In a Japanese shop selling pocket-money trinkets, there is a rack of toys, stickers and keyrings based on a global crew of AI-generated characters that almost every child knows about -- and very few ...

If you’re the parent of a t(w)een, the memes that fill your social media feeds are probably a whole lot different than your teenager’s. You might be used to seeing a distracted boyfriend, a dog ...

If the names “Ballerina Cappuccina”, ”Tralalero Tralala,” and “Tung Tung Tung Sahur” sound simultaneously vaguely familiar, kind of catchy, and downright nonsensical, you’re not alone. What they all ...

Soft toys of Brainrot characters – inspired by AI-generated characters that have been going viral – displayed at a shop in central Tokyo. (AFP pic) In a Japanese shop selling cheap trinkets, there is ...