One-Third of the Internet Is Just Bots Now. Seriously.
Gone are the days when trolls and pop-up ads were destroying the internet. Those days seem quaint in retrospect. Today, the internet is being cannibalized by a swarm of AI ...
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Retired banker ‘shocked’ at viral posts falsely naming him as Charlie Kirk’s assassin — when he was home in another country
A retired banker has revealed his horror at being wrongly identified online as Charlie Kirk’s assassin — even though he was actually home around 2,000 miles away in Canada. Michael ...
Sam Altman wants his new company to scan the irises of every human on Earth — here’s what that means for you
The eyes may have it, but Sam Altman only wants yours for a quick iris scan. With that, the tech mogul says his latest venture, the World project, can eliminate ...
Red Sea Cable Damage Disrupts Internet Access for Asia and Middle East
Internet monitors said over the weekend that widespread service disruptions in Asia and the Middle East appear to have been caused by damage to undersea cables in the Red Sea ...
Tesla, Netflix, and StubHub are seizing on the viral ‘ColdplayGate’ moment
Tesla, Netflix, StubHub, and the Seattle Mariners are among a growing number of brands that have quickly seized on the viral Coldplay 'kiss cam' clip on social media.Robert Okine/Getty ImagesColdplayGate ...
Is Our Relationship With Tech Turning Life Into One Giant Casino?
This is the first installment of new column MICHAEL HOLDEN’S ATTENTION CASINO, and is taken from the spring 2025 edition of VICE magazine: THE ROCK BOTTOM ISSUE. To subscribe to ...
HBO Max’s social team knows its rebrand is absurd. It’s leaning in.
Warner Bros. Discovery distributed this meme to the media when it announced it was changing the name of its streaming service back to HBO Max.Warner Bros. DiscoveryThe internet is making ...
NYC’s new ‘monstrous’ 5G cell towers get nasty reception in ritzy neighborhood: ‘It would look good in Dubai’
This cell tower’s reception hasn’t been great. Upper West Siders bashed a massive, futuristic-looking 5G cell tower casting a shadow over Columbus Avenue — with some locals calling it out-of-place ...
