As of 2023, the last data available from Pew Research Center, there were about 111 million single adults ages 18 and up in the United States. That was a sizable increase from 70 million in 1990. (LaGorce, The New York Times)
Read MoreParents and dermatologists have raised concerns about how children as young as ten are being lured into buying beauty products, after Italy launched an investigation into two cosmetic giants. (Lyons & Eccles, The Times)
Read MoreOpenAI said in a brief social media message Tuesday that it was "saying goodbye to the Sora app" and that it would share more soon about how to preserve what users already created on the app. (AP/NPR)
Read MoreTransgender women athletes are now excluded from women’s events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. (Dunbar, AP News)
Read MoreArtificial intelligence chatbots are so prone to flattering and validating their human users that they are giving bad advice that can damage relationships and reinforce harmful behaviors, according to a new study that explores the dangers of AI telling people what they want to hear. (O’Brien, AP News)
Read MoreThe first year after the election of Pope Leo XIV, the first pontiff from the United States, many Catholic churches across America are welcoming their highest numbers of new Catholics in recent years. The newcomers are set to officially be received into the church during the Easter Vigil Mass, the night before Easter Sunday on April 5. (Dias, The New York Times)
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