Internet

There’s a new ugly little toy winning the internet

The internet can’t get enough of this weird plush toy. Loading audio narration… An Instagram account called “emyadventure1” first appeared in November with a simple premise: every time it gained a follower, Emy, a custom-made green-and-yellow plush toy, would move 1 millimeter closer to being thrown from the world’s tallest…

Alix Earle and Alex Cooper are feuding, and the internet has a favorite

Two of the biggest personalities in digital media, Alex Cooper and Alix Earle, are feuding, and the internet has a favorite. Loading audio narration… Data from two social listening firms, Muck Rack and Sprout Social, showed higher negative sentiment toward Cooper than toward Earle since the public feud kicked off…

Anthropic is learning that there are no take-backs on the internet

AI giant Anthropic accidentally exposed some of Claude Code’s internal source code, and developers quickly noticed. Loading audio narration… BI’s Henry Chandonnet and Brent D. Griffiths have the play-by-play on how it all happened.With so much going on (and at stake), let’s unpack it all:Give me a quick summary of…

Inside the race to cut Russia off from the global internet

Anton, a 44-year-old Russian soldier who heads a workshop responsible for repairing and supplying drones, was at his kitchen table when he learned last month that Elon Musk’s SpaceX had cut off access to Starlink terminals used by Russian forces. He scrambled for alternatives, but none offered unlimited internet, data…