Futures

Tech

This Facebook Messenger Chatbot Tells You a Short Story

12.22.16

By Grennan Milliken
Tech

An iPhone-Powered VR Headset Promises Positional Tracking Without a Tether

12.21.16

By Leif Johnson
Tech

Signal Claims Egypt Is Blocking Access to Encrypted Messaging App

12.19.16

By Joseph Cox
Tech

This Talking Parrot Mimics the ‘OK Google’ Noise

12.19.16

By Grennan Milliken
Tech

Melanotan II Gives Us What We Always Wanted: Dark Tans and Powerful Erections

12.19.16

By Oliver Lee Bateman
Tech

The United States of Climate Change Denial

12.18.16

By Sarah Emerson & Jason Koebler
Tech

The FCC Just Approved a Landmark New Way For Deaf People to Communicate

12.18.16

By Sam Gustin
Tech

Department of Defense Warns Contractors About Iran-Linked Malware

12.16.16

By Joseph Cox
Tech

As Tom Wheeler Departs, AT&T Tells the FCC to Take a Hike on Zero-Rating

12.16.16

By Sam Gustin
Tech

Why Some Spotify Users Weren’t Impressed With This Year’s Year-End Stats

12.16.16

By David Bixenspan
Tech

Twitch Is Opening Up Beyond Gaming Content

12.15.16

By David Bixenspan
Tech

How FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Became a Net Neutrality Champion

12.15.16

By Sam Gustin

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Music

Khruangbin Guitarist Mark Speer Got Apprehensive Audiences to Clap With a Clever Video Game Trick

Khruangbin guitarist Mark Speer recalled how he used to use distortion and delay to mimic applause for apprehensive live audiences.

3 minutes ago

By Lauren Boisvert
Music

A Potentially Infinite Number of AI Homer Simpson ‘Cover Songs’ Have ‘Poisoned’ Soulseek

A troll is sharing more than 2,000 Homer songs masquerading as originals—and there may be plenty more on their way.

12 minutes ago

By Adam Christopher Smith
Steve Buscemi, Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld (Photo: Isaiah Trickey/FilmMagic, Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for GOOD+ Foundation)

Comedy

Did Chris Rock and Steve Buscemi Audition for ‘Seinfeld’?

The two actors were rumored to have been up for Jason Alexander’s role at one point

31 minutes ago

By Tony Alpsen
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Horoscopes

Zodiac Signs That Handle Stress Best—and the Ones Who Can’t Take It

Everyone has a stress personality. Here’s how each zodiac sign tends to deal when life starts pressing down.

39 minutes ago

By Ashley Fike
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Horoscopes

Tonight’s Moon Phase: February 18, 2026

Wondering how tonight’s moon will impact you? Here’s everything you should know about the current moon phase.

1 hour ago

By Sammi Caramela