Alexis Kleinman

Fifteen of us gathered around a projector for the big reveal. Sandra Thomas, the mom, had asked us all to place bets beforehand. There was money on the line: We’d each put in $10 along with our guesses, and the winner would take home $150. With…

Some Reddit users were surprised when they went to a popular pro-Trump Reddit page this week to find it was suddenly dedicated to rapper and comedian Donald Glover. The subreddit, r/thedonald, has 16,900 followers. Its official description is “the…

There’s a lot of discussion around protecting user information online, but sometimes the biggest danger to your online security is you. There’s a new royal wedding meme going around Facebook that tells you how to create your “wedding guest name.”…

Drake Coleman sat in his family’s hotel room, weighing the small plate of meat and vegetables he would eat for dinner on the scale he’d packed for vacation. While the rest of his family was out to dinner together, the 18-year-old sat and ate alone,…

In a seminar held in the dimly lit back room of a New York yoga studio, Holly Slayton, a “wellness advocate” for DoTERRA, a popular brand of essential oils, told me her product could cure my ADHD, acne, sleep issues, menstrual cramps, sore muscles,…

By now, you’ve probably heard of HQ, the wildly popular trivia app that lets you participate in a live game show and win real money. The app was released in August and grew into a cultural phenomenon in months. It has boasted more than 1 million…

By this point, you’ve probably heard of the Instant Pot. Chances are, you or someone you know owns one. It’s an electric pressure cooker that can do almost everything and costs around $100. The first Instant Pot was created in 2009, and it’s been…

The Simpsons is known for some surprisingly accurate predictions. In 1994, the Fox show predicted a 2013 incident in which horse meat was found in burgers. In 1997, The Simpsons predicted the 2014 ebola outbreak. And, perhaps most famously, in 2000,…

YouTube star Logan Paul is being forced to face the consequences of a controversial video he recently posted. YouTube has removed Paul from its premium ad program, Google Preferred, the company revealed on Wednesday. “Additionally, we will not…