Tokyo (AFP) – In a Japanese shop selling pocket-money trinkets, there is a rack of toys, stickers and keyrings based on a global crew of AI-generated characters that almost every child knows about -- ...

If Italian Brainrot makes you feel like you’ve lost your mind, don’t worry, you’re not alone. From random phrases like “Ma ...

Literally, it can be translated as "rotting brain" or "brain decay." But in internet parlance, it is used more generically to describe a decomposed mental condition brought about by extended exposure ...

For those unfamiliar the trend combines crude AI mashups with (very) loose Italian to make ridiculous scenario videos. Among the most popular examples include a crocodile/bomber plane hybrid named ...

Roblox’s Steal a Brainrot, based on “Italian Brainrot” memes, has become a breakout hit—the Roblox/Fortnite game recently hit almost 24 million players in a single day. Roblox is the gaming hub of ...

Freelance journalist and broadcaster, writing about music and the arts. You may have seen the term bandied about, you may even have heard one of the mind-numbing (yet infuriatingly catchy) songs, and ...

Italian Brainrot has taken TikTok – and school classrooms! – by storm, and if you currently have no idea what it is, it's only a matter of time before Ballerina Cappuccina begins to flood your For You ...

Fortnite Chapter 7 Season 2 is finally here, and while I'd like to say that excitement has never been higher, that hasn't been quite the case this time around. Epic Games has been putting its foot in ...

A walking shark in oversized sneakers, an orange with muscular arms and a twirling "Ballerina Cappuccina" with a mug for a head are among the strange stars of the online phenomenon called Italian ...