‘Your Excel Skills Suck’: The Power Users Turning Spreadsheets Into a Spectator Sport

Data and finance professionals are competing in Excel obstacle courses—amassing huge followings and keeping the Microsoft program relevant. [...]

Why Is It Absolute Hell to Buy a Movie Ticket Now?

Overwhelmed theater apps and a scarcity mindset around exclusive big-screen formats for blockbusters like Dune: Part Three and The Odyssey have led to the “concertification” of movies. [...]

A fantastical journey unfolds in gorgeous Wildwood trailer

"I will tear apart this forest and bring back what it took from me." [...]

Quiet on the creek TikTok trend, explained

TikTok is obsessed with Saucy Santana’s 'quiet on the creek.' Here’s where the phrase came from and what it means. [...]

Why are fans boycotting Neutrogena after Hayden Panettiere’s death?

Hayden Panettiere said Neutrogena tried to drop her after she discussed postpartum depression. Now fans want a boycott. [...]

Bumble Tried to Change Dating, but the Dating Market Forced It to Change Instead

The app now allows men to make the first move, suggesting its women-first positioning was limiting growth. It joins other dating apps now throwing everything at the wall in a bid to stay relevant. [...]

Kinda chic is everywhere. Heres what it means.

The 'kinda chic' trend has taken over TikTok and Instagram. Here’s what it means and why users are already tired of it. [...]

People are threatening to uninstall ChatGPT just to see if it begs

Users are telling ChatGPT they plan to uninstall it and posting its sometimes melodramatic responses on social media. [...]

The 10 best things to do in Stockholm, ranked

From Gamla Stan's medieval alleys to ABBA's pop-culture museum and a boat trip through Stockholm's island archipelago [...]