designing

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The Facebook owner’s shares closed down 8% on Thursday after a landmark social-media trial found both Meta and Alphabet’s Google contributed to a plaintiff’s mental health issues by designing addictive social-media platforms.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

Less than a day later in a courtroom a few states away, Meta lost a second suit, this one accusing it of designing its apps to be addictive and harmful.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

This work shows that arranging nitrogen groups in specific adjacent patterns can be done reliably, providing a clear strategy for designing improved carbon capture materials.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

Those cases will continue to test a new legal theory that social media companies caused personal injuries by designing their products to be addictive in the pursuit of profit.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

She was not a minx, not deceitful, not designing and heartless.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White