For a generation questioning subscription models and rejecting online burnout, digital audio players have become a tool for cultural ownership and focused listening
Nov 20, 2025
Brick, a new app-blocking device, promises the chance to take back control of your smartphone use and ‘reclaim your time’ through the power of a small grey square
Nov 18, 2025
‘I just love showing my man love’: In a nonchalant era of dating, the appeal of the beloved internet couple is that they are unabashedly smitten with each other
Nov 11, 2025
‘Nothing is safe anymore’: To some, the once-pure display of intimacy is now a tell-tale sign that ghosting is imminent, and a cultural indicator of the modern-day dating climate
Nov 07, 2025
In her new performance and book, A Sexual History of the Internet, the artist and technologist explores the perverted origins of digital tools and the anthropomorphisation of machines
We asked the teens, gays, cats, and service workers behind the viral ‘For Zohran’ groups what their dream future for the city looks like
Nov 03, 2025
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The winners of Instagram’s first-ever creator awards, Rings, share the moment they knew that enjoying food could be more than just a hobby
Oct 31, 2025
And other questions from the ongoing debate about wearing perfume on a plane, bus or at work – according to a fragrance developer, perfume enthusiasts and an online etiquette instructor
Oct 29, 2025
In a world that feels increasingly volatile, there is a renewed attraction to regulating, and even micro-managing, whatever factors of our lives that we can
Oct 24, 2025
The winners of Instagram’s latest creator award, Rings, share how they keep it real on the internet
Oct 22, 2025
Amid global crackdowns on NSFW content, two erotic art pioneers, the Tom of Finland Foundation and Erika Lust, talk to Dazed about who gets to draw the line between art and porn, and offer some tips for emerging artists to navigate censorship
Last week, the app launched Rings, a new award for 25 creators who will receive an exclusive gold ring around their profile
Oct 21, 2025
The chronically online best friends (and secret account admins) on sincere posting, the politics of Instagram Close Friends, and why the ‘ultimate freedom’ is an anonymous meme account
Oct 15, 2025
From unspoken workplace pressures to AI overviews and automatic integrations, we’re currently experiencing a ‘consent collapse’ that makes AI’s presence increasingly harder to avoid
Oct 08, 2025
Four of the UK’s best curators explain how to break free from your algorithmic echo chamber and find music you’ll truly love
Oct 03, 2025