I'm Gen Z and don't use a smartphone or social media. It's made me more extroverted and led to deeper friendships.

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Gabriela Nguyen, 24, primarily uses a phone with no internet or social media.

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Border Patrol Responds Like a Petulant Child to Controversy Over Its Antisemitic Video

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A Border Patrol agent walks through a cloud of tear gas on Tuesday, Oct.

Border Patrol Posts Instagram Propaganda Video Featuring Antisemitic Slurs

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Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino of the El Centro Sector stands amid a protest outside an ICE facility in Broadview on September 27, 2025.

Tech companies dominate the top 10 brands of 2025, a new study says

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Google ceo Sundar Pichai
Tech companies continued to dominate the top 10 list.

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If You Can Read This, You’re About to Get Scammed

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Fake AI-generated image purporting to show Elon Musk at the bedside of a sick kid.

How the world's simplest sport became so tech-obsessed

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Gen Z held an anti-social media event. Here's how they heard about it.

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Gen Zers at Delete Day in New York City
Delete Day encouraged attendees to delete one app of their choice from their phones.

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Famed for its 1960s anti-war protests, New York's Tompkins Square Park hosted another countercultural movement on Friday: rejecting social media.

Gen Alpha loves a photo dump — and a social media startup is looking to capitalize

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Locket is launching Rollcall, a new photo dump feature, on its app in October.

Locket

New York City sues social media companies, alleging they 'created a youth mental health crisis'

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An aerial view of downtown New York City.
New York.

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The head of Instagram swears the app isn't listening to you. But here's what it is doing.

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Instagram, an app that used to be for posting photos.

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