UK study says school phone bans don't affect students' total screen time

In recent years, the push to ban smartphones in schools has picked up, with advocates citing everything from improving focus to creating a safe environment. Now, a new study out of the UK investigates the effectiveness of

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Reddit temporarily bans r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk claimed it had ‘broken the law’

Reddit has temporarily banned the subreddit r/WhitePeopleTwitter after Elon Musk complained about the community. The subreddit is currently inaccessible with a message from Reddit stating that the community has been banned for 72 hours due to “a prevalence of violent conte

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Google now thinks it's OK to use AI for weapons and surveillance

Google has made one of the most substantive changes to its AI principles since first publishing them in 2018. In a change spotted by The Washington Post, the search giant edited the document to remove pledges it had made promising it would not "design or deploy" AI tools for use

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Netflix scuttles plans to add six previously announced games to its service

Netflix has been revamping its games division in recent months, including making adjustments to the library of titles that it offers subscribers at no extra cost. The company has

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Cruise lays off half its staff after GM sunsets robotaxi program

Autonomous vehicle company Cruise is laying off around half of its workforce, according to reporting by TechCrunch. The cuts even extend to the CEO and other top executives. This is part of a major restructuring effort by parent company GM that will eventually see a total shutdown of operations.

These layoffs are ex

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Government workers sue over potentially illegal DOGE server

Federal employees are suing to disconnect a server, reportedly operated by associates of Elon Musk, from the US Office of Personnel Management. A motion filed today as part of a class a

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Adobe's Acrobat AI Assistant can now assess contracts for you

Adobe has updated the Acrobat AI Assistant, giving it the ability to understand contracts and to compare them for you. The company says it can help you make sense of complex terms and spot differences between agreements, such as between old and new ones, so you can understand what you're signing. With the AI Assistant enabled, the Acrobat app will be able to recognize

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WhatsApp brings image and voice inputs to its ChatGPT integration

The tech sector’s ongoing effort to force-feed generative AI features into widely used services continues with updates to WhatsApp’s ChatGPT integration. There are now more ways to interact with the chatbot in the app. To use it there, you have to add 1 (800) CHAT-GPT — or 1 (800) 242-8478 — to your contacts.

WhatsApp says users around the world can now upload

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Our favorite budget Roomba is half off right now

I really hate vacuuming and put it off as long as possible. But, my budget isn't very robot vacuum friendly, so, alas I have no choice. However, that might change, as our favorite budget robot vacuum for 2025 is currently 48 percent off. Right now, the

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Verizon is adding Google One AI Premium as a perk for some customers

Verizon’s myPlan wireless and myHome internet subscriptions allow users to choose from a selection of

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