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Will the Apple Watch Ultra make Garmin the next Nokia?

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Finding friendship and freedom on an electric skateboard

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The speakeasy economy of WeChat

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Pirates of Khadda Market

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Learning to love being asexual while looking for love on Discord

Cara Giovanetti

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The joy of a calming Twitter account

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Finding community in a hip-hop producer’s Twitch stream

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The chaotic joy of Art Fight

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Blaseball: birthing hope through chaos

Meaningful triumphs in a broken world

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How Animal Crossing helped me explore my gender

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Moving from Dubai to California, Spotify kept me in touch with my culture

Tracking the musical diaspora, one playlist at a time

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Next Gen Favorites: Parsec

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Next Gen Favorites: Wattpad

Mirna Rodriguez

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Next Gen Favorites: the half-finished Duolingo course

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Next Gen Favorites: the Alicia Keys Tiny Desk concert

Andrea Plascencia

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When does sharing become oversharing?

Sharing our personal lives online is important — but it’s dangerous, too

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The isolation of grief in the pandemic

The pandemic separates us when we need people most

Apr 25, 2021|

Why I left

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Hades’ greatest achievement is its brilliantly designed endgame

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The DS was Nintendo at its best and weirdest

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The legacy of the skate video lives on in TikTok

Skateboarding is more accessible and inclusive than ever, thanks to social media platforms

Sep 4, 2020|

You can cop-proof your phone, but there’s a better way to stay safe

Russell Brandom

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I’m addicted to Instagram scams

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Twitter isn’t a government, but it’s the best one we’ve got

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How an experimental story about gender and warfare shook the sci-fi community

Jan 22, 2020|

The heady, earnest Remember Me was action game storytelling at its best

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Like it or not, the Marvel empire redefined cinema this decade

Julia Alexander

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The best games of 2019

The Outer Worlds is a cruel twist on role-playing games’ lone hero stories

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How Blade Runner got its name from a dystopian book about health care

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What DC Comics needs to learn from Joker’s success

Oct 30, 2019|

BoJack Horseman is its own harshest critic

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Cinema’s digital impostors are coming

Charles Bramesco

Oct 22, 2019|

HBO’s Watchmen is using Easter eggs to signal that it isn’t like the comic

Oct 22, 2019|

Gemini Man is a cinematic throwback, but it may be the future of blockbusters, too

Jesse Hassenger

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Joker mimics King of Comedy and Fight Club, but it’s a completely different kind of film

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Here’s why this is the decade of superstar astronaut movie roles

Jesse Hassenger

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Should we treat incels as terrorists?

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Transparent’s musical finale lays out the series’ intent and its legacy

Amazon Studios’ signature series comes to a triumphant end

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Up close with the Taycan, Porsche’s first electric car

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