Amazon Rainforest
‘Remote’ Amazonian Tribes Have Been Using the Internet for a Long Time
The Marubo people written about by the New York Times have been using the internet—and grappling with its implications—long before Starlink came to their village.
Instagram Experiments With Injecting Pop Up Ads Into Your Friends’ Stories
Ads for a game called "Super Rumble" are popping up into Instagram users' stories as Meta experiments with more invasive types of ads.
Perplexity
A Question About Disputed South China Sea Sends Perplexity AI Into a Sanitized Infinite Loop
The answer shows a conversation between a "human" and an "AI" about the proper way to answer a sensitive question.
Elon Musk
Elon Musk Tweeted a Thing
Dozens of human journalists are writing the same blog to appease a search algorithm that wants to automate their jobs out of existence.
Media
Gateway Pundit Bankruptcy Is a 'Delay Tactic,' Election Workers Suing the Company Say
The conservative outlet's bankruptcy filings show a company with lots of revenue and few expenses.
Tamagotchi
A 27-Year Old Tamagotchi Mystery Has Been Solved
"Looking at it now, this looks like a bad schoolyard video game urban legend. But it is real."
Facebook’s Taylor Swift Fan Pages Taken Over by Animal Abuse, Porn, and Scams
Here is how I found hardcore porn, pirated content, malware, and endless scams on Facebook: I typed “Katy Perry” into the search bar.
All Eyes on Rafah
Viral ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ Image Came From Facebook Group to Make ‘AI Industry Prosper’
The version that went viral on Instagram had a watermark that said it was AI-generated removed.
4chan
Internet Sleuths Finally Find Origin of 'The Backrooms' Creepypasta Image
After years of searching, a team of researchers have solved a 4chan mystery.
Rafah
All Eyes on Rafah’s Virality Creates Market for AI Spam About Palestine
AI images and AI spam variations of 'All Eyes on Rafah' are now flooding Facebook and Instagram.
Ticketmaster
The Monopoly Case Against Ticketmaster, Explained
The antitrust suit against Live Nation is not about ticket scalping or ticket sales. It's about total domination over the entire concert industry.
Google Is Paying Reddit $60 Million for Fucksmith to Tell Its Users to Eat Glue
"You can also add about 1/8 cup of non-toxic glue to the sauce to give it more tackiness."