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The 52 Best Shows on Disney+ Right Now
Agatha All Along, The Simpsons, and Bluey are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Disney+ this month.
Jennifer M. Wood and WIRED Staff
Your Dumb Memes Revived One of Butt Rock's Biggest Bands
Somehow, Creed shitposts have jumped from message boards to Major League Baseball. Now the band’s 25-year-old album Human Clay is selling once again—and the band is going viral all on its own.
James Pero
Meet the People Traveling the World, Thanks to Crowdfunding
To finance their travels, these people turned to the bank of friends, family, and strangers.
Rosie Bell
The Shade Room Founder Is Ready to Dial Down the Shade
Angie Nwandu dishes on Diddy, Donald Trump, the responsibility of the Black press, and what it takes to build a lasting media empire.
Jason Parham
Nintendo Is Suing Palworld Creator Pocketpair
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are suing the company behind the game, which fans dubbed “Pokémon with guns,” for patent infringement.
Megan Farokhmanesh
Sony’s $700 PlayStation 5 Pro Is Finally Coming in November
Following months of rumors, the company just announced its powerful yet pricey PlayStation 5 upgrade.
Megan Farokhmanesh
New AI Model Can Simulate Super Mario Bros. After Watching Gameplay Footage
Despite its limitations, the makers of MarioVGG think AI video could one day replace game engines.
Kyle Orland, Ars Technica
Concord’s Death Offers a Bleak Look at Gaming’s Future
After eight years of development, Sony pulled the plug on Concord today after just two weeks. Fans loved it, but seemingly not enough. Is the future of the industry blockbuster-or-bust?
Adam Morgan
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Gives the Princess Powers That Link Never Got
After playing Nintendo’s highly-anticipated Switch game, we can confidently say it supplies Hyrule’s new hero Zelda with more than a sword.
Megan Farokhmanesh
Transformers One Isn’t as Silly as It Looks
It’s messages may be on the nose—it’s an animated kids’ movie!—but it also has more perspective than the franchise has exhibited in years.
Angela Watercutter
The 44 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now
Wicked Little Letters, Rebel Ridge, and The Platform are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.
Matt Kamen and WIRED Staff
The 44 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now
Terminator Zero, The Perfect Couple, and Sweet Home are just a few of the shows you need to watch on Netflix this month.
Matt Kamen and WIRED Staff
The 22 Best Movies on Apple TV+ Right Now
Wolfs, Fancy Dance, and The World’s a Little Blurry are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Apple TV+ this month.
Angela Watercutter
Lo-Fi Weather Channel Videos Are Soothing Climate Fears on YouTube
Hours-long videos of ’80s and ’90s Weather Channel broadcasts set to vaporwave tunes are all over YouTube. They’re perfect for those moments you want to remember a time when weather was a little less scary.
Ade D. Adeniji
The End of ‘Brat Summer’ Doesn’t Mean What You Think
Yes, it means we’re moving into Demure Autumn or even PSL Time, but it also indicates seasons themselves are getting warped by meme culture.
Angela Watercutter
NaNoWriMo Organizers Said It Was Classist and Ableist to Condemn AI. All Hell Broke Loose
Last weekend several authors cut ties with National Novel Writing Month after the nonprofit issued a statement seemingly greenlighting the use of AI in writing.
Meghan Herbst
Ticket Bots Leave Oasis Fans Enraged
The online ticketing “fiasco” for the band’s upcoming reunion tour has led to pushback against dynamic pricing models and calls for more consumer protections.
Angela Watercutter
This Digital Archivist Believes Hollywood’s ‘Competition Era’ Is Over
“It’s as if television, media, and filmmaking are becoming manifest destiny in the wrong ways,” says Maya Cade, founder of the Black Film Archive. “And there's nothing sadder.”
Jason Parham
The Creators of Industry Know Banking Is a Rigged Game
The HBO drama about the Machiavellian world of high finance is an undeniable hit—and cocreators Mickey Down and Konrad Kay say “coke and boats” is just the beginning.
Jason Parham
He Started Out as the ‘Dear Abby’ of Grindr. Now Everyone Wants His Advice
With the advice column ¡Hola Papi!, JP Brammer tackles life’s most eccentric and heart-wrenching issues—like what to do after realizing your fiance is catfishing you.
Jason Parham
Drew Afualo Will Never Stop Making Fun of Misogynist Men
The TikTok influencer and podcast host amassed millions of followers for her roasts—and swears she’ll keep doing it even if TikTok goes away.
Jason Parham
Moo Deng Is More Than a Meme
As the baby pygmy hippo has gone mega-viral, the Thai zoo where she was born is hustling to trademark her and keep her safe.
Angela Watercutter
Reddit’s ‘Celebrity Number Six’ Win Was Almost a Catastrophe—Thanks to AI
This week, Reddit solved the long-running Celebrity Number Six mystery, but it almost got derailed thanks to accusations that the missing piece was made with AI.
Angela Watercutter
The Trademark Tug-of-War Over ‘Demure’ Shows a Massive Meme Power Shift
Going back to the days of “on fleek,” creators have had a hard time benefiting from their memes. TikTokker Jools Lebron is poised to change that.
Angela Watercutter
The Australian Breaker Who Broke the Internet
It’s been a week since Rachael Gunn, aka Raygun, competed in the breaking competition at the Paris Olympics. The memes—and the controversy—haven’t stopped since.
Angela Watercutter
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