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Addiction by Design Enters the Courtroom

Social media addiction trial targets Meta, Google as regulators crack down on infinite scroll and addictive design harms to children.

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Addiction by Design Enters the Courtroom

Social media addiction trial targets Meta, Google as regulators crack down on infinite scroll and addictive design harms to children.

Bad Bunny’s Zara Shirt Becomes €30,000 Commodity

One performance. One jersey. Thirty thousand euros on resale sites by Tuesday.

Lithuania: Small States and the Price of Acting Alone

Some small states tried to champion democratic values on the world stage but found that moral stands are often too hard to maintain without an economic shield.

Ronaldo Boycott Exposes Saudi Football’s Fault Lines

One player refused to play. An entire model began to crack.

Trade, Not Tribes: Phoenician Culture Spread by Contact, Not Conquest

As a study published in Nature on 23 April 2025 analysed DNA from 210 individuals across 14 Mediterranean sites, researchers discovered that Phoenician ideas travelled further than Phoenician bodies, challenging centuries of assumptions about ancient expansion.