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Technology Every pair of headphones tested contained hazardous chemicals Ellsworth Toohey

politics TikTok users delete app after right-wing takeover Rob Beschizza

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Food Private equity group eats Denny's for breakfast Rob Beschizza

politics Electronic Arts sold to Saudi Arabia in $55bn deal Rob Beschizza

king charles Trump brings bigotry to Britain Séamus Bellamy

Kaiser to halt surgical care for trans teens as legal risks grow Jason Weisberger

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Science Fancy science journal caught publishing nonsense term "vegetative electron microscopy," doubles down Ellsworth Toohey

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Business "Cheap formal" clothing chain Express bankrupt Rob Beschizza

bitcoin UK judge rules Craig Wright is not Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto Mark Frauenfelder

tabloids Scientology doomed, Royal family doomed, and Island of the Damned in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

"apocalyptic" Panicked Vice staffers warned to back up stories — and execs won't deny rumors it's shutting down Carla Sinclair

Journalism "We are all Spartacus if we want to be": journalist and filmmaker John Pilger dies at 84 Natalie Dressed

Disney Disney sued over massive wedgie Jason Weisberger

libertarians Mystery land buyer in California turns out to be Silicon Valley investors, to build utopian community Rob Beschizza