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Despite positioning itself as an anti-hookup app, users tell WIRED that Goose has fake profiles, harsh acceptance standards, and problems with inclusivity. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Fairweather Friend 

The restrictions, which can be turned off, will include a crackdown on “addictive” app features and will be in addition to a total ban on children under 16 accessing platforms like TikTok and YouTube. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Anti-Social 

A new study found that social media platforms are referring people to sites where they can create nonconsensual, sexually explicit deepfakes for as little as $1 an image. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Bad Gateway 

Armed with high-end knives and digital calipers, Germanbreadcutter has entranced thousands of fans, one loaf at a time. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Knives Out 

On this week’s episode of The Big Interview podcast, WIRED’s senior culture editor Manisha Krishnan talks to Gowanus about eschewing Big Tech, going outside, and rejection in the age of dating apps. Read More Culture LatestCulture, The Big Interview 

The actor, who died at age 78 on Monday, embodied a passionate approach to research and positive masculinity in his role as paleontologist Alan Grant in the 1993 blockbuster Jurassic Park. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Movies, Culture / Culture News, RIP 

Summer 2026 marks the 30th anniversary of Jay-Z’s debut Reasonable Doubt. To honor it, he put on a massive concert at Yankee Stadium—complete with performances from Beyoncé, Nas, and Alicia Keys. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Music, Culture / Digital Culture, Behind the Scenes 

Billed as the “world’s first museum of AI arts,” Dataland uses wearables and troves of material from the Amazon to merge nature, biometrics, and art. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Nature Is Healing 

A surprise 10th-anniversary event saw Niantic fulfilling a promise teased in the original 2016 launch trailer for its popular mobile game. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Video Games, Catch ‘Em All