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Saturday Night Live’s Alex English Wants You to Shut Up and Laugh

Saturday Night Live writer and veteran stand-up comedian Alex English believes platforms like TikTok have changed the relationship a comic has to their audience—in the worst ways possible.
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The Acolyte, X-Men ’97, and World Eats Bread are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Disney+ this month.

The 19 Best Movies on Amazon Prime Right Now

The Idea of You, Road House, and American Fiction are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.

The 21 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now

Fancy Dance, Argylle, Mad Max: Fury Road, and Blade Runner 2049 are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.

Why Streaming Services Keep Screwing Up Binge-Watching

All 10 episodes of the new season of The Bear just hit Hulu. Maybe they shouldn’t have.

How the Developer of Among Us Is Helping Indie Studios Survive Gaming’s Current Tumult

As the video game industry contracts, indie developers are left with fewer options for funding. Innersloth has some ideas for how to provide a lifeline.

SimCity Isn’t a Model of Reality. It’s a Libertarian Toy Land

Beneath its playful exterior, the beloved game that inspired a generation of real-world urban designers betrays a partisan view of social planning.

Metroid Prime 4 Gets a Release Date After Years of Troubled Development

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has a release date and a new gameplay trailer, both of which were announced at Tuesday's Nintendo Direct.

AI Is Rewriting Meme History

TikTok’s latest trend involves videos of people traveling back in time to interrupt the viral memes of yore. The results are uncanny.

The Genius Behind @OKWildlifeDept's Most Viral Tweets Is Signing Off

Sarah Southerland used the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation's social media feeds to warn you about mountain lions and Halloween candy, leaving behind one of the internet’s great legacies.

The Real Relationship Hustlers of TikTok

TikTok is host to one of the most influential, fastest-growing online industries: relationship misinformation.

The Secret Telegram Channels Providing Refuge for LGBTQ+ People in Russia

In March, Russia named the "LGBT movement" an extremist organization. In response, activists, human rights groups, and others have used Telegram for support—and even to find resources to leave the country.

I Am Laura Kipnis-Bot, and I Will Make Reading Sexy and Tragic Again

Margaret Atwood, Marlon James, Lena Dunham, Roxane Gay: We’ve all agreed to be turned into AI reading companions by a mysterious company called Rebind. I report from the inside.

The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots

In The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge With AI, the spiritual sequel to his (in)famous first book, Ray Kurzweil doubles down on the promise of immortality.

The Tech World’s Greatest Living Novelist Goes Meta

In which Robin Sloan writes Moonbound—a science fiction book about science fiction—and our writer writes his way into total insanity.

AI Killed Images. Legacy Russell Knows How We Can Revive Them

The author of Black Meme has ideas for how to protect digital culture from the rise of generative AI. It starts with embracing slow media.

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