Lately, we’re feeling nostalgic for the Y2K era. The glitter-slathered techno-optimism of the millennial moment continues to shape our darker present.

Lately, the video games industry is in turmoil. The rise and fall of Blizzard, the trailblazing and toxic studio behind World of Warcraft, shows us why.

Lately, millions of Canadians are unpartnered. Business and tech companies are rushing to meet the needs of the new me-market. For Valentine’s Day, we’re asking: “Is this actually a great time to be single?”

Lately, our bosses are going further than reading our emails. New technologies that can track our motions and our moods are ushering in a new age of workplace surveillance. Is this productivity hacking, or counterproductive micromanagement?

Lately, the internet has broken the White House. Influencers and tech CEOs now have unprecedented access to the Trump administration. How will the “broligarchy” change our world?

Lately, we’re sharing our darkest secrets with robots. The market for AI mental health aides is booming but how does it actually feel to bond with a therapy bot?

Lately, lingerie behemoth Victoria’s Secret is trying to claw its way back to relevance after a spectacular crash. How did a brand that once defined the culture fail to keep up?

Lately, we aren’t all getting the same price for the same product. Is the rise of data-driven “personalized pricing” corporate innovation or just next-gen gouging?

Lately, we’ve been getting the news from The Decibel, the Globe and Mail’s daily news podcast. In this bonus episode, Lately’s sister pod reveals what it took for Rogers to outmaneuver the competition and buy up some of the biggest sports teams in Canada.

Lately, masculinity is in crisis – at least, if you ask the people selling testosterone treatments, magical amulets and male bootcamp retreats. Welcome to the “manosphere:” a booming online economy made for the Trump era.

Lately, LinkedIn has become cringe... or cool, or more important than ever, depending on who you ask. So, is LinkedIn working well for us, or has it devolved into yet another shouty social media site?

A bonus episode from our Globe and Mail sister show Machines Like Us. How is Silicon Valley’s shift to the right affecting the US election?

Lately, Big Tobacco says it wants to phase out cigarettes and promote, of all things, healthier options. But can the tobacco industry actually sell wellness? And is this pivot to vapes and pouches a smoking off-ramp or just a one-way ride to nicotine addiction?

Lately, investment firms are buying up vast swaths of Canadian businesses, including veterinary practices, drug stores and retirement homes. Is this a much-needed cash injection in a sluggish economy or are we sleepwalking into a world where profits are the only measure of success?

Lately, we’re looking at what it takes to fix a company, so we asked Erika Ayers Badan, the CEO who transformed the controversial company Barstool Sports from a minor concern to a gaming and media behemoth. Now she’s leading Food52. Can she capture lightning in a bottle twice?

Lately, it feels like tech just kind of sucks. Searching on Google means scrolling through junk results and streamers like Amazon Prime have ad breaks now. According to our guest, Cory Doctorow, this platform decay is part and parcel of the “enshittification” cycle, and it’s coming for absolutely everything. So how do we take back the internet?

Lately, multi-level marketing schemes have been rebranded as “social selling” online. Tupperware, the company whose direct sales model is the ancestor of these MLMs, just filed for bankruptcy... so why does the MLM live on, even as most recruits make no money?

Lately we’re turning to productivity apps to manage our most intimate relationships. But what does a Slack-ified life of efficiency actually do to you?

Lately, we’re drowning in fake reviews. Why the review economy is broken and how to fix it.

Encore: Lately, we're giving up fast for cheap when it comes to buying stuff online, swapping out Amazon for Shein and Temu. But shouldn’t we feel bad about it?