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The Audacity Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Were Waiting For
Filthy Rich

The Audacity Is the Broligarchy Takedown You Were Waiting For

AMC’s new black comedy about a manchild tech titan spinning out of control is a skewering Silicon Valley’s billionaire class deserves.
Miles Klee
The Screenmaxxers Who Spend Every Waking Hour on Their Phones
Plugged In

The Screenmaxxers Who Spend Every Waking Hour on Their Phones

Miles Klee
How Democracy Now! Became the Blueprint for Indie Media
Good News

How Democracy Now! Became the Blueprint for Indie Media

Kate Knibbs

Digital Culture

AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy

AI Podcasters Really Want to Tell You How to Keep a Man Happy

Videos of fake relationship guru podcasters are reinforcing gender tropes and racking up millions of views, all the while driving sales to AI influencer schools.
Jason Parham
Snake Bros Keep Getting Bitten by Their Lethal Pets. Only Zoos Can Save Them

Snake Bros Keep Getting Bitten by Their Lethal Pets. Only Zoos Can Save Them

Your venomous serpent bites you, and the clock is ticking. America’s zookeepers—and a cooler full of rare antivenom—are your best chance of survival.
Claire McNear
Trump’s Economy Has Come for Sugar Babies

Trump’s Economy Has Come for Sugar Babies

Amid the latest economic downturn, sugar babies are asking their daddies for stock market advice and taking on vanilla jobs to recession-proof their incomes.
Jason Parham
I Took RFK Jr.’s Advice and Ate Nothing but High-Protein Foods for a Week

I Took RFK Jr.’s Advice and Ate Nothing but High-Protein Foods for a Week

From forcing down chewy, bacon-flavored Man Cereal to vomiting at the office, buying into the MAHA protein craze was a challenging endeavor.
Miles Klee

Video Games

Gamers’ Worst Nightmares About AI Are Coming True

Gamers’ Worst Nightmares About AI Are Coming True

From the global RAM shortage driving up console prices to job loss in the industry, gaming is shaping up to be one of the AI boom's biggest casualties.
Helen Vogelsong-Donahue
Roblox’s AI-Powered Age Verification Is a Complete Mess

Roblox’s AI-Powered Age Verification Is a Complete Mess

Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.
David Gilbert
The Avatar Game Is So Good, They Don’t Need to Make the Movies Anymore

The Avatar Game Is So Good, They Don’t Need to Make the Movies Anymore

See the new movie Avatar: Fire and Ash if you’d like. But if you really want to experience the big blue world of Pandora, the video game is where it’s at.
Boone Ashworth
A New Las Vegas Attraction Serves Up Alien Foxes, Exoplanets, and VR Carl Sagan

A New Las Vegas Attraction Serves Up Alien Foxes, Exoplanets, and VR Carl Sagan

Interstellar Arc is an immersive sci-fi experience that uses recent advances in headset tech to break new ground in virtual reality. And it all happens inside an empty-looking room in Las Vegas.
Ben Dowsett

Movies and TV

I Asked Netflix’s Reality TV Boss Why So Many Men On Dating Shows Are Terrible

I Asked Netflix’s Reality TV Boss Why So Many Men On Dating Shows Are Terrible

Brandon Riegg tells WIRED he empathizes with the struggle to find “quality men” and that Love Is Blind has no MAGA agenda.
Manisha Krishnan
Samsung's New Frame and OLED TV Models Have Landed, and They're Looking Pretty

Samsung's New Frame and OLED TV Models Have Landed, and They're Looking Pretty

Samsung leans into its artistic side with its newest TVs.
Ryan Waniata
‘Thank You for Generating With Us!’ Hollywood's AI Acolytes Stay on the Hype Train

‘Thank You for Generating With Us!’ Hollywood's AI Acolytes Stay on the Hype Train

Star Wars producer Kathleen Kennedy was one of the few skeptics at the Runway AI Summit, where AI was compared to fire and the printing press just a week after Sora’s death.
John Semley
I Watched a 7.5-Hour Movie in Theaters to Confront My Dwindling Attention Span

I Watched a 7.5-Hour Movie in Theaters to Confront My Dwindling Attention Span

Sátántango is considered a holy rite for hardcore cinephiles. In a packed screening with no cellphones in sight, it also offered a salve for brain rot.
John Semley

Books and Music

AI Will Never Be Conscious

AI Will Never Be Conscious

In his new book, A World Appears, Michael Pollan argues that artificial intelligence can do many things—it just can’t be a person.
Michael Pollan
Turning Point USA’s Halftime Show Was Exactly What You’d Expect

Turning Point USA’s Halftime Show Was Exactly What You’d Expect

“The All-American Halftime Show,” born out of outrage over Bad Bunny's Super Bowl performance, fell short of the hype. From Kid Rock’s poor lip synching to Erika Kirk being MIA, it was simply dull.
Miles Klee
Inside Bad Bunny’s Historic Super Bowl Halftime Show

Inside Bad Bunny’s Historic Super Bowl Halftime Show

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance required 9,852 theatrical pyrotechnics, nearly 400 costumed extras, and a lot of ingenuity. And yes, that was a real couple featured in the wedding.
Angela Watercutter
An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide

An ‘Intimacy Crisis’ Is Driving the Dating Divide

In his book The Intimate Animal, sex and relationships researcher Justin Garcia says people have miscalculated their need for human intimacy, which is the real issue at the root of the loneliness epidemic.
Jason Parham

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