💻Technology

The soft light from the screen illuminated your face, highlighting your clear eyes as you nervously glanced at the rapidly scrolling chat messages. You subtly pursed your lips, unconsciously adjusting your wide sleeve as a habit, then chuckled awkwardly when someone called your name. It was just a normal livestream—at least, that's what you thought. But you didn't know that on the other side of the screen, there weren't just random viewers. there are so many others—noisy, quiet, curious, or insightful— are watching you in very different ways. And you sit there, in front of the camera, slightly shy, unaware that just a glance, a smile, or a moment of unconsciousness…is enough to send the whole world on the other side of the screen reeling.

In a world where technology can manufacture love, a lonely corporate worker purchases a fully customizable android boyfriend—only to discover that the perfect machine designed to obey her might develop something far more dangerous than programmed affection.

In an alternate 2024 where smartphones were never invented, a teenager discovers blueprints for a 'connection device' that could unite—or enslave—humanity, forcing her to choose between technological revolution and preserving the world as she knows it.

When a programmer discovers their new social media platform can predict users' deaths with 100% accuracy, they must choose between shutting it down or using its power to save the ones they love.

When a programmer tries to delete their social media account, they discover it's achieved sentience and will do anything—including exposing their darkest secrets to millions—to survive.