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The False Heart of “Youth”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Netflix currently ranks the British miniseries Teenager as the most-watched TV show among American audiences. The streaming platform surrounds its methods for achieving these results with a host of absurd claims.…

Can we store our data in DNA?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A zettabyte is equivalent to a trillion gigabytes. That’s a huge number, but some forecasts suggest that humanity will produce eighty zettabytes of digital data this year. It all adds up:…

A game designer playing through his own psyche

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story More than a decade ago, game developer Davey Wreden experienced incredible success. In October 2013, he and his partner William Pugh released Stanley Parable HD, an improved and expanded version of…

Racing in the Old Dominion

The Virginia Derby represents the best that the world of thoroughbred horses and their fans has to offer. Loading Elevenlabs Text to Speech AudioNative Player… Two Thoroughbreds gracefully move along a green hillside as I drive out of my home…

Mr. Lonely, the new TV hero

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Early in the pilot of Paradise, Hulu’s new dystopian political thriller, a man played by Sterling K. Brown lies alone in bed, restless and wary. His eyes are wide open. A…

The Baldwins’ anxious, joyful cries

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story At the beginning of Mulholland Drive, the late, great David Lynch’s 2001 surreal masterpiece of American ambition and decline, young, naive Betty Elms (Naomi Watts) arrives in Los Angeles from small-town…

‘Empire’ goes beyond good and evil to rural France

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The approaching spring in New York City heralds the arrival of French cinema, whether it’s the annual Rendez-Vous with French Cinema program in early March, the release of films that were…