2025-09-11

Grok claimed the Charlie Kirk assassination video was a 'meme edit'

Grok has once again been caught spreading blatant misinformation on X. In several bizarre exchanges, the chatbot repeatedly claimed that Charlie Kirk was "fine" and that gruesome videos of h [...]

2025-09-12

The Morning After: HBO Max is going to get more expensive

As is often the case, the tech news tide is out after Apple’s iPhone 17 event. (Did we do a dedicated newsletter on all the announcements? Yes, yes we did.)<br /> Before the weekend, though, t [...]

2025-09-17

House committee asks Discord, Valve, Twitch and Reddit to testify on online radicalization

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) has asked the CEOs of Discord, Twitch, Valve and Reddit to testify at a hearing on online radicalization. The hearing will b [...]

2025-09-17

Ambrosia Sky is an essay on death masquerading as a sci-fi cleaning sim

Dalia is a death cleaner.<br /> Death cleaning, as we know it, is the process of sanitizing and tidying the spaces where people take their final breaths, sometimes long after their bodies have b [...]

2025-05-30

How to watch the Death Stranding 2 premiere event at Summer Game Fest

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach technically launches on June 26, but you'll be able to get an early look at the game and hear from a panel of people who worked on it thanks to a newly announced e [...]

2025-06-26

Who is this 'final' six-minute Death Stranding 2 trailer actually for?

Death Stranding 2: On The Beach is out today, not counting the early access period. Kojima Productions and publisher Sony couldn't resist putting out one last trailer. I wouldn't be surprise [...]

2025-01-08

Someone please buy me this battery-powered, plug-in induction range from CES

I don't want or need 99 percent of the stuff on display at CES — don't get me wrong, most of what we're seeing this week is impressive in one way or another, but nothing had seemed li [...]

2025-12-17

Big Tech bent the knee for Trump in 2025

Sure, we've seen millions poured into lobbying and other means of influence during every presidency, but the last two years set a whole new bar. Business leaders, including those from almost ever [...]

2025-09-10

Charlie Kirk shot during live event at Utah college as internet reacts in horror

Conservative political leader Charlie Kirk was shot in the neck while speaking at a Utah college on Sept. 9. [...]