The Best Movies to Stream This Month (August 2026)
Avatar Aang, Heartstopper Forever, and Exit 8 are among the films deserving of your eyeballs this month.
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These ‘Masturbation Consultants’ Were Hired to Pleasure Themselves With AI
Joi AI hired 10 people to masturbate using AI companions as part of a monthlong “wellness” study. The company claims the practice could help “solve male loneliness.”
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People Are ‘Marrying’ Chatbots. These Lawmakers Want to Stop Them
Human-AI marriages are not currently recognized by US law. Some Republican state policymakers are drafting legislation to keep it that way.
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The Gender War Over ‘Obsession’ Has Come for Theme Parks
Debate over the true villain in Obsession is raging again after Universal Studios announced the movie’s female lead will be featured at an upcoming Halloween event.
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You’re Thinking About Online Trends All Wrong
From pessimism around dating to AI reshaping culture, cyber-ethnographer Ruby J. Thelot tells WIRED why people are putting too much stock into things that go viral.
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Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t understand how to live
Recently, a man I was rock climbing with told me about how he’d used AI to make a motivational poster for himself, which he’d hung on his bedroom wall: a bear, walking a slackline over a canyon, holding a sign that said, “Do cool shit.” I made what I hoped was a polite noise. What […]
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The Outlaw Chemist Teaching People How to Make Drugs From Scratch
Willy Myco has made over 120 videos showing people his exact process for making everything from LSD to DMT vapes. Not everyone’s a fan of his methods.
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The 12 Best Anime to Watch if You Think You Hate Anime
Japan’s strongest media export makes a solid case for your attention span. Here’s what to watch.
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Buc-ee’s dodges John Oliver to sue another small business
Buc-ee’s became something of a viral sensation during the World Cup, but it has a troubling history of suing small gas stations and convenience stores. On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver literally begged the company to sue him for selling merch featuring his squirrel mascot, Mr. Nutterbutter, with branding that reads […]
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The 7 Best TV Shows to Stream This Month
Lanterns, Dark Matter, and the original Star Trek are just a few of the TV shows you should be watching right now.
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