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How Meta’s victim-blaming failed to sway jurors in landmark social media addiction trial

Aggressive strategy and loss in the trial highlight a problem for tech firms: a widespread distrust of social media companiesWhen Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, sought to defen...

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How to Know Yourself

In this worn, domesticated world of ours, there are few truly pristine wildernesses, remote regions where no man has gone before, places unseen by human eyes and unexamined by human exploration. An...

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Food Safety in America Just Hit a New Low

Raw Farm does not sell your typical cheddar. A one-pound block of the aged, GMO-free cheese retails for $16. (Naturally, it’s for sale at Erewhon, the high-end grocery chain.) Some people are willi...

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Kim Kardashian's New Energy Drink Promises No Jitters. Does It Live Up to the Hype?

Kim Kardashian has released a new energy drink with paraxanthine instead of caffeine. Image credit: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/Getty Images Kim Kardashian has launched a new energy drink called ...

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Are you addicted to technology? Six questions experts use to help spot red flags

In a landmark ruling against Meta and YouTube this week, a Los Angeles jury determined that tech addiction is real—and dangerous. They awarded a combined $6 million in damages to a young woman who ...

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Redesigning Platforms in Wake of Social Media Trial

In a landmark case, a jury found this week that Meta and YouTube negligently designed their platforms and harmed the plaintiff, a 20-year-old woman referred to as Kaley G.M. The jury agreed with th...

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Social Media Addiction Trial Should Lead to Platform Redesigns

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Eating the Same Meals Every Day Could Help You Lose More Weight

A new study suggests that eating repeat “go-to” meals could aid weight loss. Image Credit: helpSKC/Stocksy A recent study has found that eating the same meals each day could lead to greate...

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How the Trump Administration Uses Migrant Kids To Find and Detain Family Members

The Trump administration is using migrant children held by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement to lure parents and relatives into immigration detention, whet...

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Meta and Google are found liable for harm to child’s mental health in landmark ruling

A US jury has ruled that deliberately addictive features of apps owned by Meta and Google harmed a young user’s mental health.The ruling, by the California Superior Court of Los Angeles, found that...

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32 People Share Satisfying Cases Of Instant Karma

The thing with bullies is that they think they can get away with anything. And often, for a while, they do. But there's a beautiful and poetic unwritten rule in life that states, "As you sow, so sh...

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Give and Take: Federal Rural Health Funding Could Trigger Service Cuts

BIG SANDY, Mont. — The emergency department at Big Sandy Medical Center is one room with a single curtain between two beds. It’s one of the many parts of the 25-bed rural ...

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Trump Team Claims Successes Against ACA Fraud While Pushing for More Controls

Complaints about enrollment fraud in Affordable Care Act health insurance coverage have bedeviled the federal marketplace for years. Now, the Trump administration is claim...

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What the Health? From KFF Health News: A Headless CDC

The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie's stories. ...

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Extra 11 Minutes of Sleep, 5 Minutes of Exercise Lowers Cardiovascular Risk

Simple lifestyle changes, such as getting a few extra minutes of sleep and exercise each day, can improve heart health. Ryan Tuttle/Stocksy Researchers say that small changes in sleep, die...

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‘Social media addiction trial is historic – phones for kids should now be banned’

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Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They’re Actually Cheering For

First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining the challenges of social media trust & safety, all while prioritiz...

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‘I’m a teenager – I think we should ban social media for under-16s’

Not all teenagers are opposed to ditching social media for good (Picture: Anadolu Agency) When it’s time for Emily, 15, to revise for her next test, she doesn’t crack open a book...

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CDC’s Acting Chief Promises a Return to Stability in a Tumultuous Moment

President Donald Trump will soon nominate a permanent director for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, its acting chief, National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, told ag...

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RFK Jr. Is Losing His Grip on the CDC

Updated at 7:40 p.m. ET on March 25, 2026Today, Acting CDC Director Jay Bhattacharya said something that no other prominent health leader in the Trump administration has. “I think it is vital that ...

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Young Australians Present 10-Year ‘National Plan’ For Music at Parliament House

CANBERRA — The kids are alright, and they don’t want to lose their connection to music. On Wednesday, March 25 a delegation of 30 young people, age...

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