Culture / Digital Culture
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Reddit’s ‘Celebrity Number Six’ Win Was Almost a Catastrophe—Thanks to AI
For every high-profile internet mystery that seems very grave—the Serial podcast listeners who dug deep on the case of Adnan…
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Confessions of a Hinge Power User
That’s all changed. “To be honest, I probably have missed out on a lot of dates because of the way…
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James Earl Jones’ Darth Vader Has Already Been Immortalized With AI
If anyone could make the Dark Side sound good, it was James Earl Jones. The actor, who died Monday at…
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The Death of ‘Concord’ Offers a Bleak Look at Gaming’s Future
Earlier this week, after warping across the galaxy for 90 hours in a sentient spacecraft, Twitch streamer John Wissmiller realized…
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The End of ‘Brat Summer’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think
Charli XCX said it, so it must be true: Brat Summer is over. In a tweet so echoey it got…
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How the Cyber-Thriller ‘Red Rooms’ Became a Cult Classic Before It Was Ever Released
No matter how hard movies like Hackers, Blackhat, and Unfriended may work to convince you otherwise, there’s nothing especially cinematic…
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NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose
National Novel Writing Month has long been known for its quirky, homegrown approach to creativity: Write a novel during the…
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The Search for the Face Behind Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing
Jazmin Jones knows what she did. “If you’re online, there’s this idea of trolling,” Jones, the director behind Seeking Mavis…
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The Creators of 'Industry' Know Banking Is a Rigged Game
Ambition is a curse in the arena of high finance. At the prestigious London investment bank Pierpoint, which doubles as…
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The Trademark Tug-of-War Over ‘Demure’ Shows a Massive Meme Power Shift
From the second the message popped up on X, it had a familiar ring. Jools Lebron, the TikTok creator who…
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