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The hobby that AI is ruining for its fans
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/480106/ai-jigsaw-puzzles-artificial-intelligence-genai
Published: March 4, 2026 11:05
Puzzle enthusiasts’ pleasure is measured in the smallest of details: the exact shade of pink on a peony’s petal, a small sliver of a man’s plaid shirt, the tiniest glint of sunlight reflecting off a wave’s crest. It’s in the knowledge that every piece has…
Trump’s Iran war is uniting a strange new anti-war alliance
Published: March 2, 2026 11:30
About six months ago, I noted an interesting divide among the right-leaning or politics-adjacent podcasters and influencers who helped get Donald Trump reelected. They were either shutting up about politics, bending over backward to justify his policies,…
How exorbitant concert ticket prices became so normal
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/480167/concert-ticket-prices
Published: February 24, 2026 12:45
The fans are fighting again. Followers of artists like Harry Styles and BTS reported seeing ticket prices well over $1,000 for seats — and that’s when buying tickets directly, not only resale sites. The cost of attending a concert has skyrocketed in recent…
The highlights and lowlights of the 2026 Winter Olympics
https://www.vox.com/culture/480181/alysa-liu-eileen-gu-winter-olympics-gold-medal-winenrs-losers
Published: February 23, 2026 22:31
At every Olympic Games, there are winners, and there are many more losers. Dozens of gold, silver, bronze…and a whole bunch of people who walk away with nothing. Officially, Norway won the most in Milan and Cortina, with 41 total medals, 18 of which were…
Mogging, -maxxing, and Clavicular, briefly explained
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/479975/clavicular-looksmaxxing-mogging-jestermaxxing
Published: February 22, 2026 12:00
Do you remember where you were when Clavicular got brutally framemogged by an ASU fraternity leader? Or maybe you saw the clips of the 20-year-old creator — alongside Andrew Tate and white nationalist Nick Fuentes — dancing to Kanye West’s “Heil Hitler”…
What the arrest of former Prince Andrew can teach us about power and abuse
https://www.vox.com/culture/479781/andrew-mountbatten-windsor-former-prince-arrested-epstein
Published: February 19, 2026 21:47
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, younger brother of King Charles III and a former British royal prince, was arrested Thursday morning in the UK over suspicions that he shared confidential information with the notorious sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. The latest…
The party-fication of productivity
Published: February 19, 2026 19:15
Spending a Friday evening doing your taxes probably isn’t the most appealing way to kick off your weekend…but what if you added drinks, delicious takeout, and a couple of buddies who were also tending to all the annoying little tasks they’ve been avoiding?…
The hottest new winter sport is about to get even hotter
https://www.vox.com/climate/479574/milan-cortina-winter-olympics-skimountaineering-skimo
Published: February 19, 2026 15:44
Over the past few winters, where I live — in one of the country’s winter sport meccas — there have been a whole lot more people packing skins and stepping into the backcountry. Trails once quiet, save for the sinuous whoosh of a lone ski line, are…
The FCC (probably) didn’t censor Stephen Colbert
https://www.vox.com/politics/479552/carr-fcc-colbert-cbs-censor-paramount-trump-late-show-explained
Published: February 18, 2026 17:10
For the 12 of us who woke up Tuesday morning wondering what we had missed on Monday’s late-night shows, CBS greeted us with a concerning development. Overnight, Stephen Colbert had laid into his network, dedicating time at the top of The Late Show to claim…
What Jesse Jackson taught Democrats
https://www.vox.com/politics/479421/jesse-jackson-rainbow-coalition-1988-campaign-legacy-explained
Published: February 18, 2026 11:15
Rev. Jesse Jackson — a titanic civil rights leader, politician, and activist — died on Tuesday at the age of 84. Over the course of a career that spanned decades, Jackson twice ran for president, in 1984 and 1988, though he later stepped back from…
The Trump threat looming over late-night TV, briefly explained
Published: February 17, 2026 23:15
This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life. Subscribe here. Welcome to The Logoff: The Trump administration is mucking about with…
Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights is a million times edgier than Emerald Fennell’s
Published: February 17, 2026 20:30
You come into a movie based on Wuthering Heights with certain expectations. Emerald Fennell has been clear that she considers her “Wuthering Heights” — pointed quote marks and all — to be a fantasia, not a straight adaptation of Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel.…
Is Grindr Dead?
https://www.vox.com/culture/479175/is-grindr-dead
Published: February 17, 2026 11:30
What is Grindr supposed to be? I’m not sure if this existential question is one that keeps anyone up at night, but with the recent announcement that the hookup app is rolling out EDGE, a $500 per month plan powered by “gAI” (pronounced gay-eye) technology,…
Americans spend less of their income on food than almost ever. Why doesn’t it feel that way?
https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/479190/food-prices-grocery-doordash-delivery-income
Published: February 16, 2026 12:15
Everything about the American economy right now feels weird. The hiring picture is weird; the stock market is weird; and AI infusion into work is very, very weird. But here’s a number that, if you think hard enough, is stranger — at least historically —…
People still love Wikipedia. Can it survive AI?
https://www.vox.com/culture/478731/wikipedia-ai-meta-amazon-elon-musk-tiktok
Published: February 13, 2026 12:15
If you grew up with computers in your classroom, there’s a good chance you heard this instruction before starting a research paper: Don’t trust Wikipedia. The reasoning? Anyone can go in and make changes to a Wikipedia page. This is mostly true, though…
How the left taught the right to hate white women
https://www.vox.com/culture/478901/awfuls-affluent-white-female-urban-liberal-explained
Published: February 12, 2026 11:00
A new villain has emerged in right-wing discourse: the Affluent White Female Urban Liberal, or AWFUL. Talking heads on Fox News and right-wing YouTubers describe AWFULs as smug, entitled, and even “a cancer on the nation.” AWFULs, their argument goes, are…
Credit card theft, penis injections, and other weird scandals from the 2026 Olympic Games
Published: February 11, 2026 23:50
Generally speaking, the athlete stories that come out of the Olympic Games are about the countless hours spent on the ice, on the slopes, and at the gym; the multitude of personal sacrifices made and the support systems that made it all possible; the…
France’s extremely talented and extremely controversial ice dancers, explained
Published: February 10, 2026 23:25
When Olympic ice dance pair Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Guillame Cizeron take to the ice on Wednesday, they’ll do so as the favorites for gold. The French duo currently leads the pack with a score of 90.18, a slim margin over the Americans Madison Chock…
Woke isn’t dead. Bad Bunny’s halftime show proved it.
Published: February 10, 2026 17:00
As the NFL sent out a final marketing blitz for Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show on Sunday, the official Democratic Party X account shared a picture of Bad Bunny in front of the American and Puerto Rican flags under the text “All-American halftime with…
Bad Bunny’s unapologetically American Super Bowl show
https://www.vox.com/culture/478480/bad-bunny-puerto-rico-halftime-show-super-bowl-lx
Published: February 9, 2026 04:13
You don’t have to speak Spanish to understand that Bad Bunny’s blockbuster Super Bowl halftime show was a powerful one: rooted in place, history, politics, and most importantly, joy. But if you’re not intimately familiar with the oeuvre or the island,…
Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance is an American spectacle
https://www.vox.com/culture/478427/nancy-guthrie-savannah-abduction-today-fbi-true-crime
Published: February 6, 2026 23:40
A heavy feeling has loomed over the Today show for the past week: Co-anchor Savannah Guthrie has been noticeably absent while dealing with an extremely public nightmare. On February 1, authorities began searching for Guthrie’s 84-year-old mother, Nancy…
Why American “quad god” Ilia Malinin skates like no one else
https://www.vox.com/culture/478223/ilia-malinin-2026-olympics-quad-axel-gold-medal-favorite
Published: February 6, 2026 15:47
Figure skating is nothing without tension. Humans speed across slick ice, balancing on a thin metal blade and making sharp turns. The athletes defy physics, jumping and twisting their bodies in the air, seemingly faster than you can blink. Millimeters can…
26 reasons to watch the Winter Olympics
https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/478122/2026-winter-olympics-milan-preview
Published: February 6, 2026 15:39
This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. Vox loves the Olympics. Absolutely loves them. We briefly debated popping up a limited-run Winter…
Bad Bunny is taking over the US. Does he want Puerto Rico to leave it?
https://www.vox.com/politics/478063/bad-bunny-super-bowl-puerto-rico-independence
Published: February 6, 2026 15:07
Rapper Bad Bunny will perform Sunday at the Super Bowl halftime show, becoming the first solo male Latin American artist to headline. He’s arriving at the peak of his popularity: The performance comes just a week after receiving the Grammy’s highest honor…
The messy truth about TikTok’s Trump-aligned takeover
https://www.vox.com/podcasts/478045/truth-new-tiktok-conspiracy-trump
Published: February 5, 2026 16:15
It’s been just over a week since TikTok — in the United States — transferred into the hands of new owners. And it’s been a mess ever since. At the government’s urging, TikTok’s parent company ByteDance sold the app to a mostly American group of investors,…
Why your kid is yelling “chicken banana”
https://www.vox.com/life/477716/chicken-banana-song-kids-gen-alpha-6-7
Published: February 5, 2026 12:45
This story originally appeared in Kids Today, Vox’s newsletter about kids, for everyone. Sign up here for future editions. My husband was picking up our older kid from school a few weeks back when he overheard a teacher issuing an exasperated directive to…
2026 Winter Olympics in Italy
https://www.vox.com/culture/477954/2026-winter-olympics-skimo-ice-hockey-updates
Published: February 4, 2026 21:50
The XXV Winter Olympic Games are being held in sites across Lombardy and Northeast Italy, starting with the opening ceremony on Friday, February 6, and lasting until February 22. From ice hockey (having a cultural moment of its own) to newer competitions…