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Is Social Media Addictive? Here’s What the Science Says.

Sophie Caldwell

A group of 41 states and the District of Columbia filed suit on Tuesday against Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, contending that the company knowingly…

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Using Your Phone to Visit the Library

Sophie Caldwell

Public libraries have lent e-books to patrons for more than 20 years, but many have widened their electronic offerings with digital audiobooks, magazines, comics, videos and other services, even before…

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Cruise’s Driverless Taxi Service in San Francisco Is Suspended

Sophie Caldwell

California regulators on Tuesday ordered Cruise, a General Motors subsidiary, to stop its driverless taxi service in San Francisco after a series of traffic mishaps, including one this month when…

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Alphabet Has Strong Ad Sales but Cloud Business Disappoints

Sophie Caldwell

A rebound in digital advertising led to an uptick in revenue and profit for Alphabet, Google’s parent company, but investors were underwhelmed by its cloud computing business, which badly trails…

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Stop, Before You Close This Tab (or Any Others) …

Sophie Caldwell

Whatever the inventors intended us to do with tabs, they probably couldn’t have imagined how emotionally attached to our tabs we would become. A recent study examining internet tab usage…

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Nonunion Workers Are Playing a Big Role in the Autoworkers’ Strike

Sophie Caldwell

Tens of thousands of people who work for Toyota in Kentucky, Mercedes-Benz in Alabama or Tesla in Texas are technically not involved in the high-stakes negotiations taking place between labor…