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January 24, 2023

Gen Z Embraces the Distorted Selfie Using Traffic Mirrors

Mercedes Jimenez-Cortes often takes pictures of herself in the domed mirrors that hang in parking garages. The mirrors turn an everyday scene surreal, bending concrete like […]
January 7, 2023

The Hottest Gen Z Gadget Is a 20-Year-Old Digital Camera

Young people are opting for point-and-shoots and blurry photos. Last spring, Anthony Tabarez celebrated prom like many of today’s high schoolers: dancing the night away and […]
January 7, 2023

13 Predictions for the Trends We’ll See in 2023

What trends will the year bring? Take a guess. Oh, the possibilities of a new year. This will be the one, we say, when we’ll exercise […]
December 23, 2022

She Worked for Twitter. Then She Tweeted at Elon Musk.

Sasha Solomon, a software engineer, joined others in the media business who lost their jobs this year after publicly taking on their employers. In the middle […]
December 19, 2022

The Unsinkable Memes of ‘Titanic’

How a movie released before the iMac became a mainstay of internet culture. Katee Forbis often encounters a GIF on social media that shows a white-haired […]
December 16, 2022

What Is Buccal Fat? And Why Is Everyone Obsessed With Removing It?

What even is buccal fat? Before you ask, it’s pronounced like buckle. Buccal fat became the talk of some corners of the internet this week after […]
December 15, 2022

‘Luddite’ Teens Don’t Want Your Likes

On a brisk recent Sunday, a band of teenagers met on the steps of Central Library on Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn to start the weekly […]
December 14, 2022

Artist or Artifice: Who Is Adam Himebauch?

Through a digital performance and gallery show, the painter meticulously creates the persona of an older, acclaimed artist. The hoax has kept the art crowd guessing. […]
December 12, 2022

The Year in Micro News

You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet in 2022. Here are some reminders. Plenty of big news happened […]
December 12, 2022

The Year in Micro News

You may have forgotten — or wanted to forget — what happened on the internet in 2022. Here are some reminders. Plenty of big news happened […]