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From phone curfews to leading by example, parents from around the world share views on their children’s screen time From bizarre TikTok fads to evading parental controls, managing your child’s relationship with screens can be a minefield. By age 11, 91% of children in the UK own a smartphone, according to data from the country’s …

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US senator Tom Cotton repeatedly asked TikTok’s Singaporean chief Shou Zi Chew about his ties with China and if he had ever belonged to the Chinese Communist party during a hearing over alleged online harms to children. It was the first appearance by Chew before lawmakers in the US since March, when the Chinese-owned short …

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Teachers also using the generative technology to aid with lesson planning, with hopes it could ease the burden of their workload More than half of undergraduates say they consult artificial intelligence programmes to help with their essays, while schools are trialling its use in the classroom. A survey of more than 1,000 UK undergraduates, conducted …

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Three esteemed lawyers team up to look at the news through a legal lens in Law and Disorder. Plus: five of the best wellness podcasts • Don’t get Hear Here delivered to your inbox? Sign up here Are podcasts all populated by centrist ex-politicians offering remainer hot takes? It can feel like it. We mentioned …

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Chris Wray tells House committee there has been been far too little public focus on a sleeper cyber threat that affects ‘every American’ US officials say they have disrupted a state-backed Chinese effort to plant malware that could damage civilian infrastructure, as the head of the FBI warned that Beijing was positioning itself to disrupt …

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Los Angeles, San Francisco and others say carmaker improperly labelled materials like antifreeze and sent it to the wrong landfills A group of 25 California counties have sued Elon Musk’s Tesla, claiming the electric vehicle maker mishandled hazardous waste at its facilities across the state. The lawsuit from Los Angeles, Alameda, San Joaquin, San Francisco …

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Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, spoke directly to victims and their family members as he testifies during the US Senate Judiciary Committee hearing. After an intense line of questioning by Republican senator Josh Hawley, who asked the Meta executive if he would like to apologise to families of victims who were sitting in the audience …

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Leaders of top online platforms, including Meta, X, TikTok and Snap, face tough questions on child sex trafficking on their sites Full report – Social media CEOs testify on child sexual exploitation to US Congress Our two-year investigation suggests that the tech giant Meta is struggling to prevent criminals from using its platforms to buy …

Social media chiefs testify at US congressional hearing on child safety – live Read More »

The Australian comedian shares what makes him laugh, including an AI vision of Melbourne’s inner north, Mel Buttle’s TikTok and a seagull named Steven I usually try to keep my internet history secret. Not for the embarrassing reasons you might imagine, but for other embarrassing reasons. Like how often I have Googled “spell wednsnday” or …

Thomas Jaspers: the 10 funniest things I have ever seen (on the internet) Read More »

PC, PS5, Xbox Series S/X (version tested); Bandai Namco The venerable 3D fighting game’s latest iteration makes its violence thrillingly vibrant with a new roster of contenders squaring up to Paul Phoenix and Jun Kazama It’s been almost 30 years since the original Tekken burst into arcades to face off against Sega’s Virtua Fighter and …

Tekken 8 review – 3D fighter packs more punch than ever Read More »