When Virality Is The Message: The New Age of AI Propaganda

Social media users don’t need to endorse a message to spread it. They only need to find it compelling enough to share, writes ...

Developer rebuilds Doom using only CSS and HTML, turning divs into a full 3D game engine

Leenheer is best known for creating HTML5test.com, the WhichBrowser user-agent parser. He began exploring a CSS-based Doom ...
The New Yorker

The Team Behind a Pro-Iran, Lego-Themed Viral-Video Campaign

A.I.-generated propaganda against the U.S.’s war in Iran, done in the style of Lego movies, has become inescapable online.

Google Vids gets AI upgrade with Veo and Lyria models, directable AI avatars

OpenAI might be pulling back on video generation, but Google is forging ahead with a major AI update to its Vids editing ...

Did Iranian media release animated 'Lord of the Straits' video? We investigated

In March 2026, people on social media widely shared an animated video called "Lord of the Straits" that they claimed was ...