In a Japanese shop selling pocket-money trinkets, there is a rack of toys, stickers and keyrings based on a global crew of AI-generated characters that almost every child knows about -- and very few ...

The rising tide of AI slop has brought with it fake research and other sources that librarians are asked to track down.

If you’re the parent of a t(w)een, the memes that fill your social media feeds are probably a whole lot different than your teenager’s. You might be used to seeing a distracted boyfriend, a dog ...

If the names “Ballerina Cappuccina”, ”Tralalero Tralala,” and “Tung Tung Tung Sahur” sound simultaneously vaguely familiar, kind of catchy, and downright nonsensical, you’re not alone. What they all ...

Chad, a "brainrot IDE," released in November, initially drew skepticism online because many users believed it to be an April ...

This photo taken on August 7, 2025 shows a small brown soft toy of the best-known Indonesian Brainrot character “Tung Tung Tung Sahur” (R), which resembles a long drum called a “kentongan”, displayed ...