The Daily Populous

Sunday May 25th, 2025 evening edition

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A British survey found that almost half of young adults would prefer to live in a time without the internet.

Their aim is to use The Offline Club to "reconnect people with themselves and others through real-world communities and authentic, offline experiences.".

For the past year, the three have organized meetups during which smartphones and laptops were not allowed.

Instead of taking their smartphones out, people read, play games, do arts and crafts or relax for a few hours.

After all, young people in particular often find it difficult to switch off their smartphones despite having all the settings that could limit their usage time.

Young people spend three hours per day on their smartphones, most likely even more Image: Wolfram Steinberg/dpa/picture alliance.

Yet, a large number of young people would like to spend significantly less time on their smartphones. »

Florida man who shot and poisoned dolphins sentenced to 1 month

Authored by nbcnews.com
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A Florida man who shot dolphins attracted to baited fishing lines cast from boats he operated was sentenced to 30 days in prison and one year of supervised release.

Prosecutors and federal law enforcement with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Barfield shot at five dolphins, killing at least one, and used poisoned bait on dozens more during outings from Panama City.

“He knew the regulations protecting dolphins, yet he killed them anyway — once in front of children,” federal environmental prosecutor Adam Gustafson said Friday in a statement. »

A tiny TikTok creator company with no revenue and ties to China plans to buy $300million in Trump’s memecoin

Authored by independent.co.uk
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GD Culture Group, a small technology company with ties to China, announced its plans to buy as much as $300 million of $TRUMP — President Donald Trump’s memecoin.

GD Culture Group, which is traded on the Nasdaq, said that it would spend $300 million on a stockpile of Bitcoin and $TRUMP.

GD Culture Group plans to spend $300 million on a stockpile of Bitcoin and $TRUMP, the president’s memecoin. »

Trump’s “Golden Dome” Won’t Work—but It’ll Make Elon Musk Richer

Authored by newrepublic.com

Musk understands that there is a lot of money to be made in missile defense.

Since the development of the first interceptors in 1962, the government has spent more than $531 billion on “multiple ineffective missile defense schemes,” according to Stephen Schwartz, a nuclear budget analyst.

Even better, said Trump, the whole thing will only cost $175 billion and be “fully operational before the end of my term. »