Infinite Scroll
Kyle Chayka on the people and platforms that are shaping digital culture.
The Internet’s New Favorite Philosopher
Byung-Chul Han, in treatises such as “The Burnout Society” and his latest, “The Crisis of Narration,” diagnoses the frenetic aimlessness of the digital age.
The Dumbphone Boom Is Real
A burgeoning cottage industry caters to beleaguered smartphone users desperate to escape their screens.
Trump’s Social-Media Potemkin Village
After an I.P.O. last week, Truth Social is confronting the gaping incongruity between its valuation and the paltry reality of its product.
“Argylle” Is the I.P. Ouroboros That Hollywood Hath Wrought
Intentionally or not, the new spy movie suggests the extreme convolutions that a production must undergo to justify its existence as an original story.
America’s Paranoid Taylor Swift Super Bowl MAGA Fever Dream
The fate of everything from the N.F.L. to American democracy has been sucked up in the Swiftularity.
How the Stanley Cup Went Viral
The canny marketing campaign behind the wildly popular tumblers.
The Terrible Twenties? The Assholocene? What to Call Our Chaotic Era
There is something paradoxical about pinning a name on an age characterized by extreme uncertainty. But that hasn’t stopped people from trying.
Elon Musk’s Poisoned Platform
Users and advertisers are fleeing X after Musk’s message supporting an antisemitic conspiracy theory. But the platform seems destined to die a slow death.
Your A.I. Companion Will Support You No Matter What
New chatbots offer friendship, intimacy, and unconditional encouragement. Do they mitigate isolation or exacerbate it?
How Social Media Abdicated Responsibility for the News
The Israel-Hamas war has displayed with fresh urgency the perils of relying on our feeds for updates about events unfolding in real time.