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Unlucky Amazon shopper orders DDR5 memory but gets DDR4 hidden under the heatspreader — RAM sold as new was a switcharoo
Unlucky Amazon shopper orders DDR5 memory but gets DDR4 in disguise...
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The best books we read in 2025
These days when you want to engage with some media, you can choose from podcasts, videos, games, live performances - or books, one of the oldest and most popula...
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The Best Japanese Planners (2026): Hobonichi Techo, Kokuyo Jibun Techo
Are Japanese planners like the Hobonichi really better than American planners? Here’s where they differ and why you might want to switch....
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People Are Using Sora 2 to Make Disturbing Videos With AI-Generated Kids
Videos such as fake ads featuring AI children playing with vibrators or Jeffrey Epstein and Diddy-themed playsets are being made with Sora 2 and posted to TikTo...
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Politics Is Fandom; Fascism Is Fanfic
From Zohran Mamdani’s campaign to the US government’s Halo memes, fandom has become the defining language of US politics....
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The Future of EVs Is Foggy—but California Still Wants More of Them
Hamstrung by lawsuits, the state can’t officially keep its goal to ban new gas-powered car sales by 2035. But it’s going to keep trying....
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Some of our favorite gifts will cost you less than $25
Holiday shopping on a budget can feel constricting, especially if you've been invited to a white elephant or need a last-minute stocking stuffer. The good news...
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You need to listen to these Christmas deep cuts
Santa knows how to boogie. | Image: AFP via Getty Images It's the holiday season, and Christmas music is utterly inescapable. Look, I love Mariah Carey and Wham...
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The 35 best gifts that your teen will actually use
Between keeping up with TikTok trends and whatever new gadget just dropped, it's tough to know exactly what teens are into these days. Luckily, we can help. We...
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Job killer
Park Chan-wook's 12th feature-length movie, No Other Choice, begins with Man-su Lee Byung-hun as a proud patriarch at the barbecue, a vision of the platonic ide...
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The best thing I bought this year: The Nintendo Switch 2
I waited for the Nintendo Switch 2 for a long time. Rumors of an allegedly-real-but-never-released Switch Pro swirled around for years as I watched fewer and fe...
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How AIM taught the internet to chat
If you were an internet user around the turn of the century, there's a good chance I could play a one-second long sound of a door opening and memories would imm...