Teen builds ‘Bionic Underwater Robotic Turtle’ to detect ecological threats

High schooler Evan Budz's award-winning invention can identify coral bleaching, invasive species, and microplastics without ...
Wall Street Journal

We’re Using So Much AI That Computing Firepower Is Running Out

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...
CNN

After two jury verdicts against social media companies, it’s time to reexamine your kids’ tech use

Kara Alaimo is a professor of communication at Fairleigh Dickinson University and advises parents, students and teachers on how to manage screen time. Her book “Over the Influence: Why Social Media ...
CNBC

59% of kids use AI to look up information—but it could weaken ‘critical thinking skills,’ says expert

Parents and kids alike expect AI to play a major role in their futures. Seventy-one percent of parents and 60% of kids and teens believe that by the time young people are adults, people will be so ...
Mercury News

Google backs Animaj Studio using AI to make content for kids on YouTube

Google is investing in an artificial intelligence content studio focused on making videos for children on YouTube, part of an effort to seed the platform with high quality viewing for the site’s ...
pv magazine International

First attempt to build solar modules using polycarbonate encapsulant

Researchers at the University of Western Ontario in Canada have proposed using polycarbonate (PC) as an encapsulant for solar module assembly to replace ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), which is ...
NPR

'Dopamine Kids' explains why children crave screens and helps them enjoy life instead

Like many parents, Michaeleen Doucleff struggled with her young daughter's screen use. Doucleff, author of the bestselling book Hunt, Gather, Parent, followed the American Academy of Pediatrics' ...
Futurism

A Staggering Proportion of High School Kids Are Using AI to Do Their Homework, Which Is Probably Not Going to End Well

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Who ...
Wired

Tin Can Is a Dumb Phone for Kids. Can Someone Teach Them How to Use It?

In late December, the 21st to be exact, my friends Amos and Clara called me 17 times. On December 22 it was eight times. The calls were short—sometimes only 30 to 45 seconds, and they usually arrived ...
Design News

How I Built a Universal Push-Button Module Using Claude Code

Within three years, no embedded software developer is going to be writing code. I know it sounds like another one of my controversial statements. But I recently used Claude Code to write the best ...
Newsweek

Kids Are Using AI. Here’s What Adults Need To Do Right Now | Opinion

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When new technology lands in children’s hands, they don’t read the ...