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Last summer, Elon Musk began rate-limiting the number of tweets users could see on Twitter. Here's the real reason why.

Before it disappeared on Tuesday, Kimi enabled iPhone owners to stream illegal bootlegs of popular movies like Barbie and Oppenheimer.

The new Deadpool & Wolverine trailer positions Shawn Levy’s new Marvel movie as something more queer than anything Disney has released before.

When it came out in 2012, Spec Ops: The Line offered a totally new kind of military shooter. Its disappearance from digital storefronts signals big problems with game preservation.

British sculptor Nick Hornby uses computer modeling to make mashups of famous artworks and historical figures that shift and change depending on your perspective.

Here’s how to watch the Kansas City Chiefs play the San Francisco 49ers in the Super Bowl for free—and maybe even catch a glimpse of Taylor Swift.

The “Yeah!” singer will take the stage at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas to cram 30 years of hits into 13 minutes of performing in the middle of the Super Bowl.

In an interview with WIRED, the legendary director says, “It would probably take contact with extraterrestrials to catch our attention.”

The popular anime streaming service is merging with Crunchyroll. When it does, not all purchased TVs and shows will make the jump.

From Griselda to The Brothers Sun, these are our picks for the best streaming titles to binge this week.

From Orion and the Dark to Dune, here are our picks for the best streaming titles to feast your eyes on.

Even though it's the kind of sci-fi hardcore fans dream of, Apple TV+'s For All Mankind has struggled to find an audience. It shouldn't have to.

Swifties, conspiracy theorists, and sports fans alike will be watching the Super Bowl this year just waiting to see what Taylor Swift does—even if she does nothing at all.

New rumors that Microsoft may turn its exclusive games into multiplatform titles have infuriated fans: “F Xbox.”

Mainstream awareness of polyamorous relationships is becoming more widespread. On dating apps, making connections is about more than sex.

Oppenheimer, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon—most of this year’s Academy Award nominees are available to watch online. Here’s where to find them.

As of March 14, you won’t be able to share your Hulu or Disney+ login information anymore.

Billed as the “ultimate entertainment device,” the Apple Vision Pro could be the thing that gets people to watch movies in headsets—or not.

Songs previously licensed from Universal Music Group artists are disappearing from TikTok. #SwiftTok may never be the same.

Some prominent right-wing commentators say the relationship between Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce is a ploy to keep President Biden in power. Psyop experts think otherwise.

The ASCII Theater, a project from art collective MSCHF, takes movies and breaks them into text. It’s fun—and possibly a copyright violation.

Visits to music piracy websites went up more than 13 percent last year, a new report says. The majority of those visits were to sites that allow users to download the audio from YouTube URLs.

YouTuber ToastedShoes had his Pokémon mod of Palworld taken down. Now he’s back with a new mod with “legally distinct” creatures—for as long as it lasts.

Music from Taylor Swift, Drake, Bad Bunny, and numerous other artists has been pulled from TikTok following a licensing dispute with Universal Music Group.