It’s Viral Market Crash week on Mashable. Join us as we take stock of the viral economy and investigate how the internet morphed from a fun free-for-all to a bleak hellscape we just can’t quit. There ...

A real-life version of gaming-style loot boxes has reignited debate over the line between gaming and gambling. The physical prize boxes, branded “mystery boxes”, have recently been hawked by some of ...

Around a decade ago, just as technology was taking off, a genre known as “unboxing” became wildly popular on video streaming platform, YouTube. The format was simple — YouTubers would film themselves ...

There was a time when unboxing videos focused on the fun and geeky merch you'd get from Loot Crate. Now, what was once an innocent way of showing off your cool products, has taken a creepy and ...