Rumpelstiltskin famously spun straw into gold. Now, AI has spun the fairy-tale character into an eerie internet meme. In recent days, a clip began circulating widely online featuring what many ...

Indiana Fever forward Sophie Cunningham has taken the internet by storm this week, thanks to her interaction with Phoenix Mercury’s DeWanna Bonner during Monday’s match-up in Indiana. The WNBA’s ...

On the first Thanksgiving weekend of President Donald Trump’s second term, the Washington Post published a serious scoop about the administration. The Post reported that US military forces, after ...

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As 2025 comes to a close, people turn to the highlights of what made the year special…or at least bearable. There were plenty of viral trends and memes that took over the internet this year, though ...

Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...

The memes that have deepened our relationships with our favorite pop stars for the last two decades and beyond. We think of the iconicity of our favorite 21st century pop stars mostly in terms of the ...

Thanks to yesterday’s historic (albeit controversial) rocket launch, Blue Origin’s all-female crew, including Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sánchez, have become the new faces of space travel. But ...

2024 is coming to a close — which means it’s time to look back at all the big online moments that helped define the year. We’re talking about the happenings, trends, and jokes that resonated with us ...

The "Chill Guy" anthropomorphic dog character appears to have debuted on social media in October 2023. Sporting a sweater, blue jeans and sneakers, the "Chill Guy" dog boasts a cool and calm demeanor ...