best of 2025

2025 has been a year of unapologetic ambition for Chinese smartphone brands. The country’s top OEMs have gone…

We all want to belong to someone or something. Or, to have someone or something that belongs to…

What were rock radio’s most played songs of 2025? Using the Mediabase chart for Active Rock’s year-to-date tracking…

3. Pixel UI Google’s Android 16 takes a quieter, more considered path rather than chasing headline-grabbing changes. The…

In Slate’s annual Movie Club, film critic Dana Stevens emails with fellow critics—for 2025, Justin Chang, Alison Willmore, and…

Hits, flops, obscurities and more songs that stayed on repeat in one critic’s headphones What a year for…

Designing for yourself is always a bold move, and in Lviv, KOSHULYNSKYY & MAYER co-founders Karina Mayer and…

This May, the Catholic Church welcomed a new pope. Somewhat surprisingly, the cardinal electors chose an American-born candidate…

As mobile gaming continues to surge in popularity, 2025 has emerged as one of the strongest years yet…

The time has come for “Screen Talk” podcasts Anne Thompson and Ryan Lattanzio (that’s us) to share their…

From the modern horrors of Adolescence to the campy twists of The Celebrity Traitors UK, here’s everything we…

From the return of a screen-actor GOAT to not one but two great turns from Michael B. Jordan…

The Best Chinese Smartphones of 2025