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Neverending AI-Generated ‘Seinfeld’ Episode Takes the Show About Nothing to Infinity

Beloved sitcom "Seinfeld" finds new life as a reimagined AI show titled "Nothing, Forever."

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Social Media Broke Slang. Now We All Speak Phone.

The irony: Online is where we most need the identity cues that idiosyncratic language used to provide.

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Are we ever authentically ourselves on the internet?

New “anti-Instagram” apps like BeReal claim to help users be more authentic online, but the distinction between real and fake isn’t quite th

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Facial Recognition That Tracks Suspicious Friendliness Is Coming to a Store Near You

Coresight AI has released a new product that sends alerts to store security when customers and staff have anomalous interactions.

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I Am in Cloud-Storage Hell

Services such as iCloud and Google Photos are holding my memories hostage.

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10 thoughts on the future of the internet - The Hmm

Lilian Stolk interviews philosopher and developer Jan Hein Hoogstad

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The Domino Effect —

How machine logic infects our tastes

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The Psychology Behind Why Identical Twins Inspire Fascination—and Fear

A history of othering, experimentation, and mystery.

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What Internet Search Patterns Can Teach Us About Coping

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15 People Lived 40 Days in a Sunless Cave Without Clocks to Study Time

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The Rise of A.I. Companions [Documentary]

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Fashion for Hostile Architecture

Artist Sarah Ross's project Archisuits draws attention to architecture in LA that is specifically designed to prohibit people from sitting on it.

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You can now practice firing someone in virtual reality

Meet Barry: his sole purpose in life is to listen patiently, and then protest or sob a little as you fire him from an imaginary job in virtual reality. Disposable hero: He was created by Talespin, a company that offers virtual reality workplace training. Barry and other VR characters were developed to help teach people…

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How the Personal Computer Broke the Human Body

Decades before 'Zoom fatigue' broke our spirits, the so-called computer revolution brought with it a world of pain previously unknown to humankind.

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A Brief History of ‘Zork’

You are standing in an open field west of a white house, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.

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Why No One Answers Their Phone Anymore