U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order regarding TikTok in the Oval Office at the White House on Sept. 25, 2025.
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The legacy of this cringey vampire romance has endured – especially online, where Twihards can’t get enough of the memes and spoofs.
A proposed mega-merger would give the new company massive influence over film, television, streaming and the cloud infrastructure.
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The proposed Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery merger would concentrate oversight of two prominent newsrooms – CNN and CBS – under one owner with strong ties to Donald Trump.
TikTok appears to be changing hands, but what that means for users is up in the air.
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With a change of ownership in the works, TikTok’s algorithm – the secret sauce of its success – is going to be reset for US users. What differences users will see is unclear, but changes are coming.
Deinfluencing, the social media trend where influencers discourage their followers from purchasing products that are overhyped, encourages mindful consumption.
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During times of economic uncertainty, some social media influencers become deinfluencers and encourage us to spend on less expensive versions of products.
Altogether, counterfeit goods made up “approximately $467 billion” in global trade in 2021, according to the latest data in a 2025 report from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
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Bookshelves as decor were trends in the 19th and 20th-centuries, too. So were book-of-the-month clubs and popular media on books. They helped make reading popular.
Sylvia Plath at 20 during the period that would inspire The Bell Jar.
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Who gets to sleep, and for how long, is a complex mix of biology, psychology and society. Here’s what we know so far.
Social media could be the pill that young Africans hope will fix their governments, but their fun posts may have a negative side effect.
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