Roger Ailes Got Us To Mistrust Everyone—Including Himself
The cracks started showing when all of Fox News boss Roger Ailes’ usual tricks failed to slow Donald Trump’s ascent—and…
Activision’s First Videogame Show Is Coming to Netflix
The publisher’s new studio hopes to make videogame movies and shows that don’t suck—and it’s starting with an animated series…
Soon We Won’t Program Computers. We’ll Train Them Like Dogs
Welcome to the new world of artificial intelligence. Soon, we won’t program computers. We’ll train them. Like dolphins. Or dogs.…
Remembering Phife Dawg’s Forgotten Masterpieces
Look back on the five-foot assassin’s legacy with some of his heroic guest appearances. The post Remembering Phife Dawg’s Forgotten…
So, About That ‘Tiny Hands’ Trump Chrome Extension…
The resurgence of text-replacement Chrome extensions has us seeing the world through Drumpf-colored glasses—sometimes unintentionally. The post So, About That…
Never Mind Trump. The Internet Wants to Watch What’s Behind Him
This election cycle has been informed by the same disruptive force time and time again: unscripted, out-of-focus performances. The post…
Finally, an Exhaustive Structural Analysis of ‘Damn Daniel’
Damn Daniel wasn’t just another incomprehensible meme. It was a sublime distillation of the last half-century of pop culture. The…
Andy Rubin Unleashed Android on the World. Now Watch Him Do the Same With AI
Rubin’s ambitions go beyond building gadgets or companies. He wants Playground to be the factory that creates the building blocks…
A Father, a Dying Son, and the Quest to Make the Most Profound Videogame Ever
Ryan Green is making a game that is as broken—as confounding, unresolved, and tragically beautiful—as the world itself. The post…
Fear-Mongering Politicians Will Make Tech 2016’s Scapegoat
If 2015 was the year tech became the Bad Guy, then 2016 will be the year it becomes a full-fledged…