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What used to be innocent enough — checking social media to see what our friends were up to — has escalated into a battle of wills in which there can emerge only one victor: man or phone. 

Creative ways people are dealing with their phone addictions

What used to be innocent enough — checking social media to see what our friends were up to — has escalated into a battle of wills in which there can emerge only one victor: man or phone. 

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The American right often identifies powerfully with Europe.

What the American right wants from Europe

American conservatives should be clear about the tensions inherent in their appeal for European change. 

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Aaron Trinh was 5-foot-6, and he was unhappy. Then, he came across videos on TikTok about height surgery.

‘I’d like to be normal’: Is height surgery worth the risk?

Aaron Trinh was 5-foot-6, and he was unhappy. Then, he came across videos on TikTok about height surgery.

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David Greene, a public radio host, had never heard of Google’s NotebookLM, until a former colleague emailed him to ask if he’d lent it his voice.

This radio host claims Google stole his voice

David Greene, a public radio host, had never heard of Google’s NotebookLM, until a former colleague emailed him to ask if he’d lent it his voice.

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A gray Range Rover is towed from the parking lot of a Culver’s after deputies and FBI investigators searched it inside and out, in Tucson, Ariz. on Friday Feb. 13, 2026. It was unclear if the activity was related to the Guthrie case. (Cassidy Araiza/The New York Times)

What we know about the disappearance of Nancy Guthrie

The disappearance of Nancy Guthrie, 84, has gripped the nation, with unverified reports of ransom notes, chilling doorbell camera footage and the fame of Guthrie’s daughter capturing intense interest.

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A group of friends in a designated smokers’ room at a pub in Sydney.

Bootleg smokes turning average Aussies into criminals

Violence has erupted between organised crime groups jostling for a slice of the lucrative market, with a spate of firebombings, extortion, shootings and homicides.

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Global demonstrations have erupted as protesters demand an end to Iran’s current leadership, as tensions rise ahead of renewed nuclear talks.

Thousands rally for Iran regime change around the world

Global demonstrations have erupted as protesters demand an end to Iran’s current leadership, as tensions rise ahead of renewed nuclear talks.

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US President Donald Trump’s second term has been punctuated by blunt, sometimes shocking statements about foreign policy.

Trump’s view of the world: It’s personal

US President Donald Trump’s second term has been punctuated by blunt, sometimes shocking statements about foreign policy.

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An investigation of Jesse Van Rootselaar’s online life offers a chronicle of a young person’s gradual descent into mental health crises and radicalisation into extreme violence.

How Canada school shooter was radicalised online

An investigation of Jesse Van Rootselaar’s online life offers a chronicle of a young person’s gradual descent into mental health crises and radicalisation into extreme violence.

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Trump allegedly warned police about Jeffrey Epstein 20 years ago

Epstein files: The hidden world of unaccountable elites

Journalists and researchers will spend the next months ferreting through the Epstein files in search of further criminal conduct or a new conspiratorial wrinkle. But one truth has already emerged.

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FILE — Minecraft memorabilia and Nintendo controllers in a home in Bolton, Ontario, Canada on July 7, 2022. Hate groups are using games and other online platforms to draw growing numbers of children to their causes, new data and dozens of interviews show. (Kiana Hayeri/The New York Times)

How terrorist organisations use Roblox to recruit children

Researchers say hate groups and terrorist organisations are exploiting games such as Minecraft and Roblox and other popular online platforms to recruit a new generation of extremists.

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Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., making a calculated election-year pivot away from vaccines, staged a Hollywood-style event Wednesday promoting his ‘Eat Real Food’ agenda.

Kennedy makes pivot toward food and away from vaccines

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., making a calculated election-year pivot away from vaccines, staged a Hollywood-style event Wednesday promoting his ‘Eat Real Food’ agenda.

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There’s a woke-progressive dismissiveness of AI capacity that’s increasingly detached from how fast the tech is moving.

Why the left need sharper AI politics

Left-wing discourse on AI feels like a collection of irritable mental gestures in search of a consistent theme.

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Researchers recently used high-resolution CT scanners and medical-grade 3D printers to conduct virtual autopsies on two Egyptian mummies. Their goal was to illuminate ailments and injuries.

What do you get when you put a mummy through a CT scan?

THE NEW YORK TIMES: Researchers recently used high-resolution CT scanners and medical-grade 3D printers to conduct virtual autopsies on two Egyptian mummies. Their goal was to illuminate ailments and injuries.

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In a landmark trial, lawyers have argued that Meta and YouTube built addictive platforms that can sometimes be as harmful as casinos and cigarettes.

Lawyers argue Meta and YouTube created ‘digital casinos’

THE NEW YORK TIMES: In a landmark trial, lawyers have argued that Meta and YouTube built addictive platforms that can sometimes be as harmful as casinos and cigarettes.

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