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Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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“New age of internet censorship”: Reddit to block the Internet Archive from indexing its site. Here’s why it matters

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This YouTuber is folding a Galaxy Z Fold 7 over 200,000 times by hand just to see what will break

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“Garishly ugly”: Outrage brews over The Sphere’s “Wizard of Oz” featuring AI upscaling that erases key details of the film—and makes up others

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“You dirty clanker”: We finally have a derogatory term for AI robots

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“I’ve never seen a mental illness accelerate so rapidly”: Can ChatGPT send you into a psychosis? Here’s what we know

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“No wonder it looks crisp”: New technology replacing green screens in superhero movies like “Superman” has the internet divided

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14 current technologies people hope will seem ridiculous in 50 years

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“End of an era”: Microsoft is killing off the legendary “blue screen of death”

Nina Hernandez is a writer, journalist, music critic, and culture commentator based in Austin, Texas.

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“Nah”: Man spills drink on girlfriend’s laptop, breaking it. Then he refuses to pay half for new one

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Gen Z wants a digital detox, and BlackBerries are suddenly cool again

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“Deliver what? A single pack of gum?”: Walmart drones are making deliveries in 5 new cities

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“Steve Jobs is in heaven crying”: Apple’s iOS 26 “liquid glass” design has everyone mad and confused

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