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…

The Dress. Dog Pants. Shiny Legs. Simple visual illusions that make us question our powers of perception have captivated the internet since that white-and-gold dress (or was it blue and black?) made the Earth stand still in 2015. Now the happiest…

Your Instagram Explore page is probably filled with hot people making fools of themselves. It’s technically “comedy,” and it’s a lucrative business. Stars like Jake and Logan Paul, Lele Pons and Andrew “King Bach” Bachelor are collecting huge…

After every terrorist attack or mass shooting, YouTube is immediately filled with videos claiming to prove the violent act was a hoax perpetrated by the media or the government. From Sandy Hook to 9/11 to the October attack in New York City,…

For a large swath of conspiracy theorists, September was one hell of a month. A brand-new study seemed to show that fluoride, the chemical found in drinking water and toothpaste, could lower infants’ IQ. Truthers were thrilled — it was a missing…

Though it may not speak English, your dog could be communicating with you more than you think. A new study from the University of Portsmouth in the U.K. found that dogs make facial expressions at humans in an attempt to connect with them, regardless…

Ketamine has an unsavory reputation. The medical anesthetic is used on humans and small animals for surgeries, but it’s also made into a recreational street drug called Special K with powerful dissociative effects. “An 18-hour holiday,” the punk…

Everything is better with sparkles. There’s an app that makes everything — and I really do mean everything — glitter and shine. It’s called Kirakira+ and it’s been around for years, but it’s been gaining popularity with Instagram influencers and…

There’s another side of Facebook that’s not filled with baby photos and engagement announcements. It’s made up of memes, inside jokes and lots of self-referential humor. Some call it Weird Facebook. Others call it Jeffbook. Why Jeffbook? Because…

After a year of anticipation and rumors, the iPhone 8, 8 Plus and X were finally revealed at Apple’s 2017 keynote address on Tuesday in Cupertino, California. Although the iPhone X, released 10 years after the first iPhone, was clearly the star of…

Talenti, the gelato that sells for $5.79 at Whole Foods, has a problem: Nobody can open the jars, and hundreds of people are flocking to social media to vent. This reporter discovered the issue the hard way. I tried to open a fresh pint of Talenti…