Movie studios can't stop messing up movie trailer releases
Plus: Cyberdecks are the latest (and coolest) anti-establishment tool.
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Here are the latest trending internet culture stories today:
Why are movie studios doing the most with movie trailers lately? It seems fans don’t enjoy the experience…
Pokemon Pokopia memes for people who are addicted to the game—and for those who are longing to own it.
Cyberdecks are the latest anti-establishment tool becoming popularized online.
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“What are we doing here?”: Fans wonder why movie trailers are so different in 2026
What is going on with trailer releases lately? The latest trailer drops have fans talking, and it’s not because the movie looks good. This week saw the long-awaited trailers for Dune: Part Three and Spider-Man: Brand New Day. While both films look like exciting entries to their respective franchises, their trailer drops have been odd.
The internet has turned Pokémon Pokopia into a meme playground
Nintendo’s newest Pokémon experiment quickly turned into a social media obsession. Pokémon Pokopia, a life simulation spin-off, came out exclusively on the Switch 2 on March 5. Soon after, players flooded social media with memes and screenshots from the strange post-apocalyptic sandbox game.
“Make more whimsical tech”: What is a Cyberdeck, and how do you make one?
In the age of AI and online surveillance, cyberpunks are creating “cyberdecks”: homemade, portable computers out of big tech’s reach.
Though many new tech tools are shaping the world’s digital future, one is driving users back to the past: a time when a simpler, less corporatized, and aggressively monitored online reality once existed. It’s called the cyberdeck, and it’s a way fringe and anti-establishment engineers and cyberpunks are creating a digital identity all their own.
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🔥 Hot on the Dot
This was the most-read story on the Daily Dot yesterday: