Some toys are so lifelike or unsettling that they blur the line between plaything and eerie imitation. Join us as we explore memorable toys that feel a bit too real, from robotic pets with watchful ...

AI chatbots are becoming stand-ins for pets and partners — offering comfort, connection and raising new concerns.

A historical exploration reveals shifting attitudes towards queerness, from Leonardo da Vinci's era to modern LGBTQ+ rights.

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Sometime in the mid-2010s, a conspiracy theory called the “dead internet theory” started circulating on the darker parts of ...

M3GAN 2.0 is a programme in need of a serious upgrade. Neither funny nor inventive enough to justify two hours of your time ...

I found people in serious relationships with AI partners and planned a weekend getaway for them at a remote Airbnb. We barely ...

In a story that feels ripped straight out of the movie Her, CBS News recently aired a segment featuring Chris Smith, a man who not only fell in love with an AI chatbot… he actually proposed to it.

Birth of a Nation” (2025) by Stan Douglas. The Canadian artist remakes a sequence from the 1915 movie with new ...

After a tragedy, records from local archives can help us understand how a community understands itself. Here’s some of what ...

Find AI-driven conspiracies, a witty detective duo and more in this month's roundup of new and upcoming mysteries and ...

I’d recently been on a perfume jag, wreathing myself in enticing scents from au-courant brands, but I liked this fragrance ...