The late ‘90s were a weird time. Home computing became increasingly common and the internet hatched into existence, still gooey and ill-mannered. As we turned the millennial page, technology promised ...

Elon Musk recently stated that he believes that humanity might be living inside a simulation, similar to the Keanu Reeves movie, The Matrix. The tech billionaire appeared on Nikhil Kamath’s podcast to ...

Twenty years later, the Matrix is once again asking us to make an ultimate choice. Would you rather live comfortably in the ...

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Released almost exactly 20 years ago, The Matrix has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon well beyond the science fiction genre. While it was generally considered science fiction at the time, it ...

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Editor’s Note: Rizwan Virk, who founded Play Labs @ MIT, is the author of “The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics and Eastern Mystics Agree We Are in a ...

The Matrix fever hit a high point in the mid-aughts, which resulted in sequels and an anthology film named The Animatrix.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Here’s how stressed out people are feeling these days: They don’t even believe that reality is reality anymore. Or they don’t want reality to be reality anymore. I blame ...

A Glitch In the Matrix likely won’t convince you that you’re living in a simulation. But this strange new documentary—which premiered at Sundance Film Festival last weekend and is now available in ...

Building his latest documentary around impossibly big questions, a cheeky ‘90s cyber aesthetic and the words of visionary author Philip K. Dick, director Rodney Ascher explores the labyrinthine ...

Comedian Patton Oswalt identifies with one character in 'The Matrix' more than any other and argues fans should root for him — and it isn't Neo. By Ryan Parker Patton Oswalt identifies with one ...