Social media can make a song go viral — even push it up the pop charts — seemingly overnight. Perhaps it's not surprising ...

Wake up and go straight to the cellphone? Feel anxious when your battery dies? If someone tells you you spend too much time ...

Zuhair Lakhani ​is creating an army of AI influencers and flooding feeds with “propaganda campaigns.” What could go wrong?

Last year, only months into his papacy, Pope Leo XIV, the first American Pope, called on developers of artificial intelligence “to cultivate moral discernment as a fundamental part of their work.” In ...

The first time I played Pragmata was at Summer Game Fest 2025. After the demo, a colleague came up to me and asked what my reading was of Diana, the android made to look like a young girl. We’d only ...

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 ...

It’s a new week, which means another TikTok trend has broken containment. This time, it’s all about the not-so-secret Group 7 — a supposedly exclusive club that’s taken over the app and appeared in ...

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 ...