The internet is being overrun by fake and bogus AI imagery and text. The question is, what are we going to do about it? The internet has always had a problem with misinformation, but that problem is being accelerated by AI and the deluge of fabricated lies and deceit. Is it not important that the …
One of the most fascinating and frightening incidents in computer security history started in 2022 with a few pushy emails to the mailing list for a small, one-person open source project. A user had submitted a complex bit of code that was now waiting for the maintainer to review. But a different user with the …
Photo-Illustration: the Cut; Photos Getty Images What are you gatekeeping? Shania Twain was accused of gatekeeping Harry Styles’s phone number. High Times denounced “stoner gatekeeping,” and racing fans pledged not to gatekeep Formula 1. On TikTok, if you gatekeep where you bought that vintage skirt or which drugstore moisturizer you use or or what’s the …
Have you ever thought about where the term Wi-Fi comes from? Most people would logically assume it’s a shortened version of some highly technical description for the tech that allowed computers to access the internet wirelessly. But those people would be wrong. Rebecca Hall on Filming Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire The term Wi-Fi …
What do the words “loo,” “condo,” “haw,” “hero” have in common? Unless you’re extremely into ornithology, it’s impressive if you were able to pick out the fact that if you added another letter to each of them, you’d spell the name of a bird. But if you’re a regular player of the New York Times …
Recent data from Meta’s tools reveal a sharp increase in Facebook’s potential advertising reach within Kazakhstan. From January 2023 to January 2024, the platform’s ad reach grew by 400,000, marking an 18.2% growth. Further analysis of the same data from October 2023 to January 2024 indicates an additional increase of 100,000 users, a rise of …
Shot on iPhone 15 Pro | Midnight | Apple Anybody who has seen the 1999 film Audition knows that Takashi Miike is one sick puppy. Known for his extremely graphic horror films, Miike has made some of the most visually inventive and frightening movies I’ve ever seen. That’s what makes it so weird that Miike’s …
You probably don’t know about Automattic, but they know you. As the parent company of WordPress, its content management systems host around 43 percent of the internet’s 10 million most popular websites. Meanwhile, it also owns a vast suite of mega-platforms including Tumblr, where a massive amount of embarrassing personal posts live. All this is …
Wednesday’s episode of Abbott Elementary was delightful as usual, but for a certain type of plugged-in Online Fan there was a bonus: “Smoking” includes guest appearances from Sabrina Brier and Casey Frey, two beloved Internet personalities. Brier plays a substitute for Janine’s (Quinta Brunson) class, while Frey followed in Tariq’s (Zack Fox) footsteps as one …
Apple The Apple Watch 9 is being sold. The Apple Watch 9 is not being sold. The Apple Watch 9 is on sale. It is all a little bit confusing, to say the least. But the word now is that sales are back on and legal issues are, at least temporarily, suspended. To celebrate, Best …