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Scents of the Middle Ages and emo nostalgia – what you should read, watch and do this week

I’ve always been a history nerd, but it wasn’t until I started working at The Conversation that I really caught the medieval bug. Inspired by our academic experts, I’ve read books, trawled online archives, and when I worked on an article about the Book of Kells earlier this year, I…

The Conversation

Why you won’t be lining up for the new iPhone 16

In this week’s newsletter: Most European users won’t be getting integrated AI on Apple devices, so are the updates offered by Apple just window dressing?

The Guardian - UK

Calling all Noughties Emo kids: this London museum wants your MySpace pics for a Barbican exhibition

Always thought your MySpace pictures were low-key museum-worthy?

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In just two years, ChatGPT users have doubled to 200 million weekly users, fast approaching Reddit's user figures

That's a whole lot of queries.

PC Gamer

Instagram is letting you share songs right from your profile

You'll soon be able to add a track to your Instagram profile, giving your feed a fresh, personal vibe.

Android Central

50 People Give A Taste Of What Life Was Like In The Early 2000s

People were celebrating that the world didn't end in 1999. Flip phones were all the rage, low-rise jeans were the hottest thing in fashion, and tweens and teens were listening to pop-punk on their MP3 players. The post 50 People Give A Taste Of What Life Was Like In The…

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Dìdi review: A subtle, sweet Y2K coming-of-ager that understands the horror of Myspace

Set in 2008, this semi-autobiographical debut takes place at a time in digital history that’s now old enough to feel like an artefact

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Dìdi is a rare thing: a genuinely great film about the internet

The online hyper-specificity of Sean Wang’s portrait of a Taiwanese-American teen in 2008 makes it a triumphant coming-of-age tale

The Guardian - US

Charli xcx: from slow burn pop star to ‘brat’ US election influencer

The British musician’s new album is everywhere but it took her 15 years to go from Myspace to the White House

The Guardian - UK

Forget TikTok and Instagram, Gen Z is on Noplace

And it looks like Myspace cranked up to 11.

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Kate Nash looks back: ‘I trusted the wrong people with my money and had to move back in with my parents; 15 female wrestlers saved me ...’

The musician and actor on living with OCD, having heart surgery, and surviving the tornado of the past 12 years

The Guardian - UK

Charli XCX: ‘Labels are desperate for artists to be liked, otherwise you’re bad, evil and wrong’

Straddling the underground and the mainstream, the pop star long felt like an outsider. She talks about finding her crowd, her ‘blunt’ new album, and complicated female friendships

The Guardian - UK

“Whale Tail”: 40 Millennial Trends People Still Cringe At To This Day

Trends come and go, leaving us cringing at our old photos sporting frosted tips or grinning in a room decked out with Beanie Babies. The post “Whale Tail”: 40 Millennial Trends People Still Cringe At To This Day first appeared on Bored Panda.

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How the porn bots took over Twitter

Twitter has long had a bot problem, but since moderation on the platform was gutted and paid users were given "prioritization" in replies, the landscape has changed.

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Reexamining the 'upskirt decade' and the public ridicule of female pop stars

The new book Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s reassesses a time when popular culture policed, ridiculed and even took down a variety of women in the public eye.

The Guardian - US

Dìdi review – a tender, specific rendering of adolescence on the early internet

Sundance film festival: Sean Wang’s semi-autobiographical tale of an Asian American teen’s life played out online in 2008 is moving and detailed

WEKU

From Amazon to Facebook and Google, here's how platforms can 'decay'

If you feel like some important places on the internet have been getting worse, you're not alone. In fact, there has been a whole lot of action in the last 12 months.

The Conversation

Why Elon Musk is obsessed with casting X as the most 'authentic' social media platform

With X, formerly known as Twitter, hitting the one-year anniversary of Elon Musk’s US$44 billion takeover of the social media platform, it can feel disorienting to try to make sense of all that’s gone down.

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Myspace documentary to follow the rise and fall of the Y2K social media platform

Myspace was the world’s largest social network site until 2009

Metal Hammer

"We thought it was funny, and then there were articles in The Guardian and The New York Times. It was on Fox News!". We interviewed Attack Attack!, the band behind that insane 2008 MySpace 'crabcore' trend

When Attack Attack! filmed a video for their song Stick Stickly, a certain crustacean-aping movement went instantly viral

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Myspace Seems To Be Making A Comeback W/ This New App So Hope You’re Ready To Ruin Friendships

Yes, there's a Top 8.

TechRadar

MySpace turns 20: 5 things we still miss in the age of Twitter's meltdown

MySpace was launched exactly 20 years ago today – here are the main things we miss about the pre-Facebook beast of social networks.

TechRadar

MSN Messenger needs to return in Windows 12 to take on WhatsApp and iMessage

With many using WhatsApp, Telegram, and more, it’s high time for one of the best messaging apps to return for Windows 12.

The Guardian - UK

Threads review: Twitter without the rough edges or news

Site has potential to suck the remaining life – and advertising revenue – out of Musk’s struggling network

Metal Hammer

"Oklahoma City bomb, Kurt Cobain, Pokémon, Tiger Woods, MySpace, Monsanto GMOs": Fall Out Boy update Billy Joel's We Didn't Start The Fire, revisit 34 years of history and pop culture

Fall Out Boy make up their own new lyrics to Billy Joel's 1989 hit We Didn't Start The Fire, reference everything from Kurt Cobain and Pokemon, to Donald Trump and Elon Musk

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