For years, I thought I had to choose between blaming myself and admitting I was powerless—until I realized there was a third ...

A new concern is emerging as AI tools become integrated into daily life: the potential for AI dependence becoming AI ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

They know him simply as “Berk,” the beaming white-haired man who appears with a train of carts most Sunday mornings on a bleak stretch of Massachusetts Avenue near the methadone clinics. He comes ...

Donald Trump has long boasted that he has 'never had a drink' and has never smoked, telling audiences from the White House to campaign rallies that his late brother's alcoholism scared him straight.

Every month, like clockwork, Amanda Westphal would convince herself that her marriage was over. She would reach a point where she was certain her relationship was unsalvageable and would start making ...

AI chatbots can grant almost any request—a celebrity in love with you, a research assistant, a book character sprung to life—instantly and with little effort. New research presented at the 2026 CHI ...

USA (MNN) — The Bible urges believers not to conform to the patterns of this world, but to be transformed through the renewing of their minds (Rom. 12:2). For Brandon Bower of The Lighthouse ministry, ...

Plaintiff says ‘addictive design’ of Meta and YouTube hooked her before she was 10, causing depression and body dysmorphia For the first time, a jury will hear testimony this week from a young woman ...

We continue our conversation with attorney Laura Marquez-Garrett and victim advocates Lori Schott and Lennon Torres about their fight to hold tech giants accountable for the damaging and even deadly ...

BRUSSELS — Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way. The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design ...

Mary started drinking regularly in the early nineties, when she was thirteen. Her father had recently married a Danish woman and moved the family to Denmark, which has one of the highest teen-drinking ...