October 14, 2024

Inside the TikTok documents: Stripping teens and boosting ‘attractive’ people

(NPR) – Officials at TikTok discovered that there was “a high” number of underage streamers receiving a “gift” or “coin” in exchange for stripping — real money converted into a digital currency often in the form of a plush toy … Read More



 
 

October 11, 2024

TikTok executives know about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit documents allege

(NPR) – For the first time, internal TikTok communications have been made public that show a company unconcerned with the harms the app poses for American teenagers. This is despite its own research validating many child safety concerns. The confidential … Read More



 
 

October 9, 2024

Posts encouraging eating disorders were recommended to X users

(NBC News) – X is just the latest platform to struggle with user groups creating eating disorder content, where teens can fall down a rabbit hole that promotes extreme thinness. Users refer to the groups as part of “edtwt”(eating disorder … Read More



 
 

October 9, 2024

Chemistry Nobel goes to developers of AlphaFold AI that predicts protein structures

(Nature) – This year’s prize celebrates computational tools that have transformed biology and have the potential to revolutionize drug discovery. For the first time — and probably not the last — a scientific breakthrough enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) has … Read More



 
 

October 8, 2024

TikTok Faces Barrage of Lawsuits Around Teens and Mental Health

(New York Times) – Thirteen states and the District of Columbia sued TikTok on Tuesday, accusing the company of creating an intentionally addictive app that harmed children and teenagers while making false claims to the public about its commitment to … Read More



 
 

October 2, 2024

This Facial Recognition Experiment With Meta’s Smart Glasses Is a Terrifying Vision of the Future

(Gizmodo) – The tool allows anyone wearing smart glasses to instantly get info on strangers, including their home address and phone number. Two college students have used Meta’s smart glasses to build a tool that quickly identifies any stranger walking … Read More



 
 

October 1, 2024

Arkansas sues YouTube over claims that the site is fueling a mental health crisis

(Associated Press) – Arkansas sued YouTube and parent company Alphabet on Monday, saying the video-sharing platform is made deliberately addictive and fueling a mental health crisis among youth in the state. Attorney General Tim Griffin’s office filed the lawsuit in … Read More



 
 

September 25, 2024

I Tried These Brain-Tracking Headphones That Claim to Improve Focus

(Wired) – Neurable’s MW75 Neuro is an everyday brain-computer interface that aims to boost your productivity. It also raises questions about data privacy. Today, Boston-based company Neurable announced the launch of its smart headphones, dubbed the MW75 Neuro, which use … Read More