The Taylor Swift Album Leak’s Big AI Problem
On Thursday, Taylor Swift did a very Taylor Swift thing: She posted an Instagram story with a link to buy “Fortnight,” the first single off of her new album, The …
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Nas’ ‘Illmatic’ Was the Beginning of the End of the Album
Music consumption and discussion in 2024 bears little resemblance to fandom from one decade ago, let alone three or four. Old songs gain new life on TikTok; AI creates original …
‘Civil War’ Review: Alex Garland Plays Both Sides
Garland and A24, one of the film’s distributors, declined to give WIRED an interview to discuss these topics and didn’t respond to emailed questions, so it’s hard to say how …
The Internet Archive Just Backed Up an Entire Caribbean Island
Aruba’s colonial history also meant documents were spread all over the place. “Our collection was scattered,” says Edric Croes, the head of archival conservation and management at the National Archives …
The Best Queer Batman Parody You Almost Never Saw
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I used to host a web series called Hot Topics With Vera Drew, which is the only web series with the express purpose of getting Vera Drew sponsored by Hot …
AI-Generated Spoofs of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race’ Are Flooding Instagram and TikTok
The blending of the real and unreal could explain why some faux-Drag Race followers get so passionate about what they’re seeing on their feeds. Michael says he “lives for the …
Beyoncé’s ‘Cowboy Carter’ Meets Online Fandom at the Crossroads
There’s a nasty not-so-secret secret no one likes to talk about, so it’s best to start there: Black women are among the most hated demographic worldwide. In America especially, anti-Blackness …
Kate Middleton Conspiracists Are Recreating the Streisand Effect
Group chats, including at least one of mine, can’t get enough. #KateGate—loosely, a collection of theories around the whereabouts and well-being of Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales—presently seems to …
No One Knows What TikTok Is
“Most of these push notifications went to minor children, and these minor children were flooding our offices with phone calls,” Representative Raja Krishnamoorthi of Illinois told CBS News. “Basically they …
The Kate Middleton Photo’s Most Glaring Photoshop Mistakes
Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, needs to brush up on her Photoshop skills, apparently. Over the weekend, the royal family released the first image of Middleton since her abdominal …