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‘Our children are less cognitively capable,’ says neuroscientist who wants to cut screen use in schools
Jared Cooney Horvath argues that educational technology undermines how children learn and develop Jared Cooney Horvath is on a mission. In the wake of global campaigns for smartphone bans in schools and social media restrictions for under-16s, the neuroscientist wants to raise the alarm about educational technology in classrooms.
Songs created by AI banned from Australia's music charts
The move comes weeks after a DJ admitted using AI to remix a Madonna song that topped the Australian charts.
Camera glasses contain footage that appears to have been incidentally filmed inside factory | 7.30
Big Tech wants its AI glasses or other so-called wearables to replace the phone as everyone's primary device. Others are calling the new tech cringey stalkerware. Camera glasses have been used for secretly filming women without their consent and a battle over privacy is only just beginning.
Did someone wearing Meta Glasses film you today? Are you sure?
People say they’ve been secretly filmed in their own homes, at concerts and at work. Are the wildly popular smartglasses the final nail in the coffin of personal privacy?
Meta and Zuckerberg to face a $1.4 trillion social media addiction trial
Meta - the operator of social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram - and its boss Mark Zuckerberg are facing their biggest trial yet, with the tech giant being sued for the value of the company: $1.4 trillion.
The new Halloween video game has been banned in Australia – and not because of the violence
The article describes the Australian Classification Board's decision to ban the video game Halloween: The Game due to its depiction of drug use. The article also highlights the inconsistencies in the classification system, particularly regarding the treatment of interactivity and the potential for harm.
Why we're so sure our phones are listening to us
It has, almost certainly, happened to you. You have a conversation in person, you mention something specific, and minutes later, there’s an ad for it on your phone. For the past decade, most of us have come to the same conclusion: Our phones must be listening. But are they, really? I wanted to dig into the “phone listening” theory — where it came from, what the official research says, and what’s actually happening every time you load an ad on the internet. What I learned is that creepy ads are just the tip of the iceberg, powered by a system auctioning off our location, identity, and behaviors to countless companies vying for our attention… and others looking for something else.
How Movies Fake Rain
How do they make it rain in movies? Almost every rain scene you have watched was built by a crew — rain towers, a fire hydrant, and a wall of backlight.
‘I feel like I’m at war’: are we losing the battle against machine-made music?
Despite outcry from musicians, AI slop is creeping into the charts as record labels scramble to adapt to a new normal where hits can be made at the click of a button.
Longing for a Time Before Smartphones - YouTube
Gen Z has romanticized the technology of the ’90s—or the era’s lack of it. Young long for a time when people were looking at each other instead of their phones. But could that nostalgia for a smartphone-free society actually help guide the future?
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