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Keila Shaheen outsold Oprah Winfrey with a journaling book marketed through TikTok. Now what? In 2006, Oprah Winfrey couldn’t stop talking about The...
The dream of computers that can type for you is finally coming true. As a little girl, I often found myself in my family’s basement, doing battle...
The earthquake internet actually works. In the decade I have lived in California, I’ve learned to be on edge for “The Big One”—an earthquake...
Sometimes, going viral isn’t as great as it seems. Lucchese is not the world’s cutest dog. Picked up as a stray somewhere in Texas, he is scruffy...
I asked 13 of them about their plans for violence around the election. Here’s what they had to say. In January, Donald Trump laid out in stark terms...
The notorious social-media app has become less ... social. When the Universal Music Group decided to pull its songs from TikTok last month in the...
Of all the possible things you might ask a chatbot, one stands above the rest. A perfect day in Los Angeles starts with a stroll along the Venice...
I tied myself into knots trying to close its little red ring. A little monster lives on my wrist, and every day, I wake up prepared to do battle with...
Lawyers may not be able to hold Snap and Meta accountable for the content that users post—so they’re trying something else. The stories are...
Sites such as YouTube, TikTok, and Twitter used to be defined by short content. Not anymore. We live in the age of the short attention span. And yet:...
A new, deadly canine disease could have the U.S. scrambling to respond. In late July 1980, a five-month-old Doberman pinscher puppy in Washington,...
TikTok loves high-tech gadgets for scraping out ear wax. Doctors? Not so much. The ear is a marvelous, humble organ. It powers our hearing and also...
TikTok is eating microblogging as we’ve always known it. It’s really, really hard to kill a large, beloved social network. But Elon Musk has...
My flight receipt is in there somewhere, right? Before a flight, I get a Pavlovian stress reaction—not from the prospect of hurtling at 30,000 feet...
TikTok has become a home to people broadcasting themselves live at work. Viewers are captivated. Dylan Longton really knows how to flip an egg. A...
Is this really my face? This past spring, I participated in the sacred tradition that comes around once every few years: I got a new iPhone. The...
The world’s favorite search engine is becoming less dependable as a result of generative AI. There is no easy way to explain the sum of Google’s...
The self-driving revolution is hiding in plain sight. Earlier this month, a woman in San Francisco was hit by a car while crossing the street. Had the...
In the world of generated imagery, you’re either drop-dead gorgeous or a wrinkled, bug-eyed freak. The man I am looking at is very hot. He’s got...
Robotaxis are now picking up riders in L.A. and Houston—and facing a whole new set of challenges. The future of driverless cars in America is a...
Hostage videos could present a horrific new dilemma for parents. This week, a teenager might open up their TikTok feed and immediately be served a...
What does freedom of speech actually mean on social media? We’re about to find out. In the aftermath of the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol,...
The Shadow Work Journal has exploded on TikTok as an inexpensive mental-health tool, even as experts question its approach—and the author’s...
Cullen Murphy wrote a book on the Roman empire—and sees parallels everywhere. Do you find yourself constantly closing your eyes and seeing marble?...
Surfline made the sport more convenient for amateurs and professionals alike. Why do so many of them complain about it? Matt Warshaw still remembers...