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Netflix's Adolescence fails to address the role of this invisible force in shaping Jamie's actions, exposing a blind spot in ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

Ah, the simplicity of it all. A simple tumblelog post has evolved into a Twitter meme simply named #emojiarthistory. Edvard Munch may be the only artist blessed with his own emoji, but it appears the ...

On TikTok, some reckon that memes are less funny than they used to be, and have proposed drastic action. Hence, in 2026, TikTok memes are scheduled to change, wiping away the current slate of trends, ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

"Joe" is the name of the trendiest emoji character on Twitter / X right now, but the character has a richer history than what's been spammed this past month. The emotional emoticon, with his signature ...

Every time a new slang word gets coined on the Internet, linguist Adam Aleksic is thrilled. “It’s definitely good for me in that I stay in business,” says Aleksic, who studies the origins of words and ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...

With a Canadian federal election less than three weeks away, the bots are out in force, looking for unsuspecting voters to sway. Rampant and undetectable to the naked eye, foreign and domestic players ...

ABSTRACT: The Cognitive Resonance Theory (CRT) offers a novel theoretical framework for examining the complex interactions between algorithmic personalization, emotional engagement, and the formation ...

A recent group chat between high-ranking Trump officials may not exactly have been secure, but its place in internet culture certainly is. The fiasco known as Signalgate introduced what may already be ...