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Marlon Ettinger writes about politics, crime, and culture.

Marlon Ettinger

Trump Miller Lite tees are booming on TikTok ahead of July 4th

Unlicensed T-shirts of Trump plugging Miller Lite, Budweiser, and Coors are all over TikTok

Tricia Crimmins is a former Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election.

Tricia Crimmins

Hand with phone of gemini app(l), Google gemini interaction(r)

Google’s Gemini struggles to grasp that the afternoon starts after noon

ChatGPT deprioritizes resumes that mention disability during job app screenings

ChatGPT is being used to scan job applications—and penalizing candidates with disabilities

Brooke Sjoberg is a freelance writer who graduated with her Bachelors in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 2020.

Brooke Sjoberg

Woman gets delivered pregnancy test on Ubereats. That’s not what she ordered

‘They know something you don’t’: Woman gets delivered pregnancy test on Uber Eats. That’s not what she ordered

Alexandra Samuels is a national political reporter and contributor to the Daily Dot, where she started as an intern covering politics in the summer of 2016. She enjoys all things Marvel, keeping up with the latest TikTok trends, long walks with her pup, and reading murder-mystery novels.

Alexandra Samuels

McDonalds arches(l), Robot(c), Cheeseburger(r)

‘Disaster’: McDonald’s AI drive-thru experiment with IBM is over. Why did it fail and what does that mean for the future of AI?

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

AI evangelists keep getting blown away by the Distracted Boyfriend meme being turned into a video

Charlotte is a regular Daily Dot contributor with bylines in Insider, VICE, Glamour, The Independent, and more. She holds a Masters&#8217;s degree in Magazine Journalism from City, University of London.

Charlotte Colombo

Creator says Adobe tricked customers into giving them permission to use their content

‘They’re trying to trick you’: Creator says Adobe ‘hid’ controversial clause from its customers. He shares what to do instead

Mike Hadge

Three split of hooded figures in white with giant white birds

Memes

What’s the deal with Erosion Birds?

Two split of babies made of ash screaming

Ash Baby, the reaction meme nobody asked for

Gabriele Di Donfrancesco is a Rome-based freelance journalist covering social media and culture. His works have been published in La Repubblica, Mashable Italia, and Rolling Stone, among others.

Gabriele Di Donfrancesco

ai used be far right in italian elections

EXCLUSIVE: Days before EU elections, Facebook is failing to flag inflammatory AI ads

Does this picture prove Trump was "invited to the cookout?"

People are being fooled by an AI image showing Trump at a barbeque

90-year-old quadruplets go viral on Facebook

‘Happy Birthday QUEENS’: Facebook users love the quadruplets who made it to 90—without realizing they’re fake

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

Student issues warning to people who use Grammarly

‘This is literally my biggest fear’: Student issues warning after false positive. She even deleted Grammarly

Google's AI Overview tool suggests adding glue to pizza sauce to stop the cheese from sliding off

AI