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Before Black Mirror became a Netflix phenomenon, it was the very definition of a cult hit. It appeared on the British network Channel 4 out of nowhere in 2011, and for years it was almost impossible to find outside of the UK. That, to be honest, felt fitting. Its biting and deeply observant commentary on […]
Ready for more YA dystopia? The Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines just dropped its eerie new teaser trailer online, featuring the city of London itself attached to giant Mad Max: Fury Road-style machinery. Christian Rivers helms this slice of post-apocalyptic extravaganza, with a script by Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens. Watch the Mortal Engines trailer is below. Just when […]
San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, who died Monday, was a housing advocate who became a tech ally. His successor likely won’t be so business-friendly. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a31a7f5ce96b23b14dfcc87/master/pass/EdLee-FINAL-h_14751996.jpg Feed: All Latest
Hulu’s Emmy-nominated show presents a familiar scenario that seems far more horrifying than drought or an AI takeover. https://media.wired.com/photos/59b70faf4f73d20a948baf4e/master/pass/HMT-FA.jpg Feed: All Latest
“Disruption” was one of Silicon Valley’s worst buzzwords. But it was the battle cry of the greedy and desperate of coding and grifting. It meant better and faster data harvesting, venture capitalists throwing money at anything convenient to the wealthy. It meant companies skirting regulations, human rights, and labor laws were defensible heroes. Every coder […]
Here’s this week’s newsletter: This week, Amazon and Microsoft launched new attacks in the intelligent assistant wars. On Tuesday, Amazon added a touchscreen to its Echo device and introduced calls and messaging. (This Sunday, don’t forget to say, “Alexa, call Mom.”) And yesterday at the Build conference, Microsoft upped its ante by releasing a Cortana […]
The crowds that gathered on January 21, 2017, looked like something out of a movie: a more subdued Zion rave from The Matrix Reloaded or a District 11 revolt straight out of Panem in The Hunger Games. The worldwide Women’s Marches didn’t mandate any sort of dress code, but there seemed to be a silently […]
Image: Photograph by Heami Lee, food styling by C.C. Buckely, prop styling by Rebecca Bartoshesky, Art Direction by Allie Wist. Food scientists are already looking to some dramatic-sounding options, from bugs to lab-grown meat to large fish farms, in order to feed a world whose population could approach ten billion humans by 2050. Combined with […]
Here at Flavorwire, we pride ourselves on not only writing excellent content, but also keeping an eye on other great writing from around the web. This may be a predominantly arts/culture-centric website, but given the immediate gravity of U.S. politics, we’ve been focusing this outward-looking post on indispensable political writing, as well as the occasional […]
The Handmaid’s Tale was published in 1985, but in a polarizing political climate, the new trailer for its upcoming Hulu adaptation makes the dystopian story feel more relevant than ever. See the chilling trailer below. The Handmaid’s Tale stars Mad Men‘s Elizabeth Moss as Offred, a woman living in a totalitarian regime that has stripped […]
