Today, the European Commission has adopted the EU KIDS Act to enhance the online safety of children throughout the Union.

The new restrictions apply to students and faculty members.

School leaders are struggling to respond to the rapid growth of AI, Commons Education Select Committee told

Three US Senators argued in court that sex abuse victims suing Roblox Corp. and Discord Inc. “deserve their day in court,” and shouldn’t be compelled into private arbitration.

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of developmental psychologist Candice Odgers. I’ve mentioned her and her work on the site many times, and she was a guest on my podcast as well. She …

Constitutional council says curbs infringe freedom of expression and privacy as president vows to rework legislation

This talk explores our relationship between ageing online and labelling in predominantly queer spaces and our sense of control and autonomy over who we present ourselves as online.

The US space agency's telescope is starting a multi-year mission to create a new map of the universe and learn more about dark energy and dark matter.

The Center for Open Science has announced that from November 16, 2026, no new projects can be created on the Open Science Framework. After F...

“Elephant? I don’t see no elephant!” An update on political and “experts’” rampant obtusity on “teenage mental health.”

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly integrated into the online platforms where humans exchange opinions; large language models (LLMs) now polish users' posts on LinkedIn and provid...

The biopsychosocial model is perhaps the most widely accepted model of mental health. Yet the model is also surprisingly limited, failing to provide clear guida...

Citing backlash, ISBNdb removed its webpages about training AI, denied ever buying, scanning, or selling a book for AI training, and said the site was a "test of market interest."

As geologists, our interest is piqued when geological processes—with varying degrees of accuracy—are portrayed in movies and especially when a geologist unexpectedly appears on screen, even in a mino...

Researchers say small changes in drafting could spread rapidly and create long-term shifts in public opinion

The Center for Open Science (COS)'s work has evolved with the maturation of the open science movement. Our strategic priorities focus on supporting the growth of lifecycle open science—making research...

Disinformation and deepfakes are known risks but biased LLMs could also be used to influence public opinion

Somewhere on Earth: The Global Tech Podcast · Episode

How are weight loss drugs changing our spending?

It has been a wild one

Objectives To examine the early effect of a world first national policy (Social Media Minimum Age Act 2024, which established a national minimum age of 16 years for holding accounts on designated soci...

The idea that the rise of tech means today's young people are less intelligent than previous generations is rife – but wrong, says neuroscientist Dean Burnett

A new working paper by OII researchers argues that EU technology policy should hold AI companies to account for actual public wellbeing, not just reduced risk.

For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol u...