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The crown for the first global meme of 2026 goes to anime studio Mappa for its work on Jujutsu Kaisen season 3, specifically what the internet has dubbed the “Naoya Hair Flip.” In the two-episode ...

Some Gen Z-ers first entered the markets during the pandemic’s meme stock craze. They have since become more patient investors. By Alicia Adamczyk When Mamadou-Hady Sow turned 18 in May 2020, his ...

The Trump administration is once more invoking upside-down alibis of state to conjure the bogus specter of imminent threat. A sign in Minneapolis commemorates the killing of Renee Good. There was the ...

Indiana head coach Curt Cignetti has confirmed his facial expressions do change, though he's not likely to show off the happier ones when he is coaching during games. Ahead of Friday's College ...

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Ability to upgrade graphics on a laptop is a PC nerd’s dream. Comes with six hot-swappable expansion slots for ports. Bright, color-accurate screen with 165-Hz refresh rate. Decent gaming performance ...

President Donald Trump's presidential address has sparked a flurry of memes on social media. The president addressed the nation on Wednesday night in an 18-minute speech in which he addressed the ...

On TikTok, few things are more fun than a reaction video. Over the past several weeks, EDM star Kato’s song “Turn the Lights Off,” featuring Jon Nørgaard, has gone viral on TikTok and Reels thanks to ...

Italian Brain Rot exploded in 2025 as a surreal, AI-fueled meme genre featuring over-the-top Italian stereotypes, exaggerated accents, operatic music, and nonsense visuals that felt intentionally ...

Section 1. Purpose. United States leadership in Artificial Intelligence (AI) will promote United States national and economic security and dominance across many domains. Pursuant to Executive Order ...

As we say our goodbyes to 2025, we must bid adieu to the memes that came with it. It was a surreal year on the internet — many of this year’s memes leaned heavily into the brain rot that’s come with ...