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Interest rates staying where they are is a forgone conclusion, but the Fed's decision day still matters
A September rate cut would come shortly before another major economic event: the US presidential el…
Dan DeFrancesco
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From ‘Let Them Eat Cake’ to ‘All Eyes on Rafah’: Did Blockout 2024 make Indian celebrities speak out for Gaza?
After recent airstrikes on Rafah, an AI-generated image with the words ‘All Eyes On Rafah’ quickly …
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'Intellectual influencers' will soon be taking over your social-media feeds
The barrier to influencing is lower than ever, meaning viewers are more discerning, and content cre…
Lindsay Dodgson
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Elon Musk is looking to deploy Tesla's robotaxis in China, state media reports say
Elon Musk visited China last month where he discussed the rollout of Tesla's full self-driving soft…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Elon Musk is suing Media Matters for saying X put ads next to pro-Nazi posts — and Texas AG Ken Paxton wants in too
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton launched a fraud probe into Media Matters the same day that Elon …
Matthew Loh
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'Social' media is both the cause of — and solution to — our loneliness problem
Social media is a big factor in the nation's loneliness epidemic — but tech companies including Gro…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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The man who audited Trump's social media company misspelled his own name in 14 different ways: FT
Ben F Borgers used 14 variations of his name in regulatory filings, including ones like Blake F Bor…
Kwan Wei Kevin Tan
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Donald Trump will get $1.3 billion in Trump Media bonus shares if the stock doesn't crash today
If Trump Media can trade above $17.50 a share by Tuesday's closing bell, company insiders are set t…
Filip De Mott
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Public officials have new rules about blocking you on social media, SCOTUS decides
In a Friday decision, SCOTUS established new rules about when politicians and other public official…
Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert
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A UPenn student started a YouTube channel. In weeks, her face was stolen on China's social media.
Behind the Great Firewall, accounts using deepfakes of YouTubers in Europe and the US are promoting…
Matthew Loh
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Emily Oster says parents should be focused on raising independent children. Her kids walk alone to school and don't have social media.
Oster says parents should be focusing on raising independent kids. Both her kids walk to school alo…
Kelly Burch
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Fox News' lawyers send cease and desist to stop Media Matters from publishing leaked videos of Tucker Carlson's comments
The letter urges Media Matters to "cease and desist from distribution, publication, and misuse" of …
Chris Panella
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The racist 'replacement theory' tied to the Buffalo shootings has increasingly become a right wing media rallying call
Fox News host Tucker Carlson and Republican politicians have played a part in bringing the far-righ…
Connor Perrett,Kieran Press-R…
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Great news social media is falling apart
I don't know where to post: there are too many social platforms, and the old giants are dying. But …
Shubham Agarwal
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Rural men in China say they're too poor to afford the massive dowries expected of them. People on social media say it's just an excuse.
One rural worker said dowries in his region had grown to $70,000, per state media. That's about 25 …
Matthew Loh
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TikTok is running 'predatory' advertisements from companies that oversimplify ADHD, watchdog group says
In one ad for the company Done, an 18-year-old said being "lazy" and having depression could be sym…
Kieran Press-Reynolds
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500 chatbots read the news and discussed it on social media. Guess how that went.
Scientists built a fake Twitter and filled it with 500 bots. Then they sat back and watched.
Adam Rogers
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Palestinian high school student in Florida expelled over mother's 'hateful and incendiary' social media posts
Jad Abuhamda's mother Maha Almasri was a teacher at Pine Crest School, which fired her over her pro…
Rebecca Rommen
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Angry Chinese people are using a US embassy social-media page to dodge censors and vent about its slumping economy
Chinese investors have used a social media account belonging to the US Embassy to voice concerns ab…
Mikhaila Friel
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Satya Nadella says it doesn't matter where Sam Altman ends up because he'll still be working with Microsoft anyway
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella told Bloomberg TV he doesn't know exactly why OpenAI's board fired Sam …