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British teens resist Australian-style social media ban

By Paul Sandle and Marissa Davison LONDON, March 16 (Reuters) - British teenagers, like their peers abroad, have a conflicted ...

How tech CEOs and leaders balance AI, gaming, and social media for their families

Tech CEOs Peter Thiel, Mark Zuckerberg, and others focus on creative tech use for kids rather than screen time limits. Short-form video is a worry.

Closing arguments begin in landmark social media addiction trial

In closing arguments for the first social media addiction trial to make tech giants face a jury, the plaintiff's lawyer ...

7 Ways to Use Classroom-Centered Social Media

Classroom-centered social media helps elementary music teachers keep families and the school community informed about performances.

United Way to host special program on social media dangers for youth

The growing dangers of sexual exploitation and sextortion affecting minors is the subject of a presentation Thursday in Beckley at the Historic Black Knight Country Club.

Kansas Man’s Social Media Boost Helps Struggling Restaurant Finally See Line Out the Door

A Kansas business owner used social media to spotlight a struggling restaurant, helping spark long lines and renewed support ...

Do political social media ads influence the outcome of elections?

Social media platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram and X, are accessed daily by millions of people worldwide. In the weeks ...

i9 Investigation: New report calls for systemic effort to address screen time and social media use in kids

A local mom, a high school student and a pediatrician weigh in on how technology shapes children’s development.

Show HN: Built an AI ad generator and ran $9K of FB ads with it

Been in the AI image gen space since 2023, before even GPT image gen was a thing, and after spending ~9K on Facebook ads for my own projects (made a video about that actually) I realized the thing I kept getting stuck on was the creatives themselves. I'm horrible at making reels-type video ads and Canva even with templates is surprisingly complicated for ad-specific stuff, plus everything ends up looking the same as everyone else using the same templates.Made a video going into detail about

Show HN: Clsh – Real terminal on your phone (works with Claude Code)

Hi HN,I use Claude Code a lot, and I kept running into the same problem: I'd kick off a long refactor or a multi-file task, then need to leave my desk. Walk the dog, grab coffee, whatever. And I'd just have to hope it was doing the right thing.I tried SSH apps on my phone. The iOS keyboard is painful for terminal work. No ctrl, no arrows, no escape without hunting through menus. Typing `git diff` feels like a chore. I looked at Blink Shell, Termux, ttyd, Wetty. They all assume you&#x27

Show HN: Dialtone watcher – what is my laptop doing and am I normal

Hi HN we are Andrew and Dex. We built dialtone watcher, a small Go agent for macOS and Linux with a very specific goal: tell me what my machine is doing all day and help me compare that with others.What it does so far:- Watches running processes, CPU and memory use, and active network endpoints.- Groups traffic into human sized summaries by process, domain, and coarse protocol like HTTPS, DNS, QUIC, and Postgres.- Stores a local summary and can post bounded rollups to the dialtoneapp.com api so

98th Oscars Down Nearly 2 Million Viewers, Reaching 17.86 Million

The 2026 Oscars take a viewership dip.

Reddit partners with Pacvue to expand ad access

<p>The deal will make it easier for more retailers to advertise on Reddit.</p>

Pinterest shares rising trends in new report

<p>The trends are based on rising search activity in the app.</p>

Snapchat retires separate Bitmoji app

<p>Bitmoji characters will remain an element of Snapchat.</p>

YouTube expands live-stream gifts to users in Korea

<p>The option will provide Korean live-streamers with another means to generate revenue from their content.&nbsp;</p>

Report finds Reddit ads drive strong performance for retailers

<p>Fospha&#39;s State of Retail Marketing report looks at rising sources of product discovery and sales activity.&nbsp;</p>

YouTube partners with FIFA on exclusive World Cup elements

<p>The deal will enable FIFA media partners to post a range of content to the app.</p>

AI Is Everywhere at SXSW, but Humanity Still Leads

Execs from 3M, Adobe, Accenture Song, Ancestry, and Monks shared insights at ADWEEK House.

Compound Growth: How U.S. Bank Uses AI to Drive Revenue and Results

Blending synthetic audiences, behavioral data, personalization, and business fluency with Michael Lacorazza.