Trending Today: The Algorithm Made Me Do It
Trending today: a spike in the percentage of people who choose movies and TV shows based on streaming-service recommendations.
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What’s Trending: So Who’s the AI Minotaur?
Posted by Aaron Keck | May 1, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a program called “AI Labyrinth,” designed to thwart companies from ripping off intellectual property to train AI machines.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: The Internet Is Getting Pretty Big These Days
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 30, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: Victor gives a shout-out to the Internet Archive, which preserves outdated websites – and any links to those sites as well.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: A Legion of Men with Bad Facial Hair
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 29, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today, counterintuitively, is older music, which comprises a surprisingly large percentage of online streams.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: The Lovely Atmosphere of Mother Earth
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 28, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: NASA’s struggle with Spaceflight Associated Neuro-Ocular Syndrome, the extent to which zero-gravity can affect your eyesight.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: LGBTQ Rights, Still Rising
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 25, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: a new national survey shows sustained support for LGBTQ rights in America, despite political attacks from the right.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Canadian Anger, Get Away From Me
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 24, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: an imbalance in US-Canada relations, with Canadians feeling much worse about Americans these days.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Trust, and the Lack Thereof
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 23, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: increasingly tight employee surveillance, even though workers tend to be more productive when they’re free to take breaks.
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Cigars Rising
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 22, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: the rise of the cigar industry, with a big spike in global sales – but why, since smoking in general is down?
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Read MoreWhat’s Trending: Down Markers and Tush Pushes
Posted by Aaron Keck | Apr 21, 2025 | What's Trending with Victor Lewis
Trending today: new technology in the NFL, as the owners approve automation for disputed first-down calls.
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