Slop, rap beef, brain rot and, yes, “hawk tuah” — what a year it’s been on the internet. The colloquial definition of memes has expanded to include any type of viral internet phenomenon ...

While brain rot is a real and pressing concern in our digital age, it is not an inevitable outcome. By approaching technology ...

Tralalero Tralala is TikTok's latest viral brain rot meme. In the meme, an AI-generated shark wearing Nike shoes can be seen singing in a robotic Italian voice, chanting, "Trallallero Trallalla ...

As I observed in a column last year, the 2024 election was characterized online by its brain-rot memes, nonsensical collisions of imagery that produced a lot of noise but little coherent impact.

"Let's take school for example," Nelson said of how brain rot can manifest. "You're sitting in class and you're trying to focus. They're going to be looking around, not attending to what the ...