Ofcom:
A survey of UK adults in 2025: on average, they spend 4.5 hours per day online, up 10 minutes on 2024, and 50%+ of time is on Google- and Meta-owned services  —  Our latest Online Nation report explores how adults and children in the UK experience life online.

Nasteho Said / Bloomberg:
As Australia bans under-16s from social media platforms, TikTok-powered video app Lemon8, friends-only photo app Yope, and others climb Apple's App Store charts  —  Alternative social media platforms have surged in popularity in Australia Wednesday, as the nation's landmark ban for under-16s drives children to non-restricted apps.

The fashion was fly at the Critics Choice Association's annual celebration of the best in Black cinema and television.

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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
President Trump letting Nvidia sell advanced AI chips to China reverses decades of US tech restrictions on its adversaries, giving China a boost in the AI race  —  President Trump's decision to allow Nvidia to sell its chips to China has raised questions about whether he is prioritizing short …

What’s actually going on in a teenager’s head? What happens in peoples’ brains as they transform from children into adults? What makes young brains so quick to pick up, say, instruments or languages? And why on Earth do teenagers make some of the absurd choices they make? What were they even thinking?! These questions might […]