Tech
Burning Man’s Soul Cracks Under Wealth, Weather, and Money Woes
Ticket shortfalls, mud‑filled playa, and elite camps expose a festival drifting from its radical roots.
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culture
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Tech
Madonna Leverages Grindr While WIRED Logs Miles on Shoes
Madonna’s Grindr album push and WIRED’s marathon shoe testing illustrate how data and niche platforms reshape cultural marketing.
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Gaming
SpaceCamp's 40th: 1986 edutainment oddball still divides
Ars Technica’s 40‑year retrospective forces a fresh look at SpaceCamp’s mixed legacy and its relevance to today’s game designers.
3 min read
AI
Tech roundup: Tesla waste, Disney purge, AI backlash
Tesla's Texas refinery discharges 231k gallons of wastewater daily. Disney pulls FiveThirtyEight content. Graduates boo AI talks. Costs rise and a virtual OS museum emerges.
4 min read
Gaming
Game Adaptations, Strategy Revamps, and VR Sex Shift Tech Culture
A look at the Mortal Kombat II film, Civilization V's polish, Black Mirror's VR sex episode, and Michio Kaku's physics of the impossible.
6 min read