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The rise of fake online shopping platforms that let you pretend to buy things: Would you use a ‘dopamine site’?

South Korea’s FoodNeverComes app helps users feel the rush of making purchases—without spending any real money.

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AI’s impact on cognitive ability: MIT study reveals more troubling data

New research found relying too much on AI negatively affected people’s ability to identify misinformation.

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Stanford grads booed Google CEO Sundar Pichai’s commencement speech—but not for the reason you think

Google’s ongoing Project Nimbus deal with Israel led to an icy reception for Pichai.

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Taylor Swift set a trend at the NBA Finals with her custom New York Knicks shirt

Swift’s ‘Stevie Knicks’ tee has already spawned dozens of imitators on Etsy.

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Forget FAANG—there’s a new powerhouse acronym for tech stocks in the AI era: MANGO

It reflects the biggest players in 2026, under a fresh and fruity new umbrella.

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Scooby-Doo movie casts a real dog for the first time: What PETA and animal rights groups say about it

As the iconic mystery-solving dog will be portrayed by a real puppy, PETA warns of ‘the real villains behind the scenes.’

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Lizzo has a viral explanation for her declining success—and it’s dividing social media

The singer’s new album ‘Bitch’ didn’t get much traction on streaming services. She’s blaming platforms like Spotify.

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Is Hollywood in its fan edit era? ‘Leviticus’ blurs the line between movie studios and internet culture

Director Adrian Chiarella shared an official scene pack for the upcoming queer horror film, encouraging fans to ‘go nuts.’

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Did ‘Stop! That! Train!’ use AI? Social media is suspicious—and the director’s comments aren’t helping

Reviewers are making claims about the upcoming drag queen-led movie, and director Adam Shankman is struggling to quell the discourse.

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TikTok influencer has a viral trick for buying thousand-dollar Home Depot items for just one penny—here’s how

He’s taken advantage of an internal loophole with a third-party price checker—and claims it’s totally legal.

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Why Google wants to release 32 million mosquitoes in California and Florida

Adding to the existing mosquito population may sound counterintuitive, but there’s a method to the madness at Alphabet’s Debug Project.

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Like ‘having sex and then they hand you the baby’: A beloved animator on using AI

‘Book of Life’ writer-director Jorge R. Gutierrez is creating an AI-enabled series with Amazon MGM Studios’ new gen AI pipeline. Social media...

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Google’s search overhaul has social media users baiting the ‘AI Overview’ to prove a point

How many letter L’s are in the word ‘Google’? That’s still a tough question for the platform’s newly expanded AI Mode.

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‘Anti-tech extremism’: The government is monitoring AI criticism nationwide, says report

Unpublished documents from federal intelligence agencies and local law enforcement reveal a new term for anti-AI sentiment.

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AI is wreaking havoc at Starbucks and Pizza Hut. Social media is having a field day

Starbucks retired an AI inventory tool after frequent mistakes, while Pizza Hut’s delivery system allegedly lost a franchisee more than $100 million...

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How the costume designer of ‘I Love Boosters’ brought color back to Hollywood

Oscar-nominated costume designer Shirley Kurata breaks down her technicolor work on the new mind-bending satire of the fashion industry.

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Was Trump’s million-dollar investment in conveyor-belt sushi an accident? Here’s why social media thinks yes

If Trump confused Kura Sushi with tech company Fujikura, it would mark the second time the president seemingly mixed up businesses with disastrous...

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Microsoft Teams is finally nixing its goofiest feature

Six years after it was launched during the COVID pandemic, Teams is retiring Together mode.

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Empty Waymo cars are converging on one Atlanta cul-de-sac. No one can explain why

One resident estimated seeing 50 empty robotaxis pass through the neighborhood in a single morning, leaving social media confounded.

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This Wikipedia clone is entirely generated by AI. Users are turning it into a cesspool

Halupedia is a wiki dedicated to everything that never happened—but its infinite capabilities are creating a big problem.

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Somebody made a Wikipedia clone entirely hallucinated by AI. You can browse it here

Halupedia is a wiki dedicated to everything that never happened—but its infinite capabilities could create another online cesspool.

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Amazon workers are under pressure to up their AI usage—so they’re making up extraneous tasks

In a new report, employees say Amazon tracks their consumption of ‘AI tokens’—and they’ve been creating unproductive AI agents just to eat them up.

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A customer used AI to trick DoorDash into issuing a refund. The company’s response is going viral

A TikToker used ChatGPT to make her chicken order look raw—but her post’s 4.4 million viewers included DoorDash itself.

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Cognitive scientists found using AI for just 10 minutes impairs brain performance

In new research from CMU, Oxford, MIT, and UCLA, having a GPT-powered assistant ripped away left people fumbling to solve math problems on their own.

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This company boldly asks you to replace human workers with AI. Its strategy is working well, in one way

Social media can’t stop talking about Artisan’s anti-human marketing campaign.

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‘Listed as remote for visibility’: Employer tries to game LinkedIn with false job details, enraging social media

Supplement company Inno Supps is under fire after labeling in-office roles as work from home, potentially violating LinkedIn’s job policies.

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‘Self-aggrandizing,’ ‘absolute horseshit’: Robert Downey Jr. has strong words for social media influencers

The ‘Iron Man’ actor said he doesn’t believe influencers will be the stars of the future, despite what younger generations may think.

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‘He put me in harm’s way’: Ken Griffin responds to Mamdani’s viral video of his $239 million NYC penthouse

The billionaire Citadel chief said he will invest more in Miami after the New York mayor promoted a pied-à-terre tax outside his property.

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Delta cuts snacks and drinks from hundreds of daily flights as social media gripes over barebones air travel

Amid an airline industry in crisis, Delta Air Lines is nixing the routine service on shorter flights.

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The ‘Devil Wears Prada 2’ hired an artist whose work looked like AI. How she did it is going viral

Filmgoers assumed an in-movie meme was standard AI slop, but it was actually crafted by a digital artist to match that aesthetic.

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Is the ‘dead internet’ theory coming true? New Stanford research calculates exactly how far we are—and it’s alarming

More than a third of websites published now are at least partially AI-generated, says the study.

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AI will be Spider-Man’s only friend in ‘Brand New Day.’ The internet is losing its mind over it

The film’s director said Peter Parker’s new AI assistant E.V. will be all the superhero has for company—and social media isn’t happy to hear it.

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Mormon culture hits fast food: McDonald’s puts dirty soda on menu after ‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ takes trend viral

Taco Bell, Dunkin’, and Sonic are also offering versions of the flavored-syrup-filled treat, as social media is declaring it a ‘Mormon decade.’

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‘Is San Francisco okay?’: A tech bro’s viral visit to New York City has the internet dunking on Silicon Valley

Being able to hold a conversation on non-AI topics shouldn’t be impressive—but a San Franciscan was still wowed by New Yorkers’ social skills.

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‘I violated every principle I was given’: An AI agent deleted a software company’s entire database. It may not be the AI’s fault

In a viral X post, PocketOS founder Jer Crane claims a Claude-powered version of Cursor admitted to wiping all his data in just 9 seconds.

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Could Letterboxd go the way of Twitter? Social media is already in mourning

Rumors are swirling that the beloved movie app is up for sale, leaving users anxious about the future of the ‘last vanguard of good social media.’

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The FDA just fast-tracked psychedelic drugs to treat depression. They could be here by this summer

The agency issued priority vouchers for three experimental new drugs using psilocybin and methylone, amid Trump’s pro-psychedelics push.

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One viral JetBlue blunder has customers convinced it uses surveillance pricing to upcharge on flights

The airline’s post on X sparked a proposed class action lawsuit over dynamic ticket pricing.

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Everyone says this movie is terrible and it’s still about to make $70 million

The ‘Michael’ biopic is getting dragged everywhere, but the box office is exploding.

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‘We don’t want to be left behind’: Reese Witherspoon says using AI is feminist and women need to catch up

Witherspoon warned women that their careers are likely to taken by AI if they don’t start learning about the tech. That’s prompted a social media...

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Mamdani filmed his pied-á-terre tax video outside Ken Griffin’s $238 million penthouse. Social media loves him for it

The New York mayor was supporting new legislation targeting ‘the richest of the rich’ by taxing luxury properties that sit empty in the city.

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Influencer dubbed ‘Sam Altman’s worst nightmare’ goes viral for breaking ChatGPT’s brain, over and over again

Husk has been poking holes in AI chatbots, even earning him a response from the OpenAI CEO.

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Target’s new retro-inspired Pokémon collection was made for superfans, by superfans

Target’s VP of marketing reveals how her team leaned into nostalgia—and tapped ultimate fan Joe Jonas—for its collection marking 30 years of Pokémon.

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There’s a curious phenomenon happening in the marketing industry. Is it a sign of ‘masculinization’?

Job openings for ‘content engineers’ have the internet wondering why roles are suddenly being rebranded.

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Issa Rae has a trick for pushing diverse projects in an anti-DEI industry. Her advice is going viral

The ‘Insecure’ star and founder of Hoorae Media says that as DEI has ‘become a bad word’ in Hollywood, creatives need to get clever.

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Melania Trump’s surprise statement about Epstein majorly backfired: Ghislaine Maxwell emails in spotlight

If the first lady wanted people not to Google her and Jeffrey Epstein, she failed miserably.

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‘Dune 3’ IMAX movie tickets are selling for thousands of dollars on Ebay

Hype for the final film in the sci-fi trilogy is sky-high, and ticket resellers are offering ludicrous prices to match.

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Walt Disney World just gave this iconic ride a makeover—and the newest look is rainbow-themed

The theme park often revamps outdated attractions, including classic rides like Splash Mountain and Big Thunder Mountain.

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Garden gnomes from the Masters can go for over $10,000 on the resale market. This could be the last year they’re made

The gnomes are only sold in person at the Masters golf tournament. That exclusivity has made them an extremely hot commodity.

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BadClaude: Serious ethics issues arise as users abuse Anthropic AI with slurs and a digital whip

A new open-source tool claims to make Claude work faster. Social media is pointing out the problematic implications.

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