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Should phones be banned in schools? A new poll suggests 77% of adults favor a classroom ban
A new poll suggests that an overwhelming majority of adults support a classroom ban on phones. TechRadar readers can make their opinion known here.
TikTok says AI-generated spam ‘crowds out original creators’
TikTok is launching a new in-app hub to help you spot AI-generated content as it cracks down on AI slop.
Do you reach for your phone as soon as you wake up? I spoke to psychologists to find out why doing so is ‘really not good’ for our brains
Ever wondered why you reach for your phone in the morning? I spoke to two psychology experts to get to the bottom of the morning scroll.
Careless People made me want the chapter Sarah Wynn-Williams couldn’t write
Reading Careless People helped me understand how Facebook’s internal culture may have allowed Mark Zuckerberg’s strange metaverse obsession to become Meta’s defining idea.
UK bans social media ban for under-16s — all the latest news live
The UK has become the latest country to ban social media for under-16s — here's everything you need to know.
How will the UK's social media ban actually work? 5 things you need to know
The UK social media ban is one of the most significant pieces of tech legislation in the modern era — but how is it going to work?
UK brain experts say there's 'very little' evidence phones are harming kids
A few words from the academics speaking at the Science, Innovation and Technology Committee in the House of Parliament.
Facebook was down – here's everything we know about the disruption that impacted Meta platforms
The issues started right before 10AM ET
