Over the holidays, the first trend of 2026 emerged: the year 2016.

Emily Witt’s memoir begins with the Brooklyn and Berlin underground rave scenes and the appeal of subcultural escapism. What ...

On TikTok, Instagram, and across pop culture, people are treating pre-pandemic life as a lost golden era—simpler, lighter, ...

Tech giant Meta urged Australia on Monday to rethink its world-first social media ban for under-16s, while reporting that it ...

Experts are concerned that the growing omnipresence of AI tools might whittle away what little is left of "consensus reality.

See reactions to Chicago sports wins Saturday night, with the biggest victories being a Bears football playoff win and the ...

It all feels like it happened yesterday. But that might be thanks to social media, which has welcomed 2026 by looking 10 ...

Two top candidates for governor in Wisconsin are attacking each other for questioning results in past presidential elections.

If you’re looking for hints and answers for Thursday, January 8, 2026 with the theme “That’s just reality (TV),” read on.

It's 2026. But some young people are still reminiscing about 2016, defined jointly by pop culture moments and key points in ...

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Credit...Derek Abella Supported by By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...