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Landmark trial begins over claims Meta and YouTube intentionally addicted kids

The world's largest social media companies have been accused of creating "addiction machines" as a landmark trial began in California examining the mental health effects of Instagram and YouTube.
In his opening argument before Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Carolyn B. Kuhl and a jury, Mark Lanier argued that his client, plaintiff "K.G.M.," suffered from mental health issues as a result of her social media addiction.
"These companies built machines designed to addict the brains of children, and they did it on

Trump threatens to block opening of $5.7 billion border bridge funded by Canada

President Donald Trump says he will not allow the Gordie Howe International Bridge between Detroit and Windsor to open unless Canada makes significant concessions to the U.S.
Trump said in a Feb. 9 post on Truth Social that the U.S. will open negotiations with Canada, which has footed the entire bill for the $5.7-billion bridge construction project, but believes the U.S. should probably take ownership of at least half of it.
In fact, the bridge is jointly owned by Canada and the U.S., with Canada intending to

Elon Musk gives an updated timeline for 1st Starship launch of 2026

Elon Musk has vowed that ******* eX's gigantic Starship rocket is on the cusp of its 2026 debut.
In a Jan. 26 post on social media site X, which Musk owns, the world's richest man teased that the world's largest rocket was just six weeks away from its next launch. If Musk's timeline bears out, that would mean that Starship's next flight test could be on track for early March.
Starship, which stands more than 400 feet tall when fully stacked, hasn't gotten off the ground in more than three months from ******* eX's Starbase

Trump says that 'Alex Pretti's stock has gone way down' after release of 2nd video

Donald Trump on Friday called Alex Pretti an "agitator and, perhaps, insurrectionist," marking an increase in the intensity of his rhetoric toward the ICU nurse fatally shot by federal agents after the president recently said he wanted to "de-escalate a little bit" in Minnesota.
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that Pretti’s "stock has gone way down with the just released video of him screaming and spitting in the face of a very calm and under control ICE Officer, and then crazily kicking in a new and v

Elon Musk has vowed that **** eX's gigantic Starship rocket is on the cusp of its 2026 debut from South Texas.
And later this year, plans are still in the works to launch Starship before the end of the year on its long-awaited maiden voyage from Florida.
In a Jan. 26 post on social media site X, which Musk owns, the world's richest man teased that the world's largest rocket was just six weeks away from its next launch. If Musk's timeline bears out, that would mean that Starship's next flight test could be on track for early March.
Starship, which stands more than 400 feet tall when fully st

Bitcoin Jobs Grew 6% in 2025 With Non-Dev Roles Most-Posted

The most in-demand, non-developer Bitcoin job openings included product manager, executive **** istant, marketing manager, director and product designer.
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Crypto companies' demand for Bitcoin-savvy workers reportedly increased 6% last year, with most job listings focused on non-developer roles.
A total of 1,801 Bitcoin-related positions were listed in 2025, up from 1,707 the year before, according to Bitvocation’s 2025 Bitcoin Jobs Data report.
The Bitcoin job opportunities were spread across Bi

A new Bitcoin price prediction has been put forward following a long-term technical ****** ysis shared on the social media platform...
Bitcoin price extended losses and traded below $88,500. BTC is consolidating losses and might attempt a recovery wave if it...
The calls of a potential Bitcoin supercycle in 2026 intensified over the past week after former Binance CEO Changpeng ‘CZ’...

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‘Happy to Help, Sir’: Jake Tapper Brings Receipts After Greg Bovino Dares Him to Call Out His Deposition Lies

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CNN’s Jake Tapper came with receipts when Border Patrol Commander-at-large Gregory Bovino challenged him on social media for insinuating he was a liar.
Tapper’s post about Bovino came in the wake of the Border Patrol shooting death of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, when Bovino outraged critics with his version of the events leading up to the shooting. Bovino claimed on CNN Sunday, “The victims are the Border Patrol agents. I’m not blaming the Border Patrol agents. The suspect put

Trump, unbowed by backlash to Minneapolis shooting, blames Democrats for 'chaos'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting of a Minneapolis protester by a federal immigration officer touched off a fierce national debate and prompted some fellow Republicans to question President Donald Trump's hard-line immigration crackdown, but the president on Sunday night continued to blame Democratic officials.
After remaining relatively quiet on Sunday, the Republican president in two lengthy social media posts said that Democrats had encouraged people to obstruct law enforcement operations. He also called

Saylor Says 'Opportunists' Pushing for BTC Changes Are Its Biggest Threat

Major changes to the Bitcoin protocol should be well-thought-out and rare, Strategy co-founder Michael Saylor previously said.
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The biggest threat to the Bitcoin network is “ambitious opportunists” who want to push through protocol changes, according to Michael Saylor, the co-founder of Bitcoin
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treasury company Strategy.
Saylor’s comments sparked a debate online. Bitcoin maximalist Justin Bechler said the comments were directed toward software developers pushing for n

Bitcoin ETFs Lose $1.72B in Five-Day Outflow Streak

The extended outflow streak comes as a widely used crypto sentiment indicator has stayed within the “Extreme Fear” range since Wednesday.
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US-based spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have extended their outflow streak to five days as crypto market sentiment continues to wane.
Spot Bitcoin
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ETFs posted $103.5 million in net outflows on Friday, continuing an outflow streak that began the previous Friday.
Over the five days, including the four-day trading week in the US shortened by Ma

Transcript of emergency call made by Barron Trump read aloud in U.K. ******* ault case

Barron Trump, the teenage son of President Donald Trump, called police to report an alleged ******* ault in the United Kingdom last year, according to multiple reports.
In January 2025, Barron Trump made an emergency call to UK authorities to report that a woman he had met on social media was being ******* aulted. He told a dispatcher that he saw the woman being attacked when he video-called her, according to local reports from The London Standard, The Times, Sky News, Metro and other outlets.
The emerg

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk responded to reports about him funding the GOP for midterms and has expressed his concerns about the future of the U.S. if the “radical left” comes to power.
Late Thursday, Musk, in a post on his social media platform X, warned that the U.S. would be in dire straits if the Democrats take control. He predicted that this would lead to an influx of illegal immigration and fraud, which would fundamentally change the country.
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Iran has been rocked this week by protests that started in Tehran and have spread to other cities, with at least six people killed in clashes with security forces.
Official media has largely played down the protests but videos have flooded social media, many of which are difficult to authenticate, or have even been manipulated.
Here is a recap of what we know and what ***** ysts think it all means.
- What's going on? -
The protests began on Sunday in Tehran, where some shopkeepers went on strike over high prices and economic stagnation.

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Key Takeaways
Bitcoin has exited “extreme fear” for the first time in months.
Fundstrat’s Tom Lee drew criticism on social media after reiterating aggressive Bitcoin and Ethereum price targets in relation to Gold and Silver.
Lee’s targets for Ethereum and Bitcoin were previously called “unlikely to materialize” by ****** ysts.
Gold and silver’s explosive rally to start 2026 is fueling renewed debate over whether Bitcoin (BTC) could follow the same path, spurred on by bullish comments from Fundstrat’s Tom Lee.

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Crypto Investment Themes for 2026: Bitcoin, Stablecoins and RWAs

After a volatile 2025, investors are rethinking crypto cycles. Here are three investment themes that will shape the market’s next phase in 2026.
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2025 didn’t unfold the way many cryptocurrency investors expected.
Although Bitcoin
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peaked almost precisely in line with its historical four-year cycle, the long-anticipated blow-off top never materialized. Notably, Bitcoin’s gains failed to cascade into the broader market, leaving hopes for a full-fledged altcoin season largely unfu

Polymarket Odds 21% Chance For Bitcoin To Hit $150K in 2026

Polymarket traders are holding back their optimism back for Bitcoin this year, despite many **** ysts tipping the price to hit $150,000 and above.
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Prediction market traders on Polymarket are tipping 21% odds of Bitcoin hitting $150,000 this year, despite man **** ysts seeing 2026 as a belated bull year for Bitcoin.
According to the current market on “what price will Bitcoin hit before 2027?,” Polymarket shows 45% odds of Bitcoin reaching $120,000, a price point below its all-time high.
The odds

Bitcoin Options Are Not Capping BTC Price

Bitcoin cash-and-carry trades faded toward the end of the year, leading funds to shift to Bitcoin options for yield. Is the strategy putting a cap on BTC price?
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Key takeaways:
Covered calls gained traction as cash-and-carry returns collapsed, but data shows they are not structurally suppressing Bitcoin’s price.
Stable put-to-call ratios and rising put demand suggest hedging and yield strategies coexist with bullish positioning.

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In 2025, scientists have named several new dinosaur species and are learning new facts about the remarkable lives of dinosaurs.
Paleontologists have found a 'Dragon price' dinosaur — which may be a missing link in the Tyrannosaurus family tree — and a dinosaur with its skeletal remains covered with remarkably long spiky bones that reach several feet. These are just some of the new discoveries found by researchers this year.
Here are a few of this year's most unexpected and fascinating discoveries, ranging from the social lives of dinosaurs to still-undiscovered giants.
In June 2025, researc

It's not just a COLA: 4 big Social Security changes coming in 2026

Social Security's upcoming cost-of-living adjustment has gotten a lot of attention.
There are other big changes happening to the program you need to know about.
Those changes might affect you even if you aren't retired.
The $23,760 Social Security bonus most retirees completely overlook ›
There's a reason retired Americans tend to check for Social Security news during the year. Given that many retirees end up relying heavily on those monthly benefit for income, it's common for seniors to search for clues about their upco

2025 Was The Bear Market For Bitcoin: Samson Mow

Bitcoin reached new all-time highs in October, yet Jan3 founder Samson Mow has described the year as a “bear market” and anticipates a major bull run ahead.
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Bitcoin could be entering a bull run lasting into 2035, following what may have been a bear market over the past 12 months, according to Jan3 founder Samson Mow.
However, other ***** ysts have argued that Bitcoin’s
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all-time high of $125,100 in October marked the cycle high and 2026 could be the start of a new bear market.
“2025 was the

Bitcoin (BTC) has already been struggling to keep the $90,000 price mark afloat for the past few weeks and even dropped to $24,000 for a few seconds on Christmas Eve.
The screenshots of the price dip went viral on social media and sent a lot of crypto traders into a state of panic.
However, it wasn't a market-wide phenomenon.
In fact, what happened was that on Dec. 24, the BTC/USD1 trading pair on the world's largest crypto trading exchange, Binance, displayed the Bitcoin price of $24,111 for a few seconds before snapping back to the $87,000 level.
No other BTC trading pair displayed such

Bitcoin Price Capped By Shifting Maco Conditions, Not Whale Selling

Bitcoin’s technical and onchain market structure was robust throughout 2025, but ever-shifting macroeconomic conditions eventually put a cap on BTC price. Will the trend shift in 2026?
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Bitcoin’s 2024–2025 price action highlighted a disconnect between improving high-timeframe onchain structure and restrictive macroeconomic conditions. While crypto-native liquidity and supply dynamics strengthened during Bitcoin’s
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2024 rally, external variables, like elevated real yields and

Key Takeaways
Bitcoin briefly plunged to $24,000 on Binance’s thinly traded BTC/USD1 pair during holiday trading.
A large market sell order wiped out limited buy-side liquidity, triggering a flash crash.
Arbitrage traders quickly corrected the price, while the broader Bitcoin market remained stable.
Bitcoin appeared to suffer a dramatic holiday “crash” on Dec. 24, when prices on one Binance trading pair briefly collapsed from around $87,000 to just over $24,000—sparking confusion, panic, and accusations of manipulation across social media.

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Bitcoin Market Fundamentals Strong In 2025: Strategy CEO

Bitcoiners wanting to focus on short-term factors should be “fairly methodical and mathematical,” says Strategy CEO Phong Le.
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Bitcoin’s market fundamentals have stayed strong in 2025, despite the ****** et’s price and sentiment declining toward the end of the year, says Strategy CEO Phong Le.
“The fundamentals of the market this year for Bitcoin couldn’t be better,” Le told the “Coin Stories” podcast on Tuesday, emphasizing that he doesn’t care too much about its short-term performance.
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El Salvador’s Bitcoin Dreams Came to Earth in 2025

Four years ago, El Salvador started its ambitious Bitcoin adoption strategy. But in 2025, that plan came to a head with the International Monetary Fund.
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El Salvador, the first country in the world to recognize Bitcoin as legal tender, was seen by many in the industry as a pioneer. In 2025, the small country’s Bitcoin ambitions met reality.
The Central American country made waves in 2021 when the Legislative ******* embly approved a bill that required all merchants, stores and places of business to accept

Key Takeaways
Leaked Fundstrat guidance warns of a sharp early-2026 crypto correction, contrasting Tom Lee’s Bitcoin and Ethereum predictions.
Fundstrat denies internal disagreement.
Tom Lee remains publicly bullish on Bitcoin and Ethereum.
A leaked document circulating on social media and attributed to Fundstrat Global Advisors warns of a sharp correction in cryptocurrency markets in early 2026, setting price targets for Bitcoin and Ethereum that sharply contrast with the public bullish forecasts of the firm’s chairman, Tom Lee.

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Billionaire who sold two companies to Coca-Cola says he tries to convince people not to become entrepreneurs: ‘Every single day, you can go bankrupt’

Mike Repole, the billionaire entrepreneur who co-founded and sold beverage giants Glaceau and BodyArmor to Coca-Cola for a combined $9.7 billion, has an unexpected message for aspiring business owners: Don’t do it.
In an interview with The School of Hard Knocks, a popular social-media channel known for interviewing wealthy entrepreneurs, Repole shared his contrarian view on entrepreneurship, emphasizing the brutal realities that most success

Accusations of narcissism are so rampant today in popular culture that the term may be on the road to losing all meaning. But in our era of self-absorbed social media, some psychologists report that the trait—meant to describe someone who is low on empathy and inflated with self-regard—may be on the rise, particularly among young people, particularly in the West.
Recently, a team of scientists set out to determine what demographic and cultural factors actually count when it comes to the prevalence of narcissism. The results were surprising. For one thing, the team discovered that narcissism m

A photo of Miss Finland sparks racist accusations and furor across Asia

HELSINKI, Finland (AP) — Finland’s government is facing heavy pressure and accusations of racism from several Asian countries after its representative to the 2025 Miss Universe pageant was seen pulling the corners of her eyes in a photo -- and some Finnish politicians posted their own photos repeating the gesture.
Sarah Dzafce lost her Miss Finland crown last week after a photo of Dzafce pulling the skin at the corners of her eyes posted on social media went viral late last month. The photo, and its caption reading “ea