbury Model is based on a radical reading of developmental psychology and democratic theory: Children are natural learners, so give them the freedom and resources to pursue their curiosity. The idea is that they will enjoy learning and, essentially, educate themselves. This stands in contrast to traditional schooling, which, from the Sudbury perspective, is compliance training rather than education.

So, what does a Sudbury education look like? The short answer: Students do anything they want and nothing they don’t. They can play video games, bake cakes, build things, talk, read, or do calculus. Staff supports them in their pursuits. The bet is that “just playing” will nurture an inspired curiosity that is more self-sustaining than compulsory learning.

The Sudbury Model is designed to produce graduates who are highly adaptable to change — a trait the schools argue is essential for the 21st-century economy. So, does it work?

Sudbury schools contend that their graduates generally integrate well into traditional higher education and diverse professional fields, and graduates often report that their self-directed background helped them be adaptable and confident in their post-education careers.

Since Sudbury Model schools tend to lack traditional accreditation, complications can arise with some college applications. Nevertheless, the Sudbury Valley School persists year after year in welcoming children who, by traditional metrics, are doing absolutely nothing, but seem, by every other measure, to be doing entirely fine.

6. ERCOT

Opting Out of the Power Grid

Texas

Why texas powerlines don’t cross state lines. In most of the U.S., electricity flows across state lines. But not Texas. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) manages the power supply for roughly 90% of the state. The system is so deliberately isolated from its neighbors that it has only a handful of connections to the Eastern Interconnection and the Western Interconnection, the two massive grids that power the rest of the continental U.S.

So, is ERCOT a modern expression of Texans’ smoldering secessionist tendencies? Perhaps, but the more proximate explanation is that Texas utility companies want to avoid oversight by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and the most straightforward way to do that is to keep power lines from crossing state lines. That allows Texan power company executives — resourceful, independent, and, one imagines, wearing 10-gallon hats — to decide among themselves how to regulate (or not regulate) energy infrastructure.

The system that protects Texas from federal regulation also makes it an energy island.

For decades, this looked like a win for Texas. The Lone Star State had a deregulated energy market, low electricity prices, and a grid powered largely by the state’s own oil and gas, with its burgeoning wind farms increasingly in the mix. (Texas produces more wind power than any other state.)

But when things go wrong in Texas, they go wrong on a Texan scale. In February 2021, Storm Uri brought a prolonged cold spell to the state. Temperatures fell to record lows, freezing gas wells and unwinterized wind turbines. Millions of households lost power, and hundreds of people died. The grid was on the brink of total failure. ERCOT’s own post-mortem analysis found it came within five minutes of a catastrophic statewide blackout that could have lasted for months.

After the crisis, several high-profile politicians found fault with the wind turbines (some of which had kept operating), while praising the gas infrastructure (which had failed substantially). Seven of 12 ERCOT board members resigned , but the fundamental issue — the state’s grid independence — was not addressed. The system that protects Texas from federal regulation continues to prevent it from importing relief when necessary. The state is an energy island. Whether the cost of that isolation is being mitigated by the weatherization regulation passed after the previous crisis will become apparent during the next one.

7. Trust Industry

Opting Out of Taxation

South Dakota

Recreating Switzerland in a prairie state. South Dakota. Known for the Black Hills, brutal winters, and … its finance industry? In certain circles, it is. While the state is home to fewer than a million people, it is the legal domicile of around $800 billion (and, by some accounts, up to $1 trillion) in assets held in trusts. How did the Mount Rushmore State end up being the Switzerland of the prairies?

The story starts in 1981, with Citibank desperate to escape New York’s usury laws, which capped the interest rate it could charge on credit cards. Seeing an opportunity, South Dakota abolished its usury ceiling and convinced Citibank to move its credit card operations to Sioux Falls. The move brought jobs and growth. Having discovered the power of regulatory vacuums, the state legislature kept going.

South Dakota has broken no federal laws — it has merely benefited from the holes between them.

In 1983, South Dakota abolished its rule against perpetuities, the ancient legal doctrine preventing families from locking wealth in a trust forever. South Dakota became home to an abundance of “dynasty trusts,” as they came to be known. These trusts shelter assets from taxes not just for one generation, but for all future generations.

Over time, ancillary financial services sprang up in Sioux Falls and Pierre, the twin hubs of South Dakota’s trust industry: asset protection trusts, shielding wealth from creditors; directed trusts, separating investment from administration; quiet trusts, requiring no notice to beneficiaries; and more. As a result, many of the wealthiest families in the U.S. and beyond (South Dakota’s trusts are available for foreign citizens) have parked their fortunes in the state, where they are guarded by structures so complex that even Smaug couldn’t sniff them out.

South Dakota’s fiscal opt-out offers such strong asset protection to out-of-state and foreign individuals and entities that it can shield them from exposure to their local jurisdiction’s taxes and regulations. No doubt many of the fortunes parked in its trusts are the result of honest hard work, but investigative journalists have pointed out that some of the money comes from convicted fraudsters, relatives of autocrats, and other less-than-salubrious clients. South Dakota has broken no federal laws, though — it has merely benefited from the holes between them.

8. Mackinac Island

Opting Out of Automobiles

Mackinac Island, Michigan

The horse-powered tourist destination. In the narrow straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, just east of the bridge connecting Michigan’s two peninsulas, sits Mackinac Island, a picturesque and peculiar tourist destination that smells of fudge and horse manure. The former is due to tourists. The latter goes back to the city leaders’ decision to ban the automobile in 1898. The interdiction remains in effect to this day, so the main source of horsepower on Mackinac Island is actual horses.

The U.S. is arguably the most car-oriented country on Earth. Its cities, economy, and culture are built around the personal vehicle and the freedom it promises. Mackinac Island is one of just a handful of places — including half a dozen smaller islands on the eastern seaboard and an isolated village deep within the Grand Canyon — that have opted out of America’s car culture.

America can sustain two opposing realities simultaneously — especially if both can be monetized.

In truth, it never opted in . The ban, passed because a visiting motor vehicle spooked the local horses, was in place 15 years before the first Ford Model T rolled off an assembly line. In the century-plus since, Mackinac Island has adapted its pre-automotive ways to modern times. The island’s 500 permanent residents and the tourists who invade it every summer travel by foot, bike, and horse-drawn carriage. Cargo is transported by dray, a two-wheeled horse-drawn cart. Most of the emergency services get around on horseback, although they do have a few motorized vehicles, including an ambulance.

In peak season, the island’s transportation needs are met by around 500 horses, and collectively, they produce a lot of horse manure — somewhere between three and four tons daily — which is hauled by barge to the mainland. In the summer, Mackinac Island also produces around 10,000 pounds of fudge every day. The local specialty is sold all along Main Street, hence the unique blend of aromas on the island — it’s part stable, part candy shop, and wholly a relic of the 19th century.

Mackinac Island is the conceptual antipode to Detroit, the Motor City, further south in the same state. But the American system can sustain two opposing realities simultaneously — especially if both can be monetized. With its pleasing Victorian-era architecture, unique horse-drawn transportation, and copious amounts of delicious fudge, the island without cars has been a highly lucrative tourist destination for more than a century. Today, even the smell of its horse manure, once ubiquitous, can be thought of as quaint and charming.

9. Quartzsite

Opting Out of Fixed Homes

Quartzsite, Arizona

A temporary capital for America’s nomads. It sounds like a contradiction. By definition, nomads don’t have a fixed abode, and by extension, they can’t have a capital city. The town of Quartzsite, Arizona, defies that logic by being two different places in two different seasons. In the summer, it’s a sleepy village with a permanent population of about 2,500 and declining. But in the winter, thousands of itinerant Americans in RVs, vans, converted school buses, trailer-pulled homes, and other live-in vehicles that defy categorization flock to the speck in the Sonoran Desert.

How many arrive is hard to say, because Americans of the “I live where I park” persuasion don’t like being counted. Estimates range from 150,000 to 250,000 — the latter figure would make Quartzsite one of the 10 largest cities in Arizona.

Quartzsite has been a winter gathering place for America’s nomads since the 1960s, when people discovered that the Southwest desert is the cheapest part of the country to wait out the cold season. The early Quartzsite scene was dominated by conventional retirees, who traded the freezing temperatures of a Michigan winter for the Arizona sunshine.

Motivations for life on the road balance between social rebellion and outright poverty.

That started changing in the 2010s, and in the post-pandemic years, members of the van-life movement have flocked to Quartzsite. Driven by a mix of Instagram aesthetics and economic necessity, the movement consists mainly of millennials and Gen Zers who have done the math on rent and concluded that living on the road in a converted cargo van is more achievable and satisfying than struggling to get by in traditional society.

The Oscar-winning movie Nomadland (2020) captures Quartzsite on the cusp of change, with motivations for life on the road balancing between social rebellion and outright poverty. Van life may offer an adventurous alternative to mortgages and landlords, but life on the road has its own considerable drawbacks. Opting out of residential stability also means saying goodbye to the kind of civic participation that requires a fixed address. Registering to vote becomes more difficult, as does accessing government services and establishing the local ties that most social support systems assume. America’s nomads gain freedom and mobility; they lose roots and services.

Quartzsite is a good example of the difficulty of navigating those trade-offs. The small town’s infrastructure is hardly adequate for its seasonal invasion — water supply is a persistent problem. Nevertheless, people reliably converge on the town every winter. If housing costs continue to rise, the number of nomads in America — currently estimated at up to 3 million people, or 1% of the total population — could grow further, with Quartzsite’s seasonal population rising along with it.

10. The New Camaldoli Hermitage

Opting Out of the Digital World

Big Sur, California

Taking the silent treatment to the next level. In Big Sur, on a ridge high above the Pacific Ocean, sits the New Camaldoli Hermitage. There, a community of Benedictine monks bakes fruitcake, sells honey, prays, and practices silence — and you can join them.

The monks run a small retreat house for secular visitors who want to embrace silence and disconnect from modern life in the broadest possible sense — giving up everything that came after, say, the Council of Trent (1545–63). Trying to disconnect so completely at home is likely hard for many people to imagine, let alone attempt, which is perhaps why the retreat is consistently booked months out. There is no internet at New Camaldoli and no phone service. What guests do get are a small cell with a narrow bed, three meals a day, and beautiful ocean views — plus whatever they take away from a few days without verbal communication and digital connectivity.

Retreats like New Camaldoli are a form of hygiene for the mind.

The impact is significant enough that silent retreats are now a growing trend in the U.S. tourism industry. There are retreats of a Christian persuasion, like the one run by the Benedictines in Big Sur, but there are also Zen monasteries offering a Buddhist take on switching off for a few days, and secular resorts that offer a digital detox without a religious angle. The rising popularity of these retreats mirrors the rise of the attention economy, with its addictive-by-design apps and social media platforms. You could say that retreats like New Camaldoli are not a luxury, but a necessity — a form of hygiene for the mind.

The retreats offer more than just an opportunity for introspection, though. They give visitors a reprieve from the performance of digital life. Consciously or not, most of us constantly curate and present versions of ourselves online, and in turn, we are ambiently aware of everyone’s opinions about everything at all times. A week of silence and prayer, with monks who always live this way, can expand one’s perspective, showing alternative ways to relate to time and to others.

Perhaps opting out Benedictine-style will go mainstream as a way to defragment our attention spans and recalibrate our senses of self. If that’s the case, the monks of Big Sur are going to need a much bigger guesthouse.

This article Mapped: America’s 10 most creative acts of noncompliance is featured on Big Think .

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Rumours continue to swirl around Intel's upcoming Nova Lake launch. The latest of these comes from noted leaker Jaykihn, who has hinted towards some exciting highlights among the desktop lineup. On X, the leaker wrote , "Nova Lake-H has a 12 Xe segment, and Nova Lake-S has a 12 Xe SKU. These are Xe3p."

Basically, this leak suggests there will be both a next-generation Nova Lake mobile CPU rocking 12 Xe cores as well as a desktop variant also sporting the same number of Intel graphics cores (though if that's true, I should probably be calling it an 'APU').

A high-performance iGPU was something sorely missing from the previous Arrow Lake generation of desktop chips, and having heard from our Dave what a 14 Xe core chip can do in the new MSI Claw handheld , it's exciting to think what a slightly upgraded version of Intel's GPU silicon could do in a wee little desktop chassis.

Anyway, drilling down a little more, the Xe 3P core is an upcoming iteration of Intel's microarchitecture. The discrete GPU tech was codenamed 'Celestial' for a time and was even meant to make its debut alongside Panther Lake. However, that chip went with what was essentially Xe2 'Plus Plus' , and Jaykihn also claims what was Celestial ' was canned long ago '.

In other words, Xe 3P has been cooking for a minute. When it finally arrives in the form of the expected Crescent Island GPUs later this year, it'll be primarily geared towards handling AI inference by leveraging LPDDR5X memory, rather than the pricier data centre du jour HBM. It's entirely possible a powerful bit of kit like that could also turn its hand to gaming, but it's unlikely Intel would bring that chip to any gaming-focused cards.

Yes. Nova Lake -H has a 12 Xe segment, and Nova Lake -S has a 12 Xe SKU.These are Xe3p. April 24, 2026

As for a possible mobile APU, Nick recently wrote that a Nova Lake mobile chip with a beefy iGPU would be great news for handhelds, but that it would likely be destined for edge computing only .

But decent integrated graphics? In my desktop processor? That's exciting for sure, but how likely is it? Well, let's look at the leaker in question. Jaykihn claimed back in January the B70 Pro would arrive 'soon' and it did . Then in April, they leaked details about Intel's Core 300 laptop chips that also appeared to mostly bear out . Sure, a broken clock can be right twice a day, but this leaker is noted for having a pretty good track record as these things go.

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The U.S. Embassy in Jordan on Thursday warned Americans about “missiles, drones, or rockets …in Jordanian airspace.” The warning came as the U.S. and Iran reportedly exchanged fire amid resumed hostilities that have entered a third day. This latest round of fighting was touched off Tuesday when Iran attacked three ships in the Strait of Hormuz. On Wednesday, President Donald Trump and Iranian officials declared that the shaky ceasefire agreed to on April 8 was over.

“Seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately,” the U.S. Embassy in Jordan cautioned this morning. “Remain indoors and pay attention to local announcements and alerts. The U.S. Embassy in Jordan will continue to review the situation and provide additional information as needed.”

Security Alert: U.S. Embassy Jordan – July 9, 2026

Location: Jordan, countrywide

Event: Reports indicate missiles, drones, or rockets are in Jordanian airspace. Seek overhead cover and shelter in place immediately. Remain indoors and pay attention to local announcements and… pic.twitter.com/QOpNpKLXTA

— U.S. Embassy Amman (@USEmbassyJordan) July 9, 2026

The Jordan Armed Forces-Arab Army (JAF) General Command said the country’s air defense systems “intercepted and shot down eight missiles launched from Iran toward Jordanian territory on Thursday. The interception operations resulted in the fall of missile debris, but no casualties or property damage were reported.”

“JAF is closely monitoring regional developments and remains at the highest level of operational readiness to safeguard the Kingdom’s airspace and defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the command added. “JAF will not allow any party to violate Jordanian airspace under any circumstances.”

Armed Forces Intercept, Shoot Down 8 Iranian Missiles Bound for Jordan https://t.co/eNiTJMTBLL pic.twitter.com/KEGuwl6P6w

— Jordan News Agency (Petra)-English News (@PetranewsEN) July 9, 2026

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-connected Tasnim media outlet claimed “that multiple explosions occurred at the Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan,” and that “Iranian forces also targeted American ships stationed off the coast of Bahrain with cruise missiles.” However, no visual proof of that has emerged. U.S. Central Command declined to provide any new operational details.

Muwaffaq Salti, as we have previously reported , has come under attack numerous times. The air base has long been a major regional hub for U.S. operations, and is being very actively utilized in the current conflict. It hosts the greatest concentration of U.S. tactical aircraft in the region, and thus is an extremely important target, where even one ballistic missile landing on an apron could destroy multiple prized fighter aircraft and take the lives of U.S. service members.

Scenes from IRGC Navy and Aerospace retaliatory strikes on Thursday answering the American terrorist army's aggression and disloyalty. pic.twitter.com/qwKo0SkLE2

— IRNA News Agency ☫ (@IrnaEnglish) July 9, 2026

Iranian officials also claimed the U.S. carried out new strikes in southern Iran, including on the perimeter of the Bushehr nuclear power plant.

“According to the deputy governor of Bushehr Province, a U.S. projectile hit the perimeter area of the facility, which had already been hit several times during the current conflict prior to the April 8 ceasefire,” the Jerusalem Post reported Thursday .

Iranian state media: A U.S. projectile struck the vicinity of the Bushehr nuclear power plant. pic.twitter.com/lPRClSNFz7

— Amichai Stein (@AmichaiStein1) July 9, 2026

Iran reports that a few minutes ago, additional explosions were heard near the Bushehr nuclear power plant. https://t.co/zVJczmOpb5

— Raylan Givens (@JewishWarrior13) July 9, 2026

Today’s attacks follow a series of strikes carried out on Wednesday by U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). The U.S. attacked scores of targets across Iran after President Donald Trump warned on Wednesday that “we’ll probably hit them hard again tonight.”

“U.S. forces struck approximately 90 Iranian military targets including air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets, missile and drone storage sites, naval capabilities, and military logistics infrastructure along Iran’s coastline,” the command said in a statement on X. “The latest strikes follow successful execution of offensive strikes in Iran the night before.”

CENTCOM RELEASES THE HIGHLIGHT REEL

U.S. Central Command says American forces completed another round of strikes against Iran on July 8, hitting approximately 90 Iranian military targets along the coastline.

Targets included air defense systems, coastal surveillance assets,… pic.twitter.com/y2HiEMNWdy

— Mossad Commentary (@MOSSADil) July 9, 2026

Iran, however, claims the attacks took place further inland, including on a railway bridge for a line linking the cities of Tehran and Mashhad, where former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is scheduled to be laid to rest. He was killed on the first day of the U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran. The official Iranian IRIB media outlet claimed on X that the bridge attack interrupted rail service.

Passengers on the Tehran-Mashhad train, stranded due to the U.S. striking the railway, are chanting: "Iranians do not accept humiliation, even at the cost of their own lives."

pic.twitter.com/9NhlUQqidr

— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) July 9, 2026

There were also unconfirmed reports from official Iranian media , an independent media outlet and eyewitnesses that another bridge in that region was attacked. The Agh Tekeh Khan Bridge in Iran’s northern Golestan province is a key link in a railway line running to Central Asia and ultimately Russia and China. The line has reportedly been an important means of trade between Iran, China and Russia during the now paused U.S. naval blockade on Iranian ports.

Eyewitness video shows damage to the Aq Taqeh Khan railway bridge in Iran’s northern Golestan province following overnight US strikes. The bridge is a key trade link connecting Tehran with its strategic partners, China and Russia. #US #Iran pic.twitter.com/0k5y50w79V

— Al Arabiya English (@AlArabiya_Eng) July 9, 2026

More pictures of destroyed Aq Tekeh Khan Bridge on Iran-Turkmenistan Railway Line. pic.twitter.com/02XKyCR4vG

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 9, 2026

According to local reports, several enemy projectiles have struck the "Aq-Tekeh Khan" bridge on the railway line in the western area of Aq Qala, Golestan province. pic.twitter.com/eMO5todo2i

— IRIB (Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting) (@iribnews_irib) July 8, 2026

Where all this leaves the ongoing negotiations between the U.S. and Iran remains unclear. As we have frequently noted , the two sides signed a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on June 17. The MoU provided a 60-day extension of the ceasefire to iron out an agreement to end fighting throughout the region, including Lebanon, prevent Iran from seeking nuclear weapons, end U.S. sanctions and resume the flow of traffic through the Strait of Hormuz among other points.

Control over the Strait has proven to be the biggest flashpoint, as evidenced by the aforementioned flare-up of fighting sparked by Iranian attacks on shipping there.

As we mentioned earlier in this story, both sides have declared the ceasefire over.

Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One yesterday after departing the NATO Summit in Ankara, Turkey, Trump claimed Iran still wants a peaceful solution.

“They called a little while ago,” the president proclaimed. “They want to make a deal so badly — I just don’t know if they’re worthy of making a deal. I don’t know that they’re going to honor the deal. That’s the problem.”

. @POTUS on Iran: "They called a little while ago. They want to make a deal so badly — I just don't know if they're worthy of making a deal. I don't know that they're going to honor the deal. That's the problem." pic.twitter.com/jQTENvyRGM

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) July 9, 2026

Given all this, the future of diplomacy is an open question.

Contact the author: howard@twz.com

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Denza reveals tri-motor, four-seat Z supercar at 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed.

1,582 hp output gets it to 62 mph in 1.96 seconds, battery fills 10-97% in just 9 mins.

Denza confirms Spider, Coupe, Racing trims with a 1,973+ hp hardcore version to come.

Electric supercars have a habit of producing ridiculous power and acceleration numbers, but are usually accompanied by a ridiculous price. Denza wants to change that with the Z, which outsprints a 911 Turbo S to 62 mph (100 kmh) and makes double the power, while costing less than a mid-range GTS.

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Unveiled today at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, BYD-owned Denza’s Z costs from £142,900 (about €167,400 / $191,400 at current rates) in coupe form in the UK, where a 911 Carrera 4 GTS costs £145,900 (€170,900 / $195,400). The open-top Spider starts at £159,900 (€187,300 / $214,100), and the track-focused Racing version costs £172,900 (€202,500 / $231,500), which compares with £199,500 (€233,700 / $267,100) for the new 911 Turbo S.

Denza hasn’t confirmed home-market numbers, but local estimates put Chinese pricing at around ¥400,000 to ¥500,000 ($58,600-73,200), a fraction of the British ask and a sign of what shipping, tariffs, and selling far from Shenzhen do to the sticker.

Three Motors, One Platform

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All three versions of the Z ride on Denza’s new e3 Sports Car Platform and use the same triple-motor setup. One motor drives the front axle while two independently power the rear wheels, producing a combined 1,582 hp (1,604 PS / 1,180 kW) and 915 lb-ft (1,240 Nm) of torque.

More: Denza’s 1,139-HP Wagon Will Now Drift Any Shape You Draw On The Screen

The Coupe reaches 62 mph in 2.25 seconds (Porsche claims 2.5 seconds for the 701 hp / 711 PS Turbo S), while the Racing cuts that to just 1.96 seconds with optional semi-slick tyres and boosts the top speed from 186 mph (300 km/h) to 217 mph (350 km/h).

Building Up To An EV Record Attempt

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A fourth model, the Z Special Edition, which Denza says is a Nurburgring natural, makes over 1,973 hp (2,000 PS / 1,471 kW), and hits 62 mph in less than 1.7 seconds. But the automaker is saving more details about that one for later, presumably when it takes a crack at the Ring EV record.

Every Z packs a 76 kWh second-generation Blade Battery that supports BYD Group’s latest FLASH Charging technology. On BYD’s new 1,500 kW chargers, Denza claims the battery can jump from 10 to 70 percent in just five minutes, or reach 97 percent in only nine. That’s close to petrol tank-filling territory, though it’ll be a while before those chargers are commonplace outside China, even if their rollout has been confirmed for Europe.

Range varies from 236 WLTP miles (380 km) for the Racing to 254 miles (409 km) for the basic Coupe, which at 2,230 kg (4,916 lbs) is actually 20 kg (44 lbs) lighter. The 2,300 kg (5,070 lbs) Spider claims 248 miles (399 km) between fills.

Denza didn’t leave the chassis out of the fun, adding magnetorheological dampers, carbon-ceramic brakes, torque vectoring and even a compass turn function that lets the car pivot around its front axle. And the long 2,780 mm (109.5 inches) wheelbase (a 911 ’s is 2,450 mm / 96.5 inches) means that while it looks like a traditional supercar, it’s actually got space for four, though the rears do look tiny.

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Supercar With Massage Seats

The cabin sounds lavish in typical tech-heavy Chinese EV fashion, with massage seats, a Devialet audio system, ambient lighting, a 12.8-inch Google-equipped infotainment system, and a digital rear-view mirror all fitted as standard. There’s also a configurable virtual engine soundtrack plus dedicated Boost and Track modes.

On paper, it all sounds great, but as Porsche and Rimac know, Western buyers of luxury and high-end performance machinery generally aren’t interested in electric cars. They tend to want combustion power, which is why Porsche recently asserted that it no longer had plans to make an electric 911 . But this package looks strong enough to persuade a few to at least take a look at what’s on offer.

Denza

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Using a quantum computer alongside a supercomputer, scientists have developed a breakthrough pathway for modeling the physics inside a fusion reactor. The world-first experiment could help clear a path to developing clean, abundant nuclear power and solving the global energy crisis, the researchers said.

Using hybrid quantum computing and artificial intelligence (AI) methods, scientists with IBM and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have blueprinted how to make tritium, an extremely rare isotope of hydrogen that's critical to the fusion process.

Although their research — uploaded June 29 to the preprint server arXiv — has not been peer-reviewed, the researchers say it's the first time that different kinds of computing elements have come together to propose the most effective way to create this material.

Fusion reactors are experimental power sources that create energy by fusing atomic nuclei. The heat produced in the subsequent nuclear reaction is then harnessed as energy. This method produces no carbon byproducts or long-lived radioactive waste, making it one of the cleanest potential forms of mass energy production.

It's projected that, at scale, a single fusion reactor could produce about 4 million times as much energy as a coal-burning facility and around four times the amount of energy as a modern nuclear fission reactor.

Current attempts at building a viable fusion reactor have resulted in numerous laboratory experiments that prove the technology works, with magnetic confinement reactors, such as tokamaks, widely considered the front-runner . But many engineering challenges remain before the first commercial reactors could come online.

Turning seawater into fuel

The base fuel for nuclear fusion reactors is a hydrogen isotope called deuterium, which is commonly found in seawater. It's estimated that there are 33 grams of deuterium in every cubic meter of seawater.

But deuterium is only half of the equation. Nuclear fusion also requires tritium — a heavier hydrogen isotope — and the fusion released from just 1 gram (0.04 ounces) of deuterium-tritium fuel equals the energy from about 2,400 gallons (9,100 liters) of oil, according to the U.S. Department of Energy .

Unfortunately, tritium, a radioactive isotope, is extremely rare; only 44 pounds (20 kilograms) of it is produced on Earth each year, and its 12-year half-life makes it difficult to use in nuclear power plants.

Instead, scientists must painstakingly produce tritium in nuclear reactors by bombarding lithium atoms with neutrons. It's then superheated and bound with powerful magnets into a whirling ring of plasma within a tokamak, a special fusion chamber designed to shape and heat plasma using magnetic fields.

A diagram showing the process of nuclear fusion. (Image credit: Designua | Shutterstock) Scientists add more deuterium and then bash the tritium and deuterium together, causing them to fuse into helium. The force of this reaction creates heat that's converted into energy.

The current bottleneck lies in creating enough tritium to sustain fusion long enough to produce energy. But modeling the particle physics and chemical reactions involved in the tritium-creation process has proved beyond the capabilities of classical supercomputers.

In the new study, however, scientists say they have addressed this bottleneck by simulating nine molecular configurations of a liquid salt that contains fluorine, lithium and beryllium (FLiBe) — one of the leading candidate materials for extracting tritium.

This is the first time quantum computers have been used to model reactions inside a fusion reactor. If perfected, FLiBe could provide a near-limitless source of fuel for nuclear fusion reactors, they said, but the chemistry involved is incredibly complex.

Demystifying complex chemistry

A "blanket of molten salt" made of FLiBe is wrapped around the nuclear reaction inside a fusion reactor, IBM researchers told Live Science. This provides both a fuel source and a thermal shield for the device.

To create enough tritium, the researchers had to calculate the physics involved while a process called "neutron bombardment" constantly altered the blanket's chemistry. Designing a salt that holds up under competing demands and keeps releasing tritium is a key problem in building this kind of reactor.

"If tritium grabs onto fluorine in the salt, it forms tritium fluoride, which is corrosive and stubborn to remove," the researchers explained. "If it binds to another tritium atom to form a gas, it bubbles out on its own. Predicting which way the reaction goes means modeling the interaction between tritium and the salt with high precision and accuracy that is challenging for classical methods."

Because no ordinary computer can perform the necessary calculations, the team used a combination of AI running on the Frontier supercomputer at ORNL, alongside quantum computing algorithms running on an IBM Quantum Heron quantum processing unit (QPU) in New York. The resulting workflow demonstrated a proof of concept for offloading complex chemistry computations to a quantum computer.

That workflow relied on a technique called wave-function-based embedding, which fragments the calculation into easier-to-calculate clusters, the scientists said in the study. They used classical computers to solve the smaller clusters and passed off the more difficult chunks to a quantum computer. The classical computers then stitched the molecule back together.

This is a method that study co-author Kenneth Merz , a biochemist and principal investigator at Cleveland Clinic Research, pioneered in previous research. Earlier this year, in collaboration with IBM and the Japanese national research institute RIKEN, he used quantum computers to calculate the structure of a 12,635-atom protein .

Fusing quantum and AI

In the new study, the researchers tested their model against known molecular configurations that were already solved by a nonhybrid classical system and determined that the accuracy was maintained with the addition of quantum computations.

This proof of concept should serve as a direct pathway for scaling the models used to predict tritium production within fusion reactors, potentially solving what may be the biggest hurdle to large-scale fusion energy production.

The broader workflow the scientists outlined in a technical blog post involved three stages. First, AI agents proposed and screened many candidate salts from the ORNL database, and for each candidate, calculations estimated various qualities in the tritium breeding process, including how much fuel the salt would make under neutron bombardment.

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The most promising salts then went to a supercomputer, which modeled them atom by atom, using the density functional theory (DFT) process to approximate how a molecule's electrons would arrange themselves. These are expensive simulations, so the scientists used "AI stand-ins" trained to reproduce the physics to run them fast enough to be useful. The third stage brought in the quantum computer to figure out where the tritium would bind, which is a shortcoming for DFT.

In the future, the research team will model larger molten-salt systems and study more molecular configurations before evaluating whether AI can slash the time it will take to find a promising molten-salt material.

The wider aim, the scientists told Live Science, is to build a reliable computational pathway for fusion-materials discovery that can help researchers predict how well a blanket material breeds tritium, whether that tritium can be recovered, and how the material may perform in the extreme environment of a fusion reactor.

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Amazfit Active 3 Premium: One minute review

Amazfit has been a company I’ve been keeping an eye on since their Bip 3 ‘budget’ smartwatch blew through all my expectations (and then some), followed by a slew of other watches across a range of price points, aiming to undercut the likes of Garmin — but most notably the $99 / £99 Amazfit Active 2, which earned five stars in our review . So when they put the word “Premium” on a product, it piques my curiosity.

Not only does the Amazfit Active 3 Premium have a bunch of excellent features that rival some of the biggest in the business, like excellent sleep and fitness tracking, but it’s also a fantastic-looking smartwatch.

The ‘Premium’ moniker signifies the addition of the super-tough sapphire glass coating, and the inclusion of the NFC payment feature. This was the distinction that the Amazfit Active 2 Premium used to separate itself from the base Active 2: however, there is no base Active 3, so even though this watch uses the ‘Premium’ model distinction, it’s the only watch in its range.

Despite this, it’s not an expensive buy. Sure, it’s pricier than the older Active 2, but it’s still undercutting the cheapest Apple and Garmin watches while delivering performance that belies its price. Another excellent example of a fitness tracker from Amazfit, a company which has by now shown itself to be a serious contender in the fitness tech space.

Amazfit Active 3 Premium: Specifications

Component

Amazfit Active 3 Premium

Price

$169 / £169 / AU$239

Weight

54.6g

Case/bezel

Metal and plastic hybrid

Display

1.32-inch AMOLED display

GPS

Dual-frequency GPS

Battery life

Up to 12 days

Connection

Bluetooth

Water resistant?

5 ATM

Amazfit Active 3 Premium: Price and availability

(Image credit: Amazfit) Starts at $169 / £169 / AU$239

Not Amazfit’s cheapest, but still cheaper than many rivals

Available in three color options

It’s hard not to look at the Amazfit Active 3 Premium and not feel as though there’s a catch somewhere when it comes to its price, but it really is a sub-$170 / £170 / AU$250 fitness watch with the kinds of features and accuracy you’d have spent double that for not long ago. Our review unit is the Atlas Blue model, but it’s also available in Apex Silver and Aero White.

Value score: 5/5

Amazfit Active 3 Premium review: Design

(Image credit: Future) Heavier than some alternatives

AMOLED display

Regardless of your color choice, the Amazfit Active 3 Premium is a looker. It has a circular body with a metallic finish, with the underside color-matched to the bands for Atlas Blue and Aero White (Apex Silver would be my pick, but the whole body is silver with a black strap).

The strap itself is the standard polymer-style you’ll have felt on just about any other smartwatch, but the fact that the Amazfit Active 3 Premium uses a pin system like a more traditional watch adds a touch of class (and some minor fiddliness). It’s got a 1.32-inch display, which isn’t large —but it’s the same size as the Amazfit Active 2. I didn’t feel like I was losing much in terms of screen space compared to some of Amazfit’s larger watches, but I was surprised to find it’s slightly heavier than the Coros Nomad I tested recently.

With that said, I’m not sure I’d consider it rugged. I wasn’t prepared to hurl my review unit to the ground to test its durability, despite its sapphire glass and scratch-resistant coating. It might not be the watch you’ll want to take on an ultramarathon, but it’ll stand up to runs, rides and gym workouts with ease.

Design score: 4.5/5

Amazfit Active 3 Premium: Features

(Image credit: Future) Full-color maps

HybridCharge is great

170 sports modes

Ok, so the Amazfit Active 3 Premium is a looker, but does it have the smarts to back it up? Despite the relatively low price, the answer is a resounding yes. You’ll need to use the Zepp app, and while I’ve tested it before and found it to be a little cumbersome, I am pleased to report that (at least in the time I’ve been away), it’s much slicker these days.

You can use it as a dashboard, and there are badges to collect that include step goals, monthly targets, and much more.

Fitbit Premium’s Daily Readiness Score has led the charge to distill a bunch of complex metrics into an easy-to-read number that calculates how hard you can push your workout on any given day, and Amazfit’s version is called “HybridCharge”.

It takes into account sleep, heart rate, activity, and recovery, as well as subjective inputs like stress, health, and more, to help you make a judgment on whether today is a workout day or a rest day, and it does so pretty well.

One day during testing, I’d struggled to sleep and had an early start at work, and the app and watch understood that maybe I needed to take it easy and recover that day. It’s something you used to need a premium subscription for with other manufacturers, but I’m glad to see it’s included in the price of the product here.

PAI is also back, so those looking for a quick look at a glance to see how their natural fitness is holding up can check it out by testing their heart rate zones. The watch supports basic notification features, and of course offers that NFC payment digital wallet feature for convenience. A barnstorming inclusion is full-color maps, offering turn-by-turn navigation. This is a premium feature crammed into a value package, offering turn-by-turn navigation during runs, rides and walks.

Features score: 4.5/5

Amazfit Active 3 Premium: Performance

(Image credit: Amazfit) AMOLED display

12 days of battery life

Excellent accuracy

Performance is uniformly excellent across the board with the Amazfit Active 3 Premium. Fitness tracking offers a deep suite of metrics, including running ones like stride length, ground contact, and just about anything else you could possibly ask for as a runner. And, if you’re just learning what all of these measurements are, fear not: Everything is handily explained within the Zepp app.

When you’re done, the app also does a great job at showcasing your fatigue level, which then feeds into the aforementioned HybridCharge metrics.

I very rarely check my sleep outside of Apple’s Sleep Score number, but the Amazfit Active 3 Premium does make me want to dig deeper — and offers plenty of data to do so. I was surprised at how often I was getting up in the night without realising it, and the Aura section of the Zepp app even includes relaxing music to help you settle back down.

Battery-wise, Amazfit claims you can get 12 days from a single charge. In my experience, it’s been closer to 10 days, but it’s still very respectable given the amount of data it’s collecting day in, day out. The AMOLED display is plenty bright for just about everything, even direct sunlight.

The only minor gripe I have with the Amazfit Active 3 Premium is that it doesn’t automatically offer to track a workout if you start walking/running/doing anything. As someone who still forgets to hit the button before setting out, it’s nice when devices like the Apple Watch give a nudge.

Performance Score: 4.5 / 5

Amazfit Active 3 Premium: Scorecard

Category

Comment

Score

Value

Simply outstanding.

5/5

Design

Iterates on the proven Active 2.

4.5/5

Features

Lots of sports modes, tracking and HybridCharge.

4.5/5

Performance

Bright screen, responsive battery, accurate metrics.

4.5/5

Amazfit Active 3: Should I buy?

Buy it if...

You want a watch that looks good

The Amazfit Active 3 Premium is one of the best-looking and still affordable watches around.

You’re looking for a deep dive into your fitness metrics

The Zepp app has a whole bunch of data, and makes it easy to sift through and spot patterns across weeks or even months of use.

Don't buy it if...

You’re looking for smartwatch features

Alas, there’s no contactless payment functionality here, nor can you run third-party apps a la an Apple Watch.

You’re going off-trail

The Amazfit Active 3 Premium is unlikely to take a battering as you scamper up rockfaces and the like.

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Garmin Forerunner 70

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Apple Watch SE 3

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How I tested the Amazfit Active 3 Premium

I’ve been testing the Amazfit Active 3 Premium while walking, hitting the gym for weights and cardio (primarily using the cross trainer), and wearing it for just about everything in life.

I tested the GPS across various areas of London and more remote areas like the countryside where I live, and wore it to bed, too. I tested many of its measurements by pairing it with my Apple Watch Series 11 on the opposite wrist.