This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.

Cosplayers pose during New York Comic Con 2025 at The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. (Photo: Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for ReedPop) Attending New York Comic Con is a wild ...

Hang onto your hardcovers, book fanatics – BookCon is returning next year for the first time since 2019. The annual Comic-Con-style fan event was a staple in the book community from 2014 until 2019, ...

The Avengers will have to wait to assemble in San Diego for another year. Since the preview of “Iron Man” electrified Hall H at the 2007 San Diego Comic-Con, Marvel Studios has utilized the stage to ...

Your Google experience should still be the same, but the URL may look different. Your Google experience should still be the same, but the URL may look different. is a senior reporter covering ...

Ever since the Nintendo Switch 2 reveal, fans have been wildly speculating on a tiny detail from the trailer: the Joy-Cons. Specifically, their seeming use as mouse controllers, like on a PC, and the ...

The dot-com bubble was one of the worst periods in modern tech history. Other companies like Amazon and eBay survived the dot-com crash and are now thriving. Are you ahead, or behind on retirement?

Being members of the world’s first fully digital native generation gives Gen Zers an advantage in using and integrating tech and new applications into their lives. Despite the benefits of having been ...

When Lola Reinhardt opened her laptop and began to edit her business website, she saw her stepmother roll her eyes. Reinhardt, a 24-year-old freelance photographer and part-time barista in Seattle, ...

At just 17 years old, "MythicalRocket," or simply "Rocket," has achieved an astonishing typing speed of 305 words per minute (WPM), more than seven times faster than the average person's 40 WPM. This ...

We sat down with speed typist MythicalRocket to get the lowdown on how he practices, his favorite keyboard, and how he'll set a new world record. In undergrad, I was the guy you’d run to if you needed ...

A Scattergories play opens up a debate on what’s a genuine way to pass the time. By John Hodgman Matt writes: 15 years ago, I was playing Scattergories with some co-workers. I was close to winning.