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Is Ghosting Inevitable?
Any new technology created for the purpose of human connection also creates an opportunity for novel forms of missed connection: the…
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Business
The New York Times paywalled the Mini Crossword, and the internet is in shambles
Bad news for morning routines everywhere: The New York Times has put its Mini Crossword behind a paywall. On Tuesday, instead of their…
News
As online age checks become more common, critics worry about losing internet freedom
Online age checks are on the rise in the U.S. and elsewhere, asking people for IDs or face scans to prove they are over 18 or 21 or even…
Celebrity
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s next era is marriage, and the internet is freaking out
It’s been a long time coming: Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are finally tying the knot. In a joint Instagram post captioned “Your English…
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Big Tech locks data away. Wikidata gives it back to the internet
While tech and AI giants guard their knowledge graphs behind proprietary walls, a more open model is quietly powering innovative projects…
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The High Femme Dystopia of Star Amerasu
If the recent embrace of seemingly—and only seemingly—autonomous machines is any indication, something much less chic than the future…
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Cambridge Dictionary adds ‘skibidi,’ ‘delulu,’ and other viral internet words
You can now look up skibidi, tradwife, and delulu in the Cambridge Dictionary. Among the 6,000 or so words added to the dictionary over…
Business
Baidu ranks as China’s cheapest Internet stock amid AI concerns
Sharp stock underperformance for Baidu on concerns over its outlook have left it trading at the cheapest valuation among China’s major…
Celebrity
FACT CHECK: Did Taylor Swift Copy Popstar Britney Spears' Iconic Look for Her New Album as Internet Sleuths Spot Uncanny Resemblance?
When Taylor Swift revealed the burlesque-inspired artwork for her 12th studio album The Life of a Showgirl, she appeared in a rhinestone…
News
The Download: affordable EV trucks, and Russia’s latest internet block
One more thing How environmental DNA is giving scientists a new way to understand our world Environmental DNA is a relatively inexpensive,…
Culture
Clock Twink Speaks! ‘The Gilded Age’ Star Ben Ahlers on Internet Nicknames, ‘Absurd’ High Society and His First Encounter With Christine Baranski
SPOILER ALERT: This interview contains spoilers for the Season 3 finale of “The Gilded Age,” now streaming on HBO Max. Now that HBO’s “The…
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Nobody Wins on “Surrounded”
A couple of weeks ago, a clip from a YouTube video titled “1 Progressive vs 20 Far-Right Conservatives” started circulating on social…
Style
The Internet Wants to Check Your I.D.
The app Tea is a kind of digital whisper network for women. No men are allowed to join. Those who wish to be members must submit evidence,…
Business
The Download: OpenAI’s open-weight models, and the future of internet search
The news: OpenAI has finally released its first open-weight large language models since 2019’s GPT-2. Unlike the models available through…
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How Russia restricts internet access, making it complicated and even dangerous
YouTube videos that won’t load. A visit to a popular independent media website that produces only a blank page. Cellphone internet…
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Trump’s FTC is spreading lies about trans people. This bill would let it wipe them off the internet
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) was created in 1914 to protect consumers from corporate overreach. Under Donald Trump, the 110-year-old…
Culture
“Cloud” Is a Cautionary Tale of E-Commerce—and the Summer’s Best Action Movie
Ryosuke Yoshii (Masaki Suda), the thirtysomething protagonist of the mesmerizing Japanese thriller “Cloud,” is never more content than…
Fashion
Japan Shatters World's Fastest Internet Speed Record with Mind-Blowing 1.02 Petabits Per Second
Have you ever imagined that downloading the entire Netflix catalog in the blink of an eye or the entire Wikipedia in just a second would…
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‘There is nothing that Aquaphor will not fix’: The internet is in love with this no-frills skin ointment
Aquaphor has become this summer’s hottest accessory. The no-frills beauty staple—once relegated to the bottom of your bag, the glove box,…
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How the Internet of Things impacts everyone’s privacy
Some unusual witnesses helped convict Alex Murdaugh of the murders of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul. The first was Bubba, Maggie’s…
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AI-generated ASMR is taking over the internet, and it’s getting really weird
On TikTok, an ASMR creator dips a spoon into a bowl of molten-hot lava, brings it to her lips, and eats it like it’s honey. Another…
Style
What’s Happening to Reading?
What do you read, and why? A few decades ago, these weren’t urgent questions. Reading was an unremarkable activity, essentially unchanged…
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Elon Musk activates Starlink internet access in Iran
Tech billionaire and former DOGE leader Elon Musk said he activated his satellite-based internet service, Starlink, in Iran after the…
Culture
Sabrina Carpenter’s new album cover divides the internet: ‘Man’s Best Friend’ discourse explained
Less than a year after she came out with her Grammy-winning album “Short n’ Sweet,’ pop singer Sabrina Carpenter announced the release…