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A new wave of apps say they can improve your friendships – can they?

A new wave of apps say they can improve your friendships – can they?

25 March 2020

Always forgetting birthdays? Terrible at staying in touch? New tech promises to turn you into the best buddy ever. We put it to the test
children eating

Strange rise of mukbang parents who feed their kids fast food for cash

20 March 2019

Videos in which people film themselves eating food and post it on YouTube have become hugely popular. Now this weird trend is spreading to kids, should we be worried?

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