Latest Stories from Jamie
Why are people thirst trapping on LinkedIn?
LinkedIn has become an unusual breeding ground for thirst trap content. Is this peak cringe, or merely a symptom of life online in 2025? I was just looking for inspirational quotes, I swear. The social media flex is inevitable. Whether you’re looking to temporarily numb your brain on TikTok, have a quick peruse through Instagram, or look for job listings on LinkedIn, you’re all but guaranteed to stumble on people ‘thirst...
The Warner Bros ownership race could drastically change streaming
Netflix had agreed a deal with Warner Bros to land its studio and streaming assets for $83 billion. That could soon be off the table, however, with the news that Paramount has just proposed an offer of $108.4 billion for the entire company. Can you hear that? That’s the sound of heads planting the meeting table at Netflix HQ. The biggest news of the weekend suddenly may not be so newsworthy....
Beeple’s ‘Regular Animals’ turns billionaires into terrifying robot dogs
A late entry for the most disturbing art installation of 2025, Beeple’s ‘Regular Animals’ features a pen of robotic dogs bearing the likeness of tech billionaires and revered artists. They canter around, snap photos, and take NFT dumps. ‘You may live to see man-made horrors beyond your comprehension,’ declared Nikola Tesla in 1898. I’d say we’re probably at that point. Onlookers at Art Basel Miami Beach are transfixed in a state...
Report reveals scope of extreme online abuse in English football
The BBC found that more than 2,000 extremely abusive social media posts were sent in a single weekend of Premier League and Women’s Super League action. As someone with roughly two hours per day scrolling X – no, I’m not proud of it – I’m fully aware of just how rife with abuse ‘Football Twitter’ is. While much of the self-proclaimed community is based on good hearted fun, primarily laughing in...
Higgsfield just levelled up AI video editing massively
Twitter edits are about to become a whole lot more bombastic thanks to Higgsfield’s ‘click to video studio’ update. People are already toying around with altering the backgrounds of high budget music videos and the results are eerily impressive. Your university degree in computer animation and video effects is becoming more redundant by the month. Higgsfield’s AI video editing app has been around since 2024, but its recent explosion in...
AI free media is fast becoming a modern USP
As people become increasingly fatigued with second guessing whether media bares any hallmarks of AI, ‘human made’ is fast becoming its own USP. How grimly predictable. Earning a crust in the world of publishing means my colleagues and I are more accustomed to dodging AI slop than most. Much like the machine learning systems continually reinventing themselves, we’re becoming increasingly adept over time, specifically at twigging where the creative output of...
Cambridge brain study says adolescence may last into our 30s
There may just be a scientific reason behind feeling like a teenager in your 20s. In fact, a University of Cambridge brain study suggests that the ‘adult brain’ may not activate until our 30s. If you’re in your late 20s - or even early 30s (cough) - and still mentally feel like your high school self, you may not just be immature. There might just be more to it. A new...
Could Millennials and Gen Z save the cruise industry?
Gen Z and millennials now make up almost 50% of cruise guests. The industry has noticed and is tailoring its experiences and marketing to maintain the post-pandemic rebound. The word cruise once conjured images of naff buffet halls, a struggling cabaret singer, and pensioners cooking in the sun out on deck. Yet the data shows the tide may be turning, generationally speaking. Millennials now account for as much as 22% of...
Half of sexually active young people engage in ‘choking’
More than two-in-five sexually active under-18s in the UK have either strangled someone or been strangled during sex, a study shows. ‘Choking’ has become a troublingly routine part of the sexual experience for young people in the UK. A study conducted by the Institute for Addressing Strangulation (IFAS) suggests that 43% of sexually active teenagers between 16 and 17 years old have experienced it, while more than half under...
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s AI blunder is a scary industry moment
The latest entry to the franchise had already divided opinion, then players discovered the blatant use of generative AI. This is a pivotal moment for the industry. There are a few constants in life: death, taxes, and the rollout of a new Call of Duty game every 12 months. The franchise hasn’t exactly been synonymous with quality over the last handful of releases, but Black Ops 7 is even failing to...
