This "conspiracy theory" gained mainstream traction in 2025; it suggests that the vast majority of internet activity, posts, and users are actually AI bots rather than real humans.
Dead Internet Theory
hough it looks like a simple keychain today, this "digital pet" toy created a global frenzy in the 90s and saw a massive "retro-tech" revival in early 2026; its name is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for "egg" and "watch."
DeepSeek
We use this term for a detailed plan or design today, but it originally referred to a 19th-century printing process that used white lines on paper coated with a specific Prussian Blue pigment.
Blueprint
No number from 0 to 999 contains this specific vowel when spelled out in English; it only first appears in the word "Thousand."
The letter "A"
Before it became a global giant, this search engine was originally named "Backrub" because of its ability to analyze website "backlinks."
Though it looks like a simple keychain today, this "digital pet" toy created a global frenzy in the 90s and saw a massive "retro-tech" revival in early 2026; its name is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for "egg" and "watch."
Tamagotchi
This wireless technology is named after a 10th-century Viking King, Harald Gormsson, who was famous for uniting Scandinavia and supposedly had a dead, dark-colored tooth.
Bluetooth
In the world of puzzle-solving, the number 20 is famously known as "God's Number" because it is the maximum number of moves required to solve any possible configuration of this 1980s toy.
Rubik’s Cube
This trillion-dollar company just released the "Vision Air" in early 2026, a lighter, more affordable version of their spatial computing headset that removes the external "Eyesight" battery display.
Apple