Get the appA feature story titled The Tragedy of Having a Wikipedia Page and Then Losing It is headlined with the claim that a woman's life was destroyed by the burnerverse. The piece is presented as part of a digital security series called Kernel Panic. It is written by Duncan Fyfe, a freelance culture writer and narrative designer for video games. Fyfe was born in New Zealand and lives in England.
A radio station has introduced an AI-generated host who speaks Spanish and voices support for immigrants, and the on-air persona is reportedly drawing a growing audience. The source material here is limited: it consists mainly of a newsletter promotion and the author's biography, which describes Jessica Lipsky's writing for outlets including The New York Times and the LA Times. It does not provide the station's name, the host's programming details, audience figures, or direct comments from station management or listeners. Claims about the host's popularity should therefore be treated as reported rather than independently verified.
The page is headlined with news that Brian K. Vaughan, a cowriter of Dune: Part Three, has a new comic on the way. The text on the page is mostly promotional links and a biography of Angela Watercutter, a senior editor for special projects at WIRED. Her earlier roles include reporting for the Associated Press and working as a senior editor at Longshot magazine.
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Get the appA newsletter-style piece asks whether the growing trend of writing in all lowercase letters annoys readers, framing it as a question of what counts as cool online. It also describes writer Tiffany Ng, who covers technology and culture from Hong Kong and has contributed to outlets including Vox, MIT Technology Review, Vice, Insider and Vogue. Her neo-luddite newsletter, Cyber Celibate, is mentioned.