Fri 29 May 2026: Social media has reached more than half (63.9%) of the world’s population since it got started in 1996. Social network platforms grew from 970 million users in 2010 to 5.41 billion in July 2025. The average social media user engages with between six and seven platforms. The average person spends two hours 21 minutes on social media […]
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Fri 29 May 2026: The French government will present a new child protection bill to the Cabinet on Wednesday aimed at tightening safeguards for minors amid a widening abuse scandal, Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said Tuesday. In a statement on the US social media company X, Lecornu said the legislation would introduce “systematic background checks” […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: A former senior CIA officer with top secret-level clearance has been charged with stealing public money, according to court documents and people familiar with his employment history, NBC reported on Thursday. David Rush, who held a management role, was charged last week in the Eastern District of Virginia with criminal theft of public […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: Global society makes billions of images and uploads hundreds of thousands of hours of video on the internet every day. The problem is, some of this content is misleading or downright wrong. And when it’s in visual form, it can be particularly convincing. Take the Met Gala that happened earlier this month in New […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: YouTube will in future automatically detect AI-generated content and flag the information to viewers on its platform, the Google-owned company said Wednesday. The move reverses a previous policy of relying on video creators to self-report if they had used generative AI tools. “If a creator doesn’t specify whether or not they […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: Social media ranks alongside smoking as a danger to children, senior British doctors said on Tuesday, as they urged lawmakers to tackle the harm that they say excessive screen time is causing to young people. The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges detailed the impact of social media on children in a […]
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Ribbon worm (Drepanophoridae sp.) Wed 27 May 2026: Marine scientists have discovered a total of 1,121 new marine species living in the depths of the world’s oceans over the past year. The findings have marked a “significant step” in the research, which required understanding and protecting the oceans, according to the scientists behind The […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: Asia bought the most Chinese EVs of any region, followed by Europe and Latin America, data compiled by Bloomberg shows. China’s electric vehicle exports surged 40 percent last month, bolstering its position at the top of the rapidly growing global market, customs data compiled by Bloomberg shows. Chinese EV exports hit […]
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Thu 28 May 2026: Intensifying global competition in artificial intelligence (AI) has triggered record levels of investment as rapid adoption across industries and rising demand for the technology fuel spending on chips, data centers and energy infrastructure. Billions of dollars invested in companies such as Nvidia, AMD, Microsoft, Google and Huawei have reached a scale […]
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Wed 27 May 2026: Syrian authorities have discovered remnants linked to the chemical weapons program of the former Bashar al-Assad regime, including munitions similar to those used in previous chemical attacks in Eastern Ghouta and Hama, according to Syria’s representation to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). Syria’s state news agency SANA […]
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