Culture

Culture Guides

The 40 Best Shows on Apple TV Right Now

Hijack, Pluribus, and The Morning Show are among the best shows on Apple TV this month.

The Big Interview

Jimmy Wales Will Never Edit Donald Trump’s Wikipedia Page: He ‘Makes Me Insane’

Country Fandom

You’ve Never Heard of China’s Greatest Sci-Fi Novel

Digital Culture

China’s AI Boyfriend Business Is Taking On a Life of Its Own

Gen Z women in China are all in on digital companionship—even setting up dates with real-world versions of their AI boyfriends.

She Was Given Up by Her Chinese Parents—and Spent 14 Years Trying to Find a Way Back

More and more Chinese adoptees in the US are trying to reunite with their birth parents. For Youxue, it took more than a decade, and a remarkable coincidence.

Dumbphone Owners Have Lost Their Minds

All my Gen Z friends want to ditch their smartphones. It’s cool. They’re cool. But there’s more at stake than they think.

The Campaign to Destroy Renee Good

After an ICE agent shot and killed the Minneapolis mother, conservative media launched an all-out attack on her reputation. Her identity as a queer woman was central to it.

Video Games

Roblox’s AI-Powered Age Verification Is a Complete Mess

Kids are being identified as adults—and vice versa—on Roblox, while age-verified accounts are already being sold online.

The Avatar Game Is So Good, They Don’t Need to Make the Movies Anymore

See the new movie Avatar: Fire and Ash if you’d like. But if you really want to experience the big blue world of Pandora, the video game is where it’s at.

A New Las Vegas Attraction Serves Up Alien Foxes, Exoplanets, and VR Carl Sagan

Interstellar Arc is an immersive sci-fi experience that uses recent advances in headset tech to break new ground in virtual reality. And it all happens inside an empty-looking room in Las Vegas.

Horses, the Most Controversial Game of the Year, Doesn’t Live Up to the Hype

First it was banned. Then its sales blew up. But Horses fails to meet the lofty goals of its own ideas.

Movies and TV

The 24 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now

Fallout, The Girlfriend, and The Mighty Nein are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.

The 45 Best Movies on Hulu This Week

Together, The Toxic Avenger, and Heat are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.

The 51 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now

A Thousand Blows, Tell Me Lies, and Paradise are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Hulu this month.

The 50 Best Movies on Netflix Right Now

Good Night, and Good Luck: Live From Broadway, Frankenstein, and Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery are just a few of the movies you should watch on Netflix this month.