Teens often turn to mass media when stressed. But it’s important to recognize when the media stimulates that stress rather than provide an escape from it.
There are real fears that AI may be gunning for your job. But, at least for now, how realistic is that scenario?
Gen Z is a generation built on constant change—but some are turning to YouTube, looking for the One who doesn’t change.
Have you seen your tween or younger child chortling over YouTube videos depicting an odd-looking cappuccino cup-headed ballerina or a three-legged shark wearing Nike sneakers?
Netflix’s ‘Bad Influence’ and Hulu’s ‘Devil in the Family’ examine what it’s really like behind the scenes for famous kid influencers.
New studies explore why teens are self-diagnosing mental health conditions through TikTok—and why that can be dangerous.
Two years after its introduction, Snapchat’s My AI still fails to shake a problematic legacy.
What if you could hand over a list of tasks to an AI personal assistant and have it take care of all the details?
The irony of the technological revolution that’s taken place in the last 30 years is how its promise to more easily connect people has yielded an unintended consequence: increasing social isolation.
Each year the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) presents a showcase of all sorts of new wiz-bang electronics, computer hardware and software innovations. This year it
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