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From AI slop to rage bait, to the cryptic ‘6-7,’ this year’s slate captures a growing sense that online life is flooded with ...

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Cambridge Dictionary names 'Parasocial' 2025 Word of the Year, citing Swifties reaction to Taylor Swift's engagement, viral streamers, AI chatbots.

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From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Cambridge Dictionary has named its word of the year for 2025, alighting on “parasocial,” used to describe a connection that people feel with someone they don’t know – or even with an artificial ...

Do you ever feel like you know a celebrity you follow online, even though you've never met them in real life? Could you see yourself as their friend or think that you'd get on really well together? If ...