Wake up and go straight to the cellphone? Feel anxious when your battery dies? If someone tells you you spend too much time ...
The jokes were funny. The systems behind them—and the reasons we keep passing around war memes as entertainment—are more serious. There were jokes about conscription. Captions about getting drafted, ...
From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything. Credit...Illustration by Erik Carter Supported by By Willy ...
Norris, who died at 86 on Friday, inspired one of the most famous meme trends of a generation with "Chuck Norris Facts," which played on the actor's ultra-manly persona. By Ethan Millman Music Editor ...
As social media becomes increasingly reliant on algorithmic feeds, creators are navigating a new normal: Just because you post something doesn’t mean your followers will see it. “I think that 2025 was ...
US Vice President JD Vance has made it to the headlines yet again through his Halloween costume. The special part about his costume was that it was based on his own viral meme "Fat JD." A clip that ...
If you’ve been on TikTok in the past couple of weeks, you’ve probably noticed people posting about belonging to “Group 7.” The trend is actually an experiment by indie singer Sophia James, who ...
OpenAI launched its new generative AI video tool, called Sora 2, last week, alongside a TikTok-like social media platform where invite-only users could share all of their favorite copyright-infringing ...
NPR's Adrian Ma talks to Adam Aleksic about his new book, "Algospeak," which looks at how algorithms and online creators are affecting the way people speak offline. One of the beautiful and sometimes ...
SINGAPORE – In the last couple of months, adults and children alike may have come across a series of social media sensations: a wooden oblong creature holding a baseball bat, a ballerina with a ...
Folks across social media are using ChatGPT’s latest model, GPT-4o, to transform ordinary photos into dreamy, Studio Ghibli-inspired anime illustrations. OpenAI’s newly expanded image generation ...