Forbes

The New Surgeon General Advisory On The Harms Of Screen Use—Here’s What The Science Says About Risks And Benefits

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Omer Awan is a practicing physician who covers public health. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice ...
The Hill

HHS warns of children’s screen time use, citing impact on sleep, mental health

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned about children’s screen time in an advisory released Wednesday, citing impacts on sleep and mental health. The “Surgeon General’s Warning on ...
CNN

New surgeon general’s advisory raises alarm about screen time risks for kids and teens

Too much screen use among kids and teens – including endless social media scrolling, nonstop texting and hours of video games – can be harmful, and it has become a public health concern in the United ...
Education Week

Nation’s 2nd Largest District Moves to Limit Student Screen Use

The second-largest school district in the country will scale back classroom screen use under a resolution the Los Angeles Board of Education has approved unanimously. The resolution requires the ...
Los Angeles Times

LAUSD to restrict student screen time after years of encouraging classroom use

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Los Angeles Unified is turning away from years of promoting classroom technology by placing restrictions on ...
TechCrunch

Meta will record employees’ keystrokes and use it to train its AI models

Meta has found a new source of training data for its AI models: its own employees. The company plans to use data culled from the mouse movements and keystrokes of its own staff in its pursuit to build ...
Education Week

The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Screen Time: An Explainer

There’s a general consensus that too much screen time is bad for kids. But what happens when everything in modern society is done on screens? What is a concerned educator or parent to do? And how do ...
Cult of Mac

Apple hits record recycled material use, eliminates plastic packaging

Beyond the overall 30% figure, Apple has now reached 100% recycled cobalt in all batteries it designs, 100% recycled rare earth elements in all magnets and 100% recycled gold plating and tin soldering ...
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

‘Use it or lose it’: Pentagon spending binge set record in final days of fiscal year

Pentagon spending in September included nearly $9 million on Alaskan king crab and lobster tails, more than $200 million in furniture and $5.3 million in Apple devices – just some of the expenditures ...
Harvard Business Review

When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...