Logo_White

lede_post_card_default

lede_post_card_stacked

lede_post_card_featured_post

lede_post_card_featured_post_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_post_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_3:2

lede_post_card_featured_posts_hero_1:1

lede_post_card_featured_posts_sidebar

lede_post_card_highlighted_post

lede_post_card_horizontal_a

lede_post_card_horizontal_c

lede_post_card_related_post

lede_post_card_square

lede_article_featured_16x9

lede_article_featured_16x9_full_width

lede_article_featured_3x2

lede_article_featured_3x2_full_width

lede_article_featured_1x1

lede_article_featured_1x1_full_width

lede_article_featured_flexible

lede_article_featured_flexible_full_width

lede_article_content

lede_article_content_wide_width

lede_article_content_full_width

lede_byline_avatar_post_card

lede_byline_avatar_highlight

lede_profile_coral_avatar

lede_logo

lede_logo_banner

lede_logo_footer_banner

lede_logo_simple_header

lede_sponsorship_logo

lede_sponsorship_logo_river_card

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card_logo

lede_sponsorship_homepage_card

lede_leaderboard

Main Header Menu

Logo_2a8517

The Daily Dot

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

fake-justin-bieber-dupes-las-vegas-dj.png

“That guy doesn’t even look like JB”: Las Vegas DJ duped by Justin Bieber lookalike shares his POV of how it went down

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.

Anna Good

Left: Bride in a Vegas chapel in the middle of singing a song, caption overlay reads "When you decide to surprise your camera-shy husband with a wedding song and you had to chase him down the chapel because he disappeared on you."  Right: Bride holding groom's hand in chapel, caption overlay reads "found him."

bride-sings-elvis-to-groom-.jpg

“It’s like a car crash, I can’t look away”: Bride’s Elvis serenade gets painfully awkward when groom slips away mid-song in Vegas wedding

Makalah Wright is a writer for the Daily Dot. She has written articles for various publications based on mental health, relationships, and Gen Z-related topics. She is currently a senior at the University of West Georgia, where she studies public relations and music. In her free time, she enjoys spending time with loved ones, shopping, traveling to new places, and playing the clarinet.

Makalah Wright

the sphere seats high vs low backstreet boys

the-sphere-seats-high-vs-low-backstreet-boys.png

“This is top-tier journalism”: Backstreet Boys fan attends The Sphere residency twice, shares POV from the top vs. bottom of the venue

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

wizard-of-oz-ai-at-the-sphere.png

“Garishly ugly”: Outrage brews over The Sphere’s “Wizard of Oz” featuring AI upscaling that erases key details of the film—and makes up others

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

Rachel Kiley

3 panel screenshots of Las Vegas locations devoid of people

weu2S7vy-las-vegas-ghost-town-.jpg

Culture

Where is everyone? TikToks are painting Las Vegas as a ghost town—and the footage is eerie

2 Panel image, woman coming out of self driving car, and amazon logo

Amazons_robotaxi_company_Zoox_recalls.png

Amazon’s robotaxi company Zoox recalls driverless software after crash

Laura Holliday is a freelance internet culture journalist covering online communities, digital aesthetics, and internet rabbit holes. She lives in London with her cat, Luna.

Laura Holliday

Edge of Las Vegas View(l) Woman shares she lives at the edge of las vegas(c) Point of view of the edge of las vegas(r)

las vegas edge

‘It’s like a Sims world’: Edge of Las Vegas videos are TikTok’s latest obsession

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

Mikael Thalen

John Pelletier and P Diddy in front of Mandalay Bay hotel

Police-Chief-accused-of-aiding-Diddy-oversaw-Las-Vegas-shooting.jpg

QAnon world loses it after police chief with ties to Maui fires, Vegas shooting named in Diddy case

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

Las Vegas Sign(l) Woman shares her experience at the Bellagio(c) Daylight view of the Bellagio and Eiffel Tower(r)

las vegas

‘I’m obviously going to call the front’: Woman spends $1,500 for 2 nights at the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Then she notices something odd on her bedding

Hotel worker praises guests for leaving a tip for her in this ‘secret’ place

hotel secret Tip

‘Humanity and well-traveled guests love it’: Hotel worker praises guests for leaving a tip for her in this ‘secret’ place

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

Katherine Huggins

vote-trump-no-tax-tips

Conservatives hijack meal receipts to push servers to vote for Trump

Trump dubbed 'Orange Jim Jones' after joking about supporter choosing 'suicide before Biden'

trump rally

Trump dubbed ‘Orange Jim Jones for telling supporter ‘suicide before Biden’

Man says he was banned from the Vegas Sphere for taking a bong rip

las vegas sphere ban

Vegas Sphere says it did not ban man who posted bong hit during Phish show to Instagram

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

People waiting on line(L+r), Circus Circus hotel sign(c)

circus vegas las vegas don’t stay

‘It would take 30 minutes – to an hour to leave your room’: Traveler warns you should never stay at this Vegas hotel

Mustafa Gatollari has been an internet culture writer for over a decade. He has a passion for connecting what’s trending on social media to solid research—helping to separate clout-chasing claims from facts.

Mustafa Gatollari

Guests say they found blood splatter in their hotel room

Las Vegas