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EU demands Facebook and Instagram dismantle design features it calls addictive for users

The European Union accused Meta on Friday of breaching its social media law by designing Facebook and Instagram to get users hooked, and demanded it disable “key addictive features” like infinite scrolling. The EU's executive arm issued a fresh set of charges against Meta Platfor...

KPRC 2 Houston (NBC / Click2Houston)Jul 10, 2026

In any language: English speakers are tuning into World Cup broadcasts in Spanish

Ashleigh Hallam teaches English as a second language at her local library in Indiana. Soccer is now teaching her Spanish as a second language.For her, this World Cup couldn't make more sense.Hallam is among a sizable number of English-speaking people in the U.S. who are doing som...

KPRC 2 Houston (NBC / Click2Houston)Jul 10, 2026

Invasive pasture pest spreads across Texas, threatening cattle industry and ranchers

A fast-spreading invasive insect is raising new concerns for Texas ranchers as experts warn it could threaten millions of acres of pastureland that support the state’s cattle industry.The pasture mealybug, first confirmed in Texas in 2025, has now been found in 70 counties and co...

KPRC 2 Houston (NBC / Click2Houston)Jul 9, 2026

South Korean law targeting 'fake news' takes effect as journalist groups raise concerns

South Korea began enforcing a law Tuesday that allows steep punitive damages against news outlets and social media influencers for spreading false information as journalist groups warned it could chill public discourse and invite censorship. Journalists and civil liberties groups...

KPRC 2 Houston (NBC / Click2Houston)Jul 7, 2026

Fans mark the release of new Haruki Murakami novel at a midnight event in Tokyo

Hours before Haruki Murakami's new book was set to go on sale in Japan on Friday, dozens of fans gathered outside a major Tokyo bookstore for a special event to get their first copies as soon as the clock struck midnight.“The Tale of KAHO” is the Japanese author's first full-leng...

KPRC 2 Houston (NBC / Click2Houston)Jul 2, 2026

Book that Tupac Shakur murder suspect wrote is clear for use in the trial, judge rules

A book co-written by the man who prosecutors allege ordered the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur can be used in trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.The defense attorney for Duane “Keffe D” Davis tried to bar the 2019 memoir “Compton Street Legend” from being used in trial, which is...

KPRC 2 Houston (NBC / Click2Houston)Jun 30, 2026

Australia plans to strengthen laws banning children from social media

The Australian government plans to strengthen laws that ban children younger than 16 from social media platforms, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.Observers said on Friday the government was responding to evidence that the ban on young children holding accounts on platforms i...

KPRC 2 Houston (NBC / Click2Houston)Jun 26, 2026