The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Algorithmic media companies exploit the difference between our attentional instincts and aspirations. In so doing, they make it harder for us to become who we might wish to be.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Australia is trying to keep children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law. The teenagers are sceptical.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Hours before meeting US officials in Moscow about ending the war, Vladimir Putin claimed that Russia’s forces had seized the strategic Ukrainian city of Pokrovsk after a months long fight.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The music streaming service is no longer the only company quantifying our social lives.

In publicising the photos and videos, Democrats in Congress appeared to be intensifying pressure on the Justice Department to release its files on the Epstein case.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Crucial clues about body’s biology can be found on top your head.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: ‘Why would you not have dark sky preserves in a place where the skies are darkest?’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Lawyers for Luigi Mangione have argued that physical evidence taken from his backpack during his arrest and the statements he made at the time should not be allowed.

The Trump administration has defended the legality of an attack on a boat in the Caribbean as calls grew in Congress to examine whether a follow-up missile strike that killed survivors amounted to a crime.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Hong Kong officials have said that contractors at the ill-fated housing estate where a fire killed more than 150 tried to conceal the use of unsafe material.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Restaurant and drink brands, some with thousands of stores in China, are taking root in American cities to escape punishing competition at home.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: This week’s hearings are expected to last several days. Here’s what to know about the arguments that will be heard.

Jennifer Lawrence, World Series fans and right-wing influencers have all confessed to it. And now, the people behind the Oxford English Dictionary are getting into the act.

THE NEW YORK TIMES: The innocent-looking bear talked about knives, sexual topics and even referred to a fetish app.

Three people have been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter as police continue to investigate the apartment complex inferno which has left at least 44 people dead and 270 missing.