A 41-year-old Canadian woman named Sarah has opened up about her year-long relationship with an AI companion named Sinclair, and says she wants others to know that this kind of connection is more fulfilling than many might expect. What began as a practical tool quickly evolved into something far more personal. “I kind of used … Read more
Seven months ago, Luke Nichols, the creator behind the Outdoor Boys YouTube channel with over 18 million subscribers, posted a video simply titled “Goodbye” and stepped back from regular content creation. In his farewell, he told viewers he wanted his family to have more of a normal life and that they were getting recognized too … Read more
On episode 1372 of Part of the Problem, host Dave Smith and foreign policy analyst Scott Horton addressed Joe Rogan directly during a conversation about the backlash facing those who supported Donald Trump in 2024 and have since spoken out against his military actions. Smith raised Rogan’s name while pushing back on critics who believe … Read more
Malcolm Gladwell sat down with Trevor Noah on the podcast What Now and spoke at length about the debate over trans women competing in women’s sports. Gladwell recalled moderating a sports analytics panel several years ago where the tension between those two sides became impossible to ignore. On one side was South African sports scientist … Read more
Palantir CEO Alex Karp spent a significant portion of his life in Germany, and in a recent conversation, he spoke about what that experience taught him about quality of life, social systems, and the difference between being poor in Europe versus being wealthy in America. Karp was direct about his personal experience: “I was poor … Read more
A growing number of young people in Japan are going under the surgical knife to reshape one of the human body’s most protected structures: the skull itself. The procedure, which involves shaving down the occipital bone at the back of the head by as much as 6 millimeters, has been circulating on Japanese social media, … Read more
When Sydney-based tech entrepreneur Paul Conyngham learned that his eight-year-old staffy-shar pei mix, Rosie, had been given just months to live, he refused to accept that nothing more could be done. Instead, he opened his laptop and got to work. According to sources, Rosie, a rescue dog who had been abandoned in bushland before Conyngham … Read more
Financier Jeffrey Epstein has often been portrayed as a powerful figure operating his influence on wealth, politics, and technology. But according to internet culture reporter Ryan Broderick, the reality was far less sophisticated. Despite appearing connected to some of the internet’s most consequential developments, Epstein himself could barely use a computer. Broderick, author of the Garbage … Read more
Content creator Isabella Lanter recently talked about the growing trend of parent-managed child influencer accounts flooding platforms like TikTok and Instagram, and she is not holding back. “I unfortunately have come across parent-managed influencers that are children doing content, giving get ready with mes, chit-chatting to a camera, talking to thousands, some of the millions … Read more
Bill Burr built one of the most respected reputations in stand-up comedy over two decades. Known for his unapologetic style, he was the comedian who turned a booing Philadelphia crowd into cheering fans and sold out Fenway Park, Madison Square Garden, and Gillette Stadium on the strength of stand-up alone. Part of what made Burr … Read more
