The New York Times profiled a 95-year-old pianist still touring after seven decades, while Guardian Culture reported Kit Harington replacing Nicholas Hoult in HBO's Harry Potter series.
John Oliver's HBO segment mocked smart-appliance subscriptions as household surveillance, and Dr.
Dre said only people who struggle to create see AI as a threat.
Scientific American called the humanoid robot Olympics as ridiculous as it is impressive.
Merriam-Webster's word of the day, "tilde," kept language's own thread quiet but steady, and Stereogum covered Queens of the Stone Age's new album alongside a 20th-anniversary reissue of Amy Winehouse's Back to Black.