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Are classroom screens making children less cognitively capable? Experts are divided
1+ hour, 54+ min ago (405+ words) Jared Cooney Horvath has spent over 15 years studying how people learn, and he says the picture for today’s kids isn’t good. The neuroscientist and former teacher argues that classroom technology is quietly eroding how children think and retain knowledge, according…...
Mark Rober’s new CrunchLabs mysteries turn reading into a hands-on STEM adventure
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (932+ words) Mark Rober has spent years proving that science and engineering don’t have to feel like homework. His enormously popular videos turn subjects such as physics, robotics, and mechanical engineering into spectacular challenges, ingenious pranks, and machines that kids immediately want…...
The UK just proposed a midnight social media curfew for teens that they can bypass in seconds
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (430+ words) The UK just proposed a midnight social media curfew for teenagers, but it comes with a built-in escape hatch. According to the BBC, the UK government plans to restrict social media access for 16- and 17-year-olds between midnight and 6 AM, preventing…...
This $68 phone gives smartphone-gen kids the childhood millennials left behind
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (449+ words) Pinwheel Home may look like a device pulled from a 1990s bedroom. Though it connects over Wi-Fi instead of a traditional telephone line, it makes it fit better in a modern home. This also makes it flexible, as you can place…...
Europe plans a wide social media ban for children
1+ mon, 3+ day ago (332+ words) Europe is taking its biggest step yet toward keeping kids off social media entirely. A panel of experts today handed the European Commission a report recommending sweeping new age restrictions, according to a New York Times report. Commission president Ursula…...
Parents worry AI is becoming a crutch for their kids while schools struggle to keep up, survey finds
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (503+ words) Kids are using AI for their homework, and half of their parents are not sure that’s a good thing. Deloitte’s 2026 Back-to-School Survey, which polled 1,207 parents of K-12 students, found that 49% worry their child relies on AI too much. The findings…...
Your child isn’t the only one addicted to a phone, says new study
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (362+ words) For years, conversations around screen time have focused almost entirely on children. How much YouTube is too much? Should teenagers be on social media? When should a child get their first smartphone? A new study suggests we may have been…...
Targeted by scammers, adult content creators are getting hacked government sites removed
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (355+ words) Adult creators routinely battle scammers and pirates stealing their pictures, videos, and sometimes even identities. Now, that exhausting cleanup job is producing an unexpected side effect that involves cleaning up government websites. The technique is known as parasite SEO. Attackers…...
New study finds gaming doesn’t rot your brain, but compulsive habits can
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (430+ words) For years, parents have believed that long playtime hours are harming their teenagers’ brains. A new study has suggested otherwise. It seems like the number of hours spent gaming isn’t what’s causing the real harm. Researchers found that the number…...
This VR empathy game could be the start of something much creepier
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (606+ words) A new VR empathy game called Rekindle turns facial expressions into part of the controls. The game asks players to perform emotions, then watches their faces to see whether those reactions match the scene. The first-person story centers on memory,…...