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Although Tesla has showed off several products in recent years, it hasn’t put out a new vehicle since the 2023 launch of the Cybertruck pickup.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 9, 2026

In recent decades that signal has tilted toward distance.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

“We’ve had all of these recent studies about younger people who don’t necessarily want to see sexually explicit material anymore,” said Brandy Monk-Payton, assistant professor at Fordham University.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

Growing concern over the phenomenon has led to a flurry of recent legislative proposals.

From Barron's • Apr. 9, 2026

Lots of them are recent, but in some of them—in the ones where Eddie is little—there’s another girl, too.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy