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The 29 Best Movies on Hulu This Week

Origin, Anchorman, and Fight Club are just a few of the movies you need to watch on Hulu right now.
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How to Take the Perfect Soccer Penalty

The 38 Best Shows on Hulu Right Now

The Bear, Queenie, Black Twitter: A People’s History, and Shōgun are just a few of the shows you should be watching on Hulu this month.

The 34 Best Shows on Amazon Prime Right Now

The Boys, Outer Range, and Fallout are just a few of the things you should be watching on Amazon Prime Video this week.

The 38 Best Shows on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now

House of the Dragon, Ren Faire, and Fantasmas are just a few of the shows you need to be watching on Max this month.

The 30 Best Movies on Max (aka HBO Max) Right Now

Am I OK?, Dune: Part Two, and MoviePass, MovieCrash are just a few of the movies you should be watching on Max this month.

Metroid Prime 4 Gets a Release Date After Years of Troubled Development

Metroid Prime 4: Beyond has a release date and a new gameplay trailer, both of which were announced at Tuesday's Nintendo Direct.

The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom Finally Gives Zelda Her Own Game

Princess Zelda is getting her own adventure on September 26.

Cities: Skylines II Found a Solution for High Rents: Get Rid of Landlords

For months, players have been complaining about high rents in the city-building sim. This week, developer Colossal Order fixed the problem by doing something real cities can’t: removing landlords.

The Indie Horror Game That Launched a Surprising Queer Hopepunk Revolution

Signalis came out in 2022 to strong reviews but has mostly stayed under the radar. Two years later, it has amassed a following of women, nonbinary, and queer folks who have created a hopeful community based around its grimdark themes.

The Anderson Cooper of Black Twitter Believes Journalism Can Survive Influencers

Editor and news aggregator Phil Lewis isn’t afraid of YouTubers or TikTokkers. He says the real threat is misinformation.

Six-Word Sci-Fi: Stories Written by You

Here's this month's prompt, how to submit, and an illustrated archive of past favorites.

Meet the Photographer Behind the Social Media App for Everyone Sick of Meta’s AI

Artists are fleeing Meta’s platforms over fears their work will be used to train AI. Photographer Jingna Zhang’s Cara promises protection, but the influx of new users is taxing her niche portfolio app.

Behind That Viral LA Billboard That Trolled Microsoft and Other Game Companies

As big studios showed up in Los Angeles for Summer Game Fest, they were greeted by a message to recently shuttered developers: “We miss you. We hate money.”

I Am Laura Kipnis-Bot, and I Will Make Reading Sexy and Tragic Again

Margaret Atwood, Marlon James, Lena Dunham, Roxane Gay: We’ve all agreed to be turned into AI reading companions by a mysterious company called Rebind. I report from the inside.

The Secret to Living Past 120 Years Old? Nanobots

In The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge With AI, the spiritual sequel to his (in)famous first book, Ray Kurzweil doubles down on the promise of immortality.

The Tech World’s Greatest Living Novelist Goes Meta

In which Robin Sloan writes Moonbound—a science fiction book about science fiction—and our writer writes his way into total insanity.

AI Killed Images. Legacy Russell Knows How We Can Revive Them

The author of Black Meme has ideas for how to protect digital culture from the rise of generative AI. It starts with embracing slow media.

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