Algorithms make harmful content "unavoidable," undermining kids' autonomy. This is high-risk AI. Part 1: The involuntary ...

Connie Francis never saw TikTok coming. Sixty years later, she became one of its biggest stars — and that says everything about how we find music now.

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Denmark's government on Friday announced an agreement to ban access to social media for anyone under 15, ratcheting up pressure on Big Tech platforms as concerns grow that kids are getting too swept ...

Happy half-term! If you’ve managed to swerve all the nasty autumn bugs doing the rounds, and you’re trying to work and parent this week (solidarity!), you’ll probably want a handful of ideas up your ...

Managed accounts are launching in the US, making it easier to curate what your children can listen to. Managed accounts are launching in the US, making it easier to curate what your children can ...

Spotify is rolling out managed accounts to more countries, including the U.S. Managed accounts allow parents to manage the music their kids listen to. At the same time, kids are free to listen to ...

Nutrition researcher Kevin Hall has studied how ultra-processed diets can lead to weight gain. But he's not categorically banning UPFs at home. Instead, he aims to find healthy, simple ways to ...

A Boston Children's Hospital study found socially withdrawn adolescents show differences in brain structure and face higher mental health risks Even children who prefer being alone over socializing ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...

The instinct to regulate children’s digital consumption is admirable. But what if tech isn’t the bogeyman we think it is? Research on the effect of social media on kids’ mental health is mixed, with ...