Pop Culture

Japan’s strongest media export makes a solid case for your attention span. Here’s what to watch. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Movies, Culture / TV, Streaming Guides 

Many young men are driven to resentment and are financially exploited as influencers sell them classes, pills, and the illusion of clout, a new report reveals. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Smoke and Mirrors 

Online speculation over the weight loss of celebrities like Ariana Grande—even out of genuine concern—can make things worse for people struggling with eating disorders. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Media Diet 

The gossip blogger was on TikTok covered in what appeared to be blood and wielding a knifelike object before the platform cut his stream. He’s since been hospitalized. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Social Media 

“Myst” sold over 6 million copies in the ’90s. Its latest spinoff couldn’t shore up any funding, pointing to an existential crisis among double-A games. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Video Games, Diminishing Returns 

Mugshawtys and similar pages often frame mugshots as thirst traps. The women featured are mocked and are sometimes sexually harassed in a form of public shaming. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Overexposed 

Puck’s Matthew Belloni says AI has quietly become part of everyday filmmaking. The battle now isn’t whether Hollywood will use the technology—it’s who controls what’ll come next. Read More Culture LatestCulture, The Big Interview 

Fenix Flexin’s hit song “Rubberz” has hip-hop fans arguing over whether it was generated by AI. Some say they have proof it’s machine-made, but will anyone care? Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Music, Music 

The communication-free form of breaking up has become ubiquitous. “I no longer had to bear her energy,” a man who ghosted his partner of four years tells WIRED. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Vanishing Act