Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. And buy Drew’s book, The Night The Lights Went Out, while you’re at it. Today, we’re talking about ...

In a study, memes created by OpenAI's GPT-4o model were, on average, rated funnier, more creative and more shareable than ...

This week, a classic meme cat was revived, the chicken jockey scene went nuclear, Cory Booker's filibuster went viral and more.

The Trump administration's aggressive global tariff regime against imported goods from some of its closest allies has drawn ...

Meme-makers could not leave that alone. CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and ...

President Donald Trump’s crypto empire is expanding with the recent announcements of a new dollar-backed stablecoin and investment funds for digital assets.

Grocery store lists are a remarkably good use of a smartphone. You carry it on you all the time, including the grocery store. We don’t need a lot of buildup for this one. You carry your phone on ...

March 24, 2025: We’ve dug through some old memes in the hopes of uncovering some lost new Meme Sea codes to add to the list. What are the new Meme Sea codes? When taking on an ocean of the ...

Egg prices in the U.S. have soared to nearly $10 per dozen, sparking social media mockery from Canadians enjoying low prices. Some Americans resort to smuggling eggs across borders, leading to ...

Fed Chair Powell: Inflation has moved closer to 2% longer-run goal, remains somewhat elevated The 9 biggest wastes of money at the grocery store The Biggest Auto Losers in Trump’s Trade War So ...

Meme coins — and the social media cycles that drive their ... The Bitcoin logo is seen on a Coinstar cryptocurrency ATM at a grocery store in Washington, DC, on Jan. 19, 2023. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP ...

While the cost of eggs and some other items continue to rise, grocery price inflation overall seems to be leveling out. The Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index for food at home was ...