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Stacey Nguyen is a lifestyle and entertainment writer based in California. You can find her work on Real Simple, InStyle, BuzzFeed, PopSugar, and other sites.

Stacey Nguyen

Left: Screenshot of @xiaoxin3711 in Y3k-styled outfit; Center: Screenshot of @rowisingh applying makeup with the caption: "very demure Y3K makeup"; Right: Screenshot of @pitayaq in a Y3k-styled outfit. Background: A futuristic dystopian city.

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Culture

Y3K fashion is rising—here’s why Gen Z is dressing like the world is ending

Lindsey is a Seattle area writer interested in all things society, including internet culture, politics, and mental health. Outside of the Daily Dot, her work can be found in publications such as The Mary Sue, Truthout, and YES! Magazine.

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Lindsey Weedston

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Memes

How a 4-year-old SpongeBob Wiki comment spawned the ‘I call Patrick Subaru’ brainrot meme

Laiken Neumann is a Trending news editor based in Austin, Texas.

Laiken Neumann

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‘Tried this at Ulta’: AI is influencing how you shop. Here’s what it means for you

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AI-generated ‘doctors’ are scamming TikTok with fake credentials and bad advice

Ljeonida is a reporter and writer with a degree in journalism and communications from the University of Tirana in her native Albania. She has a particular interest in all things digital marketing; she considers herself a copywriter, content producer, SEO specialist, and passionate marketer. Ljeonida is based in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Ljeonida Mulabazi

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‘I was in shock’: Woman goes on first date with man she’s been Instagram friends with for a while. Then he puts a book on the table

Hope Talbot is a freelance journalist currently based in New York City. Her work has appeared in The Daily Express, Euronews, and Bristol24/7, to name a few.

Hope Talbot

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Gruesome POV TikToks of horrific tragedies are the latest get-rich-quick AI scheme

Angela Andaloro proudly serves as a scribe, documenting all the shenanigans happening online. Her writing has been featured across Entertainment Weekly, PEOPLE, BuzzFeed, and more.

Angela Andaloro

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JARVIS, explain JARVIS memes to me

Anna is a freelance writer with far too much time on her hands. When she&#8217;s not writing about memes and internet slang, she can be found running TTRPGs online.

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Anna Good

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Finneas calls out TikToker for AI slop video of Billie Eilish: ‘You killed a forest for this’

Katherine Huggins is a New York-based journalist and freelance contributor to the Daily Dot&#8217;s tech and politics section.

Katherine Huggins

A tweet from X user @LinusEkenstam that reads: "Grok needs a lot of red teaming, or it needs to be temporary turned off. It’s an international security concern." over a photo illustration of a pixelated hacker.

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‘Turn it off’: Grok under fire after providing assassination advice, chemical weapons recipes

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Reddit user says they quit smoking with a custom ChatGPT prompt built for ‘conversational hypnosis’

Rachel Kiley is a writer who sometimes writes things and sometimes is based in L.A., but is definitely always on Twitter @rachelkiley.

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Rachel Kiley

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Boomers are falling for AI deepfakes of Barron Trump singing on ‘America’s Got Talent’—here’s why it matters

Hacker finds Grok 3 backdoor day before launch—as Musk’s DOGE feeds government data to AI

Screenshot from @jara.natura's Instagram of an anglerfish floating to the surface of the ocean; Screenshot from @savannahbellexoxo with the caption "Me explaining the anglerfish who swam to the surface to my boyfriend".

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‘The way I sobbed’: The internet is mourning the deep-sea anglerfish who swam to the surface to die

Katka is a journalist who is chronically online. She uses her background in social media to surface trending content and commentary shaping contemporary internet culture. Previous bylines include HelloGiggles, Best Life, Lonely Planet, HuffPost, SheKnows and more.

Katka Lapelosa

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‘I use like 30 em dashes a day’: Someone said the em dash is an AI tell—and writers aren’t having it

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