Social Security's trust fund that pays retiree and survivor benefits is expected to begin running low on moneyearlier than previously expected, leading to questions from Americans who rely on the benefits for their living expenses. Without con...
Moltbook, a new website where AI programs can socialize with one another, has been gaining in popularity in recent days. Real people aren't allowed to post on the platform, but humans can scroll through Moltbook as observers. More than 1.6 million ...
It's only two weeks into 2026, but social media users are already feeling nostalgic and throwing it back to 2016 in a flurry of trending posts. The "2026 is the new 2016" trend has many, including celebrities like John Legend and Reese Wit...
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Supermarket trolleys with a special sensor fitted to the handles can help spot a hidden heart-rhythm condition that increases the risk of stroke, a trial has found. Researchers in Liverpool asked local stores to stock the modified trolley...
Utah has become the first US state to require social media firms get parental consent for children to use their apps and verify users are at least 18. The governor said he signed the two sweeping measures to protect young people in the st...
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Scientists are warning politicians immersed in climate change policy not to forget that the world is also in the midst of a plastic waste crisis. They fear that so much energy is being expended on emissions policy that tackling p...
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A yoga company in Toronto, Canada, has come up with an inventive way to allow people to return to group practice. LMNTS Studio has set up a series of bubbles in its outdoor pop-up studio for a few weeks. Canada has reported some 100,000 cas...
At least 11 states are reporting increases in new COVID-19 cases, including Arkansas, which is apparently going through a second peak....
The death rates in Philadelphia and St Louis during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic demonstrate the importance of social distancing (Credit: National Academy of Sciences USA 2007) Countries around the world are implementing measu...
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Nearly all applicants for US visas will have to submit their social media details under newly adopted rules. The State Department regulations say people will have to submit social media names and five years' worth of email addresses and phon...
Google+, the search giant's failed social network, will finally be laid to rest on Tuesday morning. Launched in 2011 and competing with Facebook and Twitter, it was Google's fourth attempt at a social network. But the platform failed to win...
The Cannes Film Festival has been criticised for its gender imbalance – but what’s the real story? Data journalist Miriam Quick takes a look at the numbers. ...