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Year: 2022

‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Gaslighting” — behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn’t a single event that drove significant spikes in curiosity,

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‘Gaslighting’ is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2022

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — “Gaslighting” — behavior that’s mind manipulating, grossly misleading, downright deceitful — is Merriam-Webster’s word of the year. Lookups for the word on merriam-webster.com increased 1,740% in 2022 over the year before. But something else happened. There wasn’t a single event that drove significant spikes in curiosity,

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Despidos, un ultimátum y una saga en curso sobre las marcas de verificación azules: el primer mes de Elon Musk en Twitter

Rocío Muñoz-Ledo (CNN) — Este domingo marcó oficialmente el primer mes desde que el hombre más rico del mundo asumió el mando de Twitter. En ese periodo, Elon Musk comenzó con despidos masivos y les dio un ultimátum críptico al resto del personal, restableció las cuentas de figuras controvertidas, incluido el expresidente Donald Trump, y

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Protests erupt across China in unprecedented challenge to Xi Jinping’s zero-Covid policy

CNN By CNN’s Beijing bureau and Nectar Gan Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Monday faced unprecedented dissent after thousands of demonstrators protested in cities across China over the weekend against his zero-Covid strategy — with some daring to openly call for his removal in the streets. “Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!” some

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