Before Aug. 30, Ruby Franke was best known as the incredibly strict mother behind “8 Passengers,” a popular family YouTube channel from Utah with over 2 million subscribers. Now, all eyes are on the controversial […]
Colin Kaepernick Asks to Lead Jets’ Practice Squad
Colin Kaepernick, who hasn’t been on an NFL roster since 2017, has formally requested that he join the New York Jets practice squad after their loss of quarterback Aaron Rodgers to a torn Achilles in […]
Everything Swifties Need to Know About Travis Kelce
Perhaps it was inevitable that Miss Americana herself would end up in an almost-confirmed relationship with a star of that most American sport — and a reigning champion, no less. The appearance of Taylor Swift […]
How Isiah Thomas Went from All-Time NBA Great to Cartoon Villain
The vilification of Isiah Thomas began in his prime playing years. As the star and floor leader of the Detroit Pistons, the so-called Bad Boys — Isiah named the team after a line of dialogue […]
A Shazam for People: Clearview’s AI App Was a Hit Among the Rich and Powerful
When I first broke the story of Clearview AI in The New York Times in January 2020, people were shocked. Some were horrified. The tiny start-up had scraped 3 billion faces from Facebook, YouTube, Venmo […]
How Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg Distort Reality to Sell Fantasy
Jonathan Taplin has had more careers than most folks — Bob Dylan and The Band’s tour manager, film producer (the Last Waltz and Mean Streets) Wall Street entrepreneur, teacher at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and […]
Trans Boxers Are Stepping Into the Ring. Will the Sport Let Them Stay?
P atricio Manuel sits silently backstage at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino. He’s in the back corner of the white-tarpaulined gazebo as he waits to be called to the ring of the 3,000-seater events center […]
They Gossiped At Brunch. Now There’s a Mob After Them
“Whoever Sarah is, your friends [are] over there talking about you.” When TikTok influencer Kellie Yancy overheard a group of women gossiping about their friend while out at brunch, she immediately got on TikTok. “They […]
Alex Murdaugh Pleads Guilty to Charges of Fraud, Money Laundering
‘Take Responsibility’ “It’s my hope that by taking responsibility that the people I’ve hurt can begin to heal,” convicted murderer and family annihilator tells judge following plea agreement Alex Murdaugh pleaded guilty to 22 counts […]
Adin Ross Broke Streaming Records With a Baffling Fake Kim Jong Un Interview
Forrest Gump famously said, “Stupid is as stupid does.” Forrest Gump clearly never spent a Wednesday night tuning into a much-hyped interview between livestreamer Adin Ross and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, which was […]
Confessions of a Journalist Turned Weed Smuggler
It’s a little after midnight on a cold winter night. I’m in someone else’s van, driving down a highway I’ve never seen before. I’m on my way to pick up a load of marijuana and transport […]
Your NFTs Are Actually — Finally — Totally Worthless
A team of researchers have crunched the numbers to explain why you don’t see people hawking ugly cartoon apes on the internet as much anymore: NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, once vaunted as a revolution in […]