The Best Camera Smartphones of 2025
A great set of cameras is the hallmark of any true flagship device. From low light, zoom, and…
Best Horror Movies of 2025 On Streaming and In Theaters
We all want to belong to someone or something. Or, to have someone or something that belongs to…
The Best Chinese Smartphones of 2025
2025 has been a year of unapologetic ambition for Chinese smartphone brands. The country’s top OEMs have gone…
The Best Smartphone Software of 2025
3. Pixel UI Google’s Android 16 takes a quieter, more considered path rather than chasing headline-grabbing changes. The…
The 25 Most Played Songs on Rock Radio in 2025
What were rock radio’s most played songs of 2025? Using the Mediabase chart for Active Rock’s year-to-date tracking…
50 Directors Pick the Best Movies of 2025
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Bradley Cooper’s movie is a stubbornly optimistic crowd-pleaser.
In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2025, Justin Chang, Alison Willmore, and…
Rob Sheffield’s Top 25 Songs of 2025
Hits, flops, obscurities and more songs that stayed on repeat in one critic’s headphones What a year for…
Top 10 Interior Design Posts of 2025
Designing for yourself is always a bold move, and in Lviv, KOSHULYNSKYY & MAYER co-founders Karina Mayer and…
The 55 Best Indie-Rock Albums of 2025
Guitar heroes, noise rockers, brilliant singer-songwriters, and more Yes, we define indie rock pretty broadly for this list.…
The Year AI Crossed the Line
This May, the Catholic Church welcomed a new pope. Somewhat surprisingly, the cardinal electors chose an American-born candidate…
The Best Gaming Smartphones of 2025
As mobile gaming continues to surge in popularity, 2025 has emerged as one of the strongest years yet…