British impresario Malcolm McLaren’s headstone reads, “Better a spectacular failure, than a benign success.” So it goes in life and, sometimes, at the movies. Hollywood makes lots of movies. Most of them aren’t good. Sometimes the good ones make money (lots of the bad ones do too). But sometimes...they don’t. Films fail at the box office for many reasons—a...

Apple laptops stand the test of time, as Senior Tech Editor Jake Peterson explains in his piece about the M1 and M2 Apple chips still being of great value in 2024. The 13.6-inch 8GB RAM M2 MacBook Air, in particular, is currently down to its lowest price yet on Amazon according to price-checking tools: $829 (originally $999) after a $170 discount. This...

As usual, TikTok has manifested a food concept that is both horrifying and intriguing. Maybe you’ve already heard of frozen Jell-O grapes, but these didn’t roll across my desk until last week. I admit, I was excited to try it out. Some TikTok food “hacks” are absolutely worth trying—ramen carbonara is great and crookies are pretty damn good too—but...

I've pored over Netflix's release schedule to bring you the best movies and TV shows premiering on the service this month. Original movie Hit Man is my pick for best thing to watch on Netflix in June. It's from Richard Linklater, one of the greatest directors working, and the true story that inspired the movie is so strange and compelling, it's hard...

If you're looking for ways to generate income without actively trading your time for money, you're not alone. According to Ben Johnston, COO of lending platform Kapitus, we can thank a combination of "a trend toward remote work, a tight labor market with greater work flexibility, and a greater ability to reach consumers through online markets." For...

By default on Safari, Mac users can view link previews in separate windows to take a peek at the website they're about to visit without clicking through. This can be handy for checking headlines or other content before deciding if a link is worth visiting, but the feature has never reliably worked on my Mac. It's supposed to trigger on a force-click...