Lauren Puckett-Pope

3 days ago | elle.com | Lauren Puckett-Pope

The dish rags were disconcerting. In the fall of 2019, author Helen Phillips had already accumulated a hundred-plus-page document’s worth of anecdotes about AI and surveillance for a potential book she wanted to write, the book that would become last year’s Hum, now out in paperback. But it wasn’t until Phillips herself experienced the slow creep of data tracking that the concepts of her book started feeling routinely manifest.

3 days ago | aol.com | Lauren Puckett-Pope

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."The dish rags were disconcerting. In the fall of 2019, author Helen Phillips had already accumulated a hundred-plus-page document’s worth of anecdotes about AI and surveillance for a potential book she wanted to write, the book that would become last year’s Hum, now out in paperback.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Puckett-Pope

Helen Phillips on Her Latest Book, Hum Andy Vernon-Jones/Simon & Schuster/Marysue Rucci Books"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."The dish rags were disconcerting. In the fall of 2019, author Helen Phillips had already accumulated a hundred-plus-page document’s worth of anecdotes about AI and surveillance for a potential book she wanted to write, the book that would become last year’s Hum, now out in paperback.

3 days ago | yahoo.com | Lauren Puckett-Pope |Juliana Ukiomogbe

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."Should you find the hype around Jon M. Chu’s Wicked adaptation so overwhelming as to become—as Glinda herself might put it—confusifying, just remember this: It’s far from over! After Wicked: Part One’s world domination, its dogged marketing team is only just settling in for a second term.

4 days ago | elle.com | Erica Gonzales |Lauren Puckett-Pope

All good things must come to an end—even Stranger Things. The hit Netflix sci-fi thriller, which first arrived in the summer of 2016, will conclude with its fifth season, which has no release date yet. The show’s creators, Matt and Ross Duffer, announced the news with a bittersweet letter to fans on February 17, 2022. 'Seven years ago, we planned out the complete story arc for Stranger Things,' they wrote. 'At the time, we predicted the story would last four to five seasons.