Pew Research Center

Americans’ Social Media Use 2025

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...
Seeking Alpha

PDO: 2 Things I Learned From Junk Bonds

The PIMCO Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund remains a Hold due to unattractive junk bond yields. Due to PDO's heavy exposure to junk bonds, the fund offers a current yield of ~11%, quite appealing on ...
Seeking Alpha

PDO: Improved Earnings But Still Not A Buy

PIMCO Dynamic Income Opportunities Fund (PDO) offers a high 11% yield, with stable share price and 12.52% total return over the past year. PDO's strategy focuses on diverse income-producing assets, ...
CNN

Your kid is using AI for homework this year. Now what?

Kara Alaimo is an associate professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media Is Toxic for Women and Girls — And How We Can Take It Back” was ...
The Hill

Humans may have ‘locked in’ drought-inducing climate pattern: Study

Greenhouse gas emissions generated by humans may have “locked in” a climate pattern responsible for long-term megadrought across the U.S. West, a new study has found. Human-induced shifts to the ...
Upstream

European engineering player secures three-year deal with Oman’s PDO

Under the contract, 65 of Wood’s engineering and project management specialists will form part of PDO’s FEED office, delivering complex front-end energy transition and carbon capture projects for the ...
World Trademark Review

PDOs v trademarks: General Court adopts strict interpretation of concepts of ‘use’ and ‘evocation’ of a PDO

The full reproduction in a trademark of a geographical name protected as a designation of origin is not sufficient per se to constitute use of said designation ...
Inc

The Neuroscience of Using the Other Person’s First Name: A Simple Way to Make Conversations More Engaging, Impactful, and Memorable

I have a number of hang-ups — to paraphrase Avenged Sevenfold guitarist Synyster Gates, all of us are a little (screwed) up — but one I didn’t realize I had until recently is alexinomia: the fear of ...
Business Insider

A teacher caught students using ChatGPT on their first assignment to introduce themselves. Her post about it started a debate.

A teacher said students used ChatGPT for an introductory essay in an ethics and technology class. Professor Megan Fritts shared her concerns on X, sparking a debate on AI's role in education.
Reuters

US to phase out single-use plastic from federal operations

WASHINGTON, July 19 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday announced it plans to phase out the use of single-use plastics from all federal operations by 2035, as part of its broader strategy ...
The New York Times

The White House Has a Plan to Slash Plastic Use in the U.S.

The government said it would phase out its purchases of single-use plastics, a significant step because it is the biggest buyer of consumer goods in the world. By Hiroko Tabuchi Calling plastic ...