At first, the idea seemed a little absurd, even to me. But the more I thought about it, the more sense it made: If my goal was to understand people who fall in love with AI boyfriends and girlfriends, why not rent a vacation house and gather a group of human-AI couples together for a romantic getaway? […]
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The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively […]
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While Netflix seemingly led the way for other streaming networks to create compelling original programming, Hulu actually beat them all to the punch. In 2011, a year before Netflix’s Lilyhammer and two years before the arrival of House of Cards, the burgeoning streamer premiered The Morning After, a pop-culture-focused news show that ran for 800 episodes over three years. Hulu has […]
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Imagine someone who is suffering from migraine: If film or television depictions wield any influence here, then you’re seeing a woman squeezing her temples and frowning. Her eyes are locked shut. That representation is narrow enough to perturb researchers in headache medicine. Advances in migraine research have proven that the condition—and the ways it can present in […]
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Social media marketing was once an exciting new way for companies to market their products and services. Businesses set up social media account profiles, gathered followers and began posting regularly. Before social media platforms were oversaturated with brands, it was relatively easy for a company to stand out. Today, however, with seemingly every business on […]
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The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our writers are playing obsessively […]
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