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Teens aren't using their phones to study or learn. Instead, they're on these popular apps.
Teens spend an average of 70 minutes on their smartphones during school hours, according to new res

Chat features will be locked unless users submit a face scan.
Roblox, the global youth gaming platform currently under fire for widespread child safety concerns, is rolling out mandatory age checks fo

India, France, and Malaysia say they are cracking down on the Elon Musk-led company.
Multiple foreign governments are investigating Elon Musk-owned chatbot Grok for numerous reports of the chatbot gen

Don't count humanity out yet.
After a year like 2025, it’s easy for anyone who inhales large quantities of online news to be downhearted. This was a year that began with a terrifying salute from

Meanwhile, passengers reported sexual assault or misconduct every 8 minutes.
Uber admits it is routinely approving drivers with violent felony convictions — including assault, child abuse, and stalk

A new task force will challenge existing state AI regulations.
AI is still the Wild West when it comes to government regulation. But 2025 was the year U.S. states started to make an effort. Some state

The Uncanny Valley is doing more harm than you think.
Lagging Zoom calls aren’t just annoying parts of the average work day. They may be irreparably changing our social interactions. According to a ne

That means everyone, not just celebs.
A visibly pregnant woman stands in the middle of a bright, modern kitchen, rubbing her belly and speaking to someone on the other end of a phone. The phone screen

This will be the company's first major attempt to rebuild the experience for teens after banning them from open-ended chats.
Character.AI is rolling out a new narrative feature called Stories, a

The lapel mic combines some of the best features of its predecessors, but gets rid of a few important ones as well.
DJI’s Mic 2 and Mic Mini quickly became standard gear for content creators after the