December 2021 Culture Articles
- To delete or not to delete? The fate of the most contentious Wikipedia articles
- Workers at Indian iPhone plant detail wormy food, sleeping on floors
- CES head's justification for keeping the show IRL is absolutely unhinged
- Herpes TikTok influencers are fighting stigma — and fake 'cure' bots
- Tesla recalls half a million vehicles due to production errors
- Crypto fans aim to turn Blockbuster into a socialist streaming utopia
- China developed an AI prosecutor that identifies political dissent
- Apple shuts down Indian iPhone plant after workforce food-poisoning bout
- Is TikTok censoring mentions of competing apps like Instagram?
- DoorDash resumes its ‘one delivery per month’ rule for CEO and engineers
- After ALS struck, he became the world's most advanced cyborg
- Party on Paris Hilton's digital island in Roblox this NYE
- LastPass users are skeptical after company insists it wasn't hacked
- Embrace eco-collapse by converting your Ford F-250 into a giant, diesel Bronco
- The NLRB could finally give Uber drivers the right to unionize
- TikTok somehow brought in more traffic than even Google this year
- All I want for Christmas is an all-consuming internet rabbit hole
- Someone bought an NFT of the first text message ever sent
- Hmm, angry reviews of candles with ‘no scent’ are spiking again...
- Kmart locations are dwindling but its in-store soundtrack is having a moment
- Jack Dorsey to Cardi B: Bitcoin will replace the dollar
- Olive Garden NFTs are upon us and, yes, they come with breadsticks
- OnlyFans founder hands the reins to marketing head after turbulent year
- TikTok Kitchens will deliver internet-famous meals to your doorstep
- 'It's sick': Furries rally against a zoophile influencer
- YouTube TV brings Disney channels back after sudden departure
- French watchdog thinks a stern letter will get Clearview AI to delete data
- How to build your own pinball machine in 4,761 easy steps
- Campus-viral Marriage Pact has bigger plans for its matchmaking algorithm
- Pirated research site Sci-Hub is getting sued again — but now it could win
- Tomorrow 244: Smooth sailing
- Logic's suicide prevention song may have actually had real, positive results
- NFTs suck, but these 'Hellraiser' Pinhead collectibles are awesome
- Instagram starts extending Story videos to 60 seconds
- Amazon warehouses are so hellish that shareholders want a third-party audit
- Boston cops secretly bought cell phone spy tech with unmarked slush funds
- Amazon driver's job was threatened for asking to go home during tornadoes
- Billionaire cosplaying as a delivery guy makes first Uber Eats delivery to space
- ‘Wayfair sex trafficking’ panic started with QAnon and impeded real investigations
- Despite earlier promises, Google still allows ads denying climate change
- CD Projekt Red got out of its investor lawsuit with a measly settlement
- Meme stock brokers are already all over Reddit's sly IPO filing
- Melania Trump’s NFT scam inspires us all to ‘Be Best’
- The latest horrible NFT project co-opts George Floyd's image
- Lightyear announces its affordable, second-gen solar sedan
- Watch this jarring, 60 fps trailer for 1979's 'Star Wars Holiday Special'
- QAnon now has Kyle Rittenhouse pegged as a Deep State agent
- The Internet Association will no longer play devil's advocate for Big Tech
- Which search engine serves up the most conspiracy theories?
- Five ex-SpaceX employees allege widespread sexual misconduct
- Sneaky Apple scrubbed all mention of widely hated CSAM scanning from its site
- Please don't let your dog 'drive' your Tesla. Please.
- 'Genshin Impact' condoms are the final frontier of fan merch
- A crypto billionaire is pouring millions into an anti-aging startup
- We've reached ‘Applebee's NFT burger’ levels of dystopia
- There's an entire Reddit community dedicated to hating on the Duggars
- Fewer people are watching porn on their, um, Nintendo consoles than ever
- You now need a subscription to use Toyota's remote start key fob
- Trans Uber employees say they're being blocked and deadnamed
- Artist fought for her Instagram handle after Zuckerberg came for 'metaverse'
- Meta exec to a tired, hurt society: Stop hitting yourself
- Amazon warehouse collapse spotlights draconian worker policies
- After Astroworld, Travis Scott’s Cacti seltzer is no more
- Bored Ape NFT accidentally sold for one-hundredth its intended price
- Tomorrow 243: Van Gogh's NFT collection
- Neo-Nazis’ early embrace of Bitcoin netted them millions of dollars
- TikTok activist hits back at Kellogg's union-busting with some creative coding
- First full-length 'Halo' trailer confirms the show is definitely 'Halo'
- A cyberattack laid waste to the U.S. cream cheese economy
- Julian Assange faces near-certain extradition after UK reverses decision
- Futuristic suicide chamber cleared for legal use in Switzerland
- Rohingya refugees are suing Meta for amplifying genocidal messaging
- The US wants to know why Tesla is letting people play video games while driving
- People can’t stop roasting the NYT for suggesting virtual weddings are new
- The online plant community has a hoarding problem
- Reddit takes Spotify's cue, offers personalized year-in-reviews
- A new NYC casino leans into crypto gambling
- Elon Musk fails to read the room, suggests women should have more babies
- Amazon's in-search ads are too sneaky, new FTC complaint alleges
- Tesla’s original self-driving video was a sham, employees say
- Libertarian who claims to have invented Bitcoin sure loves to sue people
- How trans women are finding safe spaces on Twitch and YouTube
- The SEC thinks Tesla wasn't honest enough about solar panel fire risks
- The most popular apps in 2021 mirrored our desire to be together
- DoorDash adds 'ultra-fast' delivery option, offers actual, paying jobs
- Google's new Doodle somehow manages to make pizza infuriating
- Sotheby's enters the NFT metaverse with... some random squiggly lines
- Ex-Amazon employee further embraces doom, starts 'Warby-Parker of caskets'
- TikTok internal docs reveal just how simple it is to keep you addicted
- PlayStation fires exec after amateur sting alleges pedophilia
- TikTok people-watching videos straddle the line between funny and creepy
- Did a former 'New York Times' reporter exploit musicians for his personal gain?
- Here's how the pandemic changed our emoji usage
- Facebook routinely allows ads comparing vaccines to the Holocaust
- Nearly half a million Planned Parenthood records stolen in ransomware attack
- The Billionaire Boyz Club is selling record numbers of stocks right now
- At least nine State Department iPhones were hacked by NSO spyware this year
- Exclusive: Stormy Daniels reveals details of her 'Trump dress' NFT sale
- FTC says Nvidia won't be able to buy Arm's empire after all
- Courtney Love just threatened to doxx Elon Musk unless he pays his taxes
- AVN Stars will stop paying sex workers for their content starting Jan. 1
- Telegram's latest influencer is too out there even for QAnon
- This VR racial-sensitivity course uses — wait for it — digital blackface
- The internet is obsessed with saying, “Bing bong!”
- Facebook just reinstated protest killer Kyle Rittenhouse’s platform
- Jack Dorsey pulled a Meta with his Block rebrand of Square
- Meet Crackhead Barney, TikTok’s outrageous ambush interviewer
- Apple won a class-action App Store lawsuit on a silly detail
- Debt collectors can now harass you on Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter
- How TikTok influencers are rebranding the pitbull
- Match cheated on Tinder deal, now has to pay founders half a billion dollars
- Verizon customers might want to check their privacy settings ASAP
- One of Activision's top organizers just walked out for good
- Airbnb is hosting the 'Home Alone' house for one night this month
