We’re celebrating our favorite fancams of the year with special guest, EmmaB_Videos.

Expanding surveillance under the guise of security is a bipartisan issue. Who will defend our rights?

Cryptobros are convinced they’re being targeted, Netflix walks back its generous parental leave, and Spotify is profitable and acting like it.

Slate writers Luke Winkie and Nitish Pahwa run through the big tech and internet culture headlines we didn’t get to this year.

Rich tech guys are finally having a say in how the world works.

We’re recapping the year of Tommy Richman, Tate McRae, and more with former Pitchfork editor Jill Mapes.

Hugh Son joins to explain the complicated mess left in the wake of a fintech failure and how users were left holding the bag.

How to unwrap your musical taste from the algorithm

Madeline Hill and Lindsay Gibbs run down the best sports stories of this year, which surprise — were led by women.

Trump is packing his administration with social media stars who are selling products, promoting brands and communicating with the public in unprecedented ways.

We ask internet culture writer Steffi Cao how to navigate your best (and worst) behaviors online this holiday season.

Drone warfare is commonplace. Commercial planes are collateral damage.

How Substack writer Max Read decides what to drop in the group chat, and what backlash he received after his eponymous post about the “Zynternet.”

Is this the end of having one, shared “digital public square”?

From the cursed Glasgow Willy Wonka experience to the domination of ClubChalamet, we give thanks to our favorite internet moments this year.

The new treatment is painful and expensive. It could also be life-saving.

Bluesky is flying high, Adani is busted for fraud, and being “anti-woke” is now a business strategy.

How the e-reader became popular (again) thanks to #KindleTok, gooseneck stands, and the Jeff Bezos of it all.

Does the search giant’s break-up begin with its browser?

Slate’s parenting podcast on being online.

Vox’s Rebecca Jennings helps us decipher whether we’re in the midst of an online gender war.

So long and thanks for all the clicks

Elon Musk is so unserious, crypto is surging, and AI clones are dating and applying for jobs for us now.

Dazed’s Laura Pitcher on the daily users of ChatGPT who confided in the chatbot as their friend, life organizer, and sometimes, therapist.

Deeply retrograde, reactionary politics find life in the new media landscape.