2025-08-14

Dedicated volunteer exposes “single largest self-promotion operation in Wikipedia’s history”

Ten years of work to boost one man's reputation. [...]

2025-08-14

Everything you need to know about AI companions

People are turning to AI companions for intimacy. Here's how to find and interact with one. [...]

2025-08-14

AI Slop Is Ripping Off One of Summer’s Best Games. Copycats Are Proving Hard to Kill

Peak has sold millions of copies and is Aggro Crab’s biggest hit to date. That makes it a prime target for cloning. [...]

2025-08-14

How to safely chat with an AI boyfriend

AI boyfriends are available on companion sites like Character.AI. [...]

2025-08-13

The virtual idols taking over the internet — and the company betting big on them

COVER Corporation CEO Motoaki Tanigo sat down with Mashable to reveal the inner workings of the VTubing industry. [...]

2025-08-13

'War of the Worlds' Isn’t Just Bad. It’s Also Shameless Tech Propaganda

By making Big Tech the hero in a movie about government surveillance, the dismally rated remake feels more like an ad for Amazon than anything else. [...]

2025-08-12

They’re golden: Fictional band from K-Pop Demon Hunters tops the charts

Netflix film's appeal fueled by killer K-pop soundtrack with one banger after another. [...]

2025-08-12

Google Searches for 'Taylor Swift' Summon This Dazzling Easter Egg

The surprise coincides with the announcement of Swift's 12th album, called The Life of a Showgirl. [...]

2025-08-12

Reddit is blocking Wayback Machine from archiving users posts

Reddit will block the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine from saving posts so that the data can't be used to train AI for free. [...]