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In 2001, Ben Stiller’s outlandish comedy about the fashion world anticipated the Instagram poses and the culture of content creators where form has devoured substance

‘Orlanda,’ the novel that inverts Virginia Woolf’s ‘Orlando’ and won the Belgian writer the Médicis in 1996, is being reissued in Spanish

A new level of obsession with the golden couple of late 1990s Manhattan now goes beyond emulating Carolyn Bessette’s style to trying to turn partners and husbands into copies of the ‘Prince of America’

The pact between Meta and 52 US attorneys general reduces the hours minors can use social media and aims to serve as a guide for the rest of the industry

Four US states are seeking damages that could amount to some $200 billion, accusing Facebook and Instagram of designing systems to foster teen addiction

Curiosity, emotion and paying attention shape our perception of time. This is why time flies as we grow older

Originally published in 2002, Mark Kurlansky’s tome about the everyday ingredient is enjoying an unexpected revival thanks to social media

The Nashville sound is reinventing itself through artists such as Kacey Musgraves and Ella Langley, a shift that has helped it consolidate as a global phenomenon

Health influencers are embracing fibermaxxing — an obsession with gut health — along with gadgets and apps that promise to monitor it. But specialists warn that caring for the gut requires far more than spending $500 on a device

With an estimated $5.2 billion at stake, Adidas reached the final on the shirts of Spain and Argentina and outpaced Nike on several commercial measures. Nevertheless, sales, public attention and purchase consideration pointed to other winners: a brewer and a coffee brand

How this kind of content can compromise our health — not to mention, our wallet

A new paid Instagram feature lets you search for specific users who have seen your stories. This is because many people post photos or messages with the sole intention that their online crush will see them

Instead of completely banning the internet, an Indigenous community in Brazil has created a local server with films, podcasts, and videos

British creative has conquered thousands of followers with a colorful style, an approach to beauty shaped by the women in her life and by her dyslexia

In contrast to other social media platforms, the app gives more weight to how we behave than who we follow

The far-right contender Abelardo de la Espriella leads going into election day, while the leftist candidate Iván Cepeda is relying on a late surge

The first deployment of Colombians to the country, coordinated by the UAE, was in 2024, but the network has expanded and now includes contractors from countries such as El Salvador

The far-right candidate’s campaign benefited from using content creators to attack rivals and from prioritizing short, emotional messages

The FBI has arrested five people accused of plotting to attack attendees with drones and use snipers to shoot ‘high-value targets’ as they fled

New regulations from the Trump administration require these individuals to apply for a visa that allows them to work legally in the country

Internal documents accessed by ‘The New York Times’ reveal Meta, TikTok and YouTube tactics to keep minors glued to their phones during class hours

A community seduced by nostalgia defies stereotypes, attracts followers on social networks and has become a money machine for a brand that is increasingly banking on them

The US author has burst onto the cultural scene with her debut novel, ‘Yesteryear,’ which examines the conservative phenomenon. Anne Hathaway is set to bring it to the screen

In these far-right extremist movements, children as young as 14 talk about a ‘pure people,’ downplay the Holocaust, and express hatred of immigrants

In under five years, the singer has gone from posting TikTok clips to commanding major stages with a balance of determination and agility that made her the first woman — and the youngest artist ever — to win the BRIT Award for Producer of the Year