You need to listen to the cosmic horror-comedy podcast Welcome to Night Vale
It's relatively rare for a podcast to last 14 years, especially a fiction one. In fact, as far as I can tell, Welcome to Night Vale is the long…
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Under Musk, the Grok disaster was inevitable
This is The Stepback , a weekly newsletter breaking down one essential story from the tech world. For more on dystopian developments in AI, follow …
Disney deleted a Thread because people kept quoting its movies at it
"Share a Disney quote that sums up how you're feeling right now!" That's what Disney posted on Threads the other day, and people …
Verizon-owned Visible is offering outage credits, too
Customers of Visible Wireless, which is owned by Verizon, may be getting a $5 credit toward their next bill in response to a Verizon cell service ou…
OpenAI releases a cheaper ChatGPT subscription
OpenAI is expanding a low-cost subscription tier called ChatGPT Go to the US and the rest of the world. Go was released in India in August and later…
I’ve tested the latest Switch 2 controllers, and this one is the best
If you choose to get an extra controller for your Nintendo Switch 2, you can spend a lot — and get a lot in return. Buying Nintendo’s own $89 Switch…
Verizon’s wireless network is down for many people nationwide
The first big outage of 2026 is here, as Verizon customers across the US, including several of our phones, complain that service has been spotty or …