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President Donald Trump is privately ramping up his focus on another target in the Western Hemisphere, increasingly complaining to aides in recent weeks about Canada’s vulnerability to U.S. adversaries in the Arctic, according to two U.S. officials, a senior administration official and three former senior U.S. officials familiar with the discussions. As Trump’s advisers work toward his goal of acquiring Greenland, the president has privately grown more exercised about what he sees as Canada’s similar inability to defend its borders against any encroachment from Russia or China, specifically arguing Canada needs to spend more on defense, the officials said. They said his push has accelerated internal discussions about a broader Arctic strategy and potentially reaching an agreement with Canada this year to fortify its northern border. “Trump is really worried about the U.S. continuing to drift in the Western Hemisphere and is focused on this,” one of the officials said. The current U.S. officials said there is not discussion of stationing American troops on the ground along Canada’s northern border. And unlike with Greenland, Trump is not seeking to purchase Canada or saying he might take it by U.S. military force, the senior administration official and current and former U.S. officials said. The president’s intensifying private focus on Canada, whose relationship with the U.S. has been deeply strained, comes as he transforms some of his longtime criticisms of America’s neighbors in the Western Hemisphere into actions aimed at expanding U.S. power in the region. He began this year by using the U.S. military to oust the leader of Venezuela and facilitate a U.S. takeover of the country’s oil industry. His administration has similarly threatened the regime in Cuba. He’s warned Colombia and Mexico of possible U.S. intervention to stem the flow of drugs from their countries. And he’s repeatedly said his administration plans to acquire Greenland — through a purchase or military force — setting off a scramble among U.S. allies to negotiate a deal to ease his concerns. Protecting Canada’s northern border is a key part of Trump and his top aides’ vision of “solidifying” the Western Hemisphere, as one of the U.S. officials put it, so it aligns with the U.S. Trump on Saturday suggested a U.S. acquisition of Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark, would also benefit Canada. “At the end of the day, this is to stop Russia and China from having a further presence in the Arctic,” the senior administration official said. “Canada stands to benefit from the U.S. having Greenland.” Canada’s public position is that Greenland’s fate is up to Greenland and Denmark. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday that Canada stands behind Denmark as a NATO ally. Asked about the president’s recent renewed focus on Canada behind closed doors, White House spokesperson Anna Kelly said in a statement that an executive order Trump signed last April “underscores the United States’ commitment to ensuring both freedom of navigation and American dominance in the Arctic waterways.” The Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., did not respond with a comment. Trump’s criticism of Canada dates back to his first term. Last year, it reached a fever pitch, as he threatened to use “economic force” to take the country and transform it from America’s northern neighbor to the 51st state. Trump sparked a trade war with Canada and openly sparred with its government. More recently, those public tensions have simmered. Privately, amid Trump’s increasing complains, U.S. officials are pursuing talks with Canadian officials about ways to increase cooperation between their militaries in the Arctic, the senior administration official and the current and former U.S. officials said. The options being discussed include updating systems in Canada that provide early warnings that an adversary is getting close to the country’s territory or waters, more joint U.S.…

It’s simple to accidentally become entranced by an endless loop of videos on Instagram or TikTok. But sometimes, that mindless scroll is interrupted by a reminder that what you thought was a 10-minute break spent on your phone was closer to 30 minutes. Olivia Yokubonis, armed with a kind voice and scientific research, often pops up in feeds on social platforms, gently reminding viewers that they might not remember the video they saw two videos before she appeared on the screen. Yokubonis is a content creator who goes by the name Olivia Unplugged online, making videos to combat overuse or mindless use of social media. For the most part, people who view her videos welcome the disruption from the endless loop of content, treating it as a wake-up call to get off their phones. Other times, they are snarky. “People will comment and they’ll be like, ’Oh, (it’s) ironic that you’re posting. And I’m like, ‘Where else am I supposed to find you, Kyle? Outside? You’re not outside. You are here, sitting here,’” she said. “For us to actually be seen, we have to be where people are.” Yokubonis’ content responds to the feeling many people have, that they spend too much time on social media or apps. “Most people have no clue how much time they spend on social media,” said Ofir Turel, a professor of information systems management at the University of Melbourne who has been studying social media use for years. Through his research, Turel found that when he presented people with their screen time information, they were practically “in a state of shock” and many people voluntarily reduced their usage afterwards. Yokubonis is part of a growing group of content creators who make videos encouraging viewers to close out the app they’re on. Some are aggressive in their approach, some more tame; some only occasionally post about social media overuse, and some, like Yokubonis, devote their accounts to it. She works for Opal, a screen time app designed to help users “reclaim their focus,” she said, but those who engage with her content might not have any idea she is working for the company. Brand logos, constant plugs to download the app and other signs of branding are almost entirely absent from her page. “People love hearing from people,” she said. Millions of views on her videos point to that being true. “It’s a fine line and a balance of finding a way to be able to cut through that noise but also not adding to the noise,” she added. Ian A. Anderson, a postdoctoral scholar at California Institute of Technology, said he finds this kind of content interesting, but is curious whether it’s disruptive enough to prompt action. He also said he wonders whether those with the strongest scrolling habits are “thoughtless about the way (they’re) intaking information.” “If they’re paying full attention, I feel like it could be an effective disruption, but I also think there is a degree to which, if you are really a habitual scroller, maybe you aren’t fully engaging with it,” he said. “I can think of all sorts of different variables that could change the effectiveness, but it does sound like an interesting way to intervene from the inside.” With billions of active users across TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and other social media platforms, talk of cutting down on screen time is perennial, as is the idea of addiction to social platforms. But there’s tremendous disagreement over whether social media addiction actually exists. Is social media ‘addiction’ real? Researchers, psychologists and other experts agree some people spend too much time on social media, but the agreement tends to stop there. Some researchers question whether addiction is the appropriate term to describe heavy use of social media, arguing that a person must be experiencing identifiable symptoms, like strong, sometimes uncontrollable urges and withdrawal, to qualify as addiction. Others, like Turel, acknowledge the term seems to resonate with more people and is often used colloquially. Lifestyle Jan 10…

The European Union will hold an emergency meeting of its ambassadors in Brussels on Sunday after U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he would hit eight member countries with tariffs until a deal is struck to allow the United States to purchase Greenland, a spokesperson for the Cyprus Presidency of the EU Council confirms to NBC News. Members of the European Parliament and some American lawmakers were among the political leaders who expressed their opposition to the tariff threats Saturday, and to Trump’s goal of bringing the Danish territory under U.S. control. Leaders from Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom warned in a joint statement Sunday that the tariff threats “undermine transatlantic relations and risk a dangerous downward spiral,” adding: “We will continue to stand united and coordinated in our response. We are committed to upholding our sovereignty.” “The measures against NATO allies announced today will not help in ensuring security in the Arctic,” wrote Roberta Metsola of Malta, who serves as president of the European Parliament, in a post on X. “They risk the opposite, emboldening our joint enemies and those who wish to destroy our common values and way of life.” She added, “Greenland and Denmark have both made clear: Greenland is not for sale and its sovereignty and territorial integrity needs to be respected. No threat of tariffs can or will change that fact.” Kaja Kallas of Estonia, the vice president of the European Commission and the EU’s chief diplomat, said that China and Russia “must be having a field day” with Trump’s announcement, saying they are the only ones who stand to gain from “divisions among Allies.” “If Greenland’s security is at risk, we can address this inside NATO,” Kallas wrote on X. “Tariffs risk making Europe and the United States poorer and undermine our shared prosperity.” “We also cannot let our dispute distract us from the our core task of helping to end Russia’s war against Ukraine,” she added. Trump administration 24 hours ago Trump says he'll charge 8 European countries a 10% tariff for opposing U.S. control of Greenland Artificial Intelligence Jan 17 Global AI race makes Greenland's critical minerals a tempting target Trump administration Jan 16 Trump threatens tariffs on countries that don't back U.S. controlling Greenland Several European political leaders signaled a desire to halt final approval of an EU-U.S. trade deal that was reached last summer and already partly implemented, but which still requires passage in the European Parliament to become official. Chief among them was Bernd Lange, the European Parliament’s longtime international trade committee chief. “New US-Tariffs for several nations are unbelievable,” Lange wrote on X. “This is no way to treat partners. A new line has been crossed. Unacceptable.” Trump, he said, is “using trade as an instrument of political coercion. The EU cannot simply move on to business as usual.” Lange called on the trade deal’s implementation process “to be suspended until US ends its threats.” Manfred Weber, the German politician who heads the European People’s Party, said on X that the party was in favor of a EU-U.S. trade deal, but that following Trump’s threats, approval “is not possible at this stage.” “The 0% tariffs on U.S. products must be put on hold,” wrote Weber. European Parliament member Siegfried Muresan said on X Saturday that postponing a proposed trade deal between the U.S. and the EU was justified following Trump’s tariff announcement. “STABILITY would have been the only gain from last year‘s trade deal between the US and the European Union,” Muresan wrote. “Today’s announcement by President Trump to eventually impose new tariffs on several EU member states takes away that stability,” he added. David van Weel, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, said his country had “taken note” of Trump’s tariff announcements. “Military efforts related to…