As movies have morphed from a vibrant public event into a product we watch on our personal screens, film criticism has also been disrupted thanks to apps like Letterboxd. Fortunately, film critic A. S ...

Google launched four official and confirmed algorithmic updates in 2025, three core updates and one spam update. This is in comparison to last year, in 2024, where we had seven confirmed updates, then ...

While the creation of this new entity marks a big step toward avoiding a U.S. ban, as well as easing trade and tech-related tensions between Washington and Beijing, there is still uncertainty ...

It has been two years since Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker's first signature Nike basketball shoe launched in extremely limited numbers at Art Basel. After dropping in every style imaginable ...

For the first time, Instagram will start letting you control the topics its algorithm recommends, much as you now can on TikTok. The new feature is starting with the Reels tab but will eventually come ...

Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. Users can choose which topics to see more or less of in Reels, and soon Instagram’s Explore tab. is a ...

“I think that literature is serious, if not more serious, than nonfiction. You learn just as much. I think that the world is lacking in empathy and that guys can benefit from literature.” Photo: ...

Another year, another stack of great books to read. Jeffrey Brown talked with Maureen Corrigan, book critic for NPR’s Fresh Air, and author Ann Patchett about their top picks this year. The Loneliness ...

Threads is testing a new way for users to manipulate their own recommendation algorithm. The feature, aptly called "Dear algo," allows users to post a message to the algorithm with the note "dear algo ...

Readers Cast Over 7.5 Million Votes in the Goodreads Choice Awards, and These Are the Top Books of 2025 The Results Are In! These Are the Most Popular Baby Names of 2025 By the end of the night, five ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Jeff Hiller hosted the star-studded Nov. 19 ceremony and Corinne Bailey Rae performed as musical guest Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend ...

Music is blending into an algorithm-generated playlist, cinema is dominated by blockbuster movies from decades-old franchises, and the rest of the cultural scene is as flat and bland as a pancake.