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As public backlash against Big Dating mounts, a batch of new gay hookup apps offer community-powered alternatives. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Swipe Right 

Unlike Euphoria, the Apple TV show wants to humanize the experience of sex workers rather than catastrophize the extremes of the profession. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / TV, TV 

As nonconsensual explicit deepfakes continue to proliferate online, entire communities are now collaborating on this digital form of sexual abuse. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Digital violence 

The White House says Trump’s pro-vape stance is based on “gold standard science.” It feels more like vice-signaling to a demographic that often doesn’t vote—over products that are widely available. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Smoke And Mirrors 

Three of five regional winners of the prestigious Commonwealth Short Story Prize are suspected of relying on chatbots. They’re certainly not alone. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Books, Writer’s Block 

“I’ve got one hand on the keyboard, one hand down below,” an artist who role-plays with their chatbot tells WIRED. But some asexual advocates aren’t thrilled about the association. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Tailor-Made 

The LA mayoral candidate and former reality TV star is fueling his campaign with fears about an ultra-potent meth. Experts say it’s drug war propaganda. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Moral Panic 

From designer straws to magnet-sealed leather pouches, the platform is awash in products seemingly built for coke—despite Meta’s policies on drug paraphernalia. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Straw Man 

As more sex workers quit the industry, some are having to navigate tough questions around consent and the “afterlife” of work they no longer want to be associated with. Read More Culture LatestCulture, Culture / Digital Culture, Second Act