Published on: 2025-06-11 17:00:00
From the worm-like character stretching to the length of the planetary system in Noby Noby Boy, to the tiny Prince hoarding a spherical mass of objects and even buildings in Katamari Damacy, the heroes of Keita Takahashi’s games reflect the creator’s whimsical vision. To a T is yet another Takahashi title that fits that playful tradition, well, to a tee. The protagonist is a young teen, aptly named Teen, whose body is permanently stuck in a T-pose. But while they may be able to wiggle their fing
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-06-28 21:16:50
TikTok TikTok has launched a new feature aimed at helping teens curb late-night scrolling, but it might benefit everyone. In an announcement this week, TikTok says it's launching several "well-being features" to help younger users build healthy digital habits. Among them is a new in-app meditation feature to help teens wind down if they use TikTok after 10 p.m. Also: You can make a photo come alive with TikTok's new AI tool - here's how Here's how it works. A new feature called "Meditation
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is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she was a writer and editor at MUO. TikTok will interrupt teens’ feeds with guided meditation after 10PM. The platform has been testing the feature with a “wind down” prompt, but now it’ll show the notification with guided meditation by default to all users under 18. TikTok’s wind-down prompt initially only played calming music to remind teens to take a break from the app at nighttim
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-07 22:50:01
Instagram still posing serious risks to children, campaigners say 2 hours ago Share Save Tony Smith and Angus Crawford BBC News Investigations Share Save Getty Images Young Instagram users could still be exposed to "serious risks" even if they use new Teen Accounts brought in to provide more protection and control, research by campaigners suggests. Researchers behind a new report have said they were able to set up accounts using fake birthdays and they were then shown sexualised content, hate
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-09 04:35:44
Amid growing concerns about the impact of social media on young minds, 1 in 5 teens say it has negatively affected their mental health, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center. The research found that many teens believe social media can be harmful to people their age. The findings come as lawmakers and the US Surgeon General warn that social platforms pose a serious threat to young users, particularly as mental health issues continue to rise among teens. The study was conducted o
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-10 06:30:27
As lawmakers, regulators call for social media companies to do more to protect the mental health of their youngest users, teens’ perception of social media also seems to be changing. A growing number of teens say that social media is harmful and takes up too much of their time, according to a new report from Pew Research. The report, which was based on a survey of 1,391 teens and parents in the United States, sheds light on how teens’ perspective on social media has changed amid increasing call
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-10 06:30:00
We know that social media can be harmful to teens. Meta has found in its own research that Instagram makes body image worse for one in three teen girls, and Snapchat has been sued several times for not doing enough to mitigate cyberbullying. Even the former U.S. Surgeon General issued an advisory on the risk of youth social media use. But a new report shows how social media can sometimes have positive impacts on teenagers, despite its harms. According to a study conducted by the Pew Research Ce
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-10 22:21:03
Meta is expanding its age-verification tools by using AI to detect teenaged users and then automatically placing them into more restrictive Teen Account settings even if the user entered an adult birthday. The company said in a blog post Monday that it will proactively identify accounts it suspects belong to teens and move them into these stricter settings. It acknowledged the system may make mistakes, and users will have the ability to adjust their settings back if needed. "We've been using a
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-11 09:14:41
Meta If your teen has a fake birthday on their Instagram profile to get around age restriction policies, their days of beating the system may soon be over. In a blog post, Instagram says that starting today it will use AI to detect users lying about their age and automatically move those accounts to one of the limited teen accounts that debuted last fall. How will Instagram's AI age detection work? Meta offered several examples. First, it will monitor which profiles and content an account in
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-11 21:20:14
Meta says it's doing more to make sure as many of its younger users as possible are using the teen accounts that it has rolled out for Instagram, Facebook and Messenger. Starting today, it's testing artificial intelligence tech in the US to detect whether a person is a teen — even if they've lied about their birthday to make it seem like they're an adult — and then move them to a teen account. The company says it has taken steps to make sure that the age-detection tech is accurate, but in case
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-12 01:58:38
Meta is using AI technology to search for kids who are lying about their age on Instagram in order to bypass safeguards, the company announced on Monday. When Meta finds an account that it suspects belongs to a teen, the platform will enroll them into a restricted Teen Account, even if the account lists an adult birthday. Teen Accounts, which launched on Instagram last year, enroll young users into an app experience with built-in protections. The safeguards are applied to teens automatically, a
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is platforms and communities reporter with five years of experience covering the companies that shape technology and the people who use their tools. Meta is expanding how it uses AI to detect teens on Instagram — and, in some cases, will begin overriding account settings. Instagram announced it was using AI for age detection in 2024; the system looked for signals that users were under 18 years old, like if messages from friends say “happy 16th birthday,” for example (Meta also says it uses eng
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In a conversation with Polygon, Doctor Who showrunner Russell T Davies discussed opting away from giving the Fifteenth Doctor a consistent outfit—or accessory, like, say, a bowtie or a distinctively striped scarf—like previous Doctors have worn. With the stylish Ncuti Gatwa now starring as the Doctor, Davies wanted to allow more room for different looks. “I do love opening the door for cosplayers,” Davies shared with Polygon. “In one episode in the first season [the Fifteenth Doctor] set out of
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The big picture: Android may be the dominant mobile operating system worldwide but in the US, the iPhone reigns supreme with a nearly 60 percent market share across all age groups. A recent survey found that the numbers are even more skewed among teenagers, with nearly nine out of 10 teens owning an iPhone. According to the latest survey by American investment bank Piper Sandler, 88 percent of US teens own an iPhone, and 25 percent plan to upgrade to the upcoming iPhone 17 before the end of the
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-08-29 21:35:44
Apple TV+ has been finding more mainstream success of late, fueled by the popularity of hits like Severance and The Studio. But there’s one demographic that, per a new survey, is not tuned in to TV+: teens. Only 1% of US teens are regular Apple TV+ viewers, per survey Today Piper Sandler published its 49th semi-annual survey of teens in the US on a variety of topics. Over 6,000 teens were polled on their preferences and usage habits with technology, entertainment, food, clothing, and more. U
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Meta / Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET If you're concerned about keeping your kids safe on social media but still want to keep them connected, Meta is introducing a new type of Facebook and Messenger account just for teens under 16. Available soon These special teen accounts, which are not available yet but will be "soon," will have built-in protections that restrict who can contact them and what kind of content they can see, plus safeguards to make sure time is well spent. Teens are automatical
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-01 22:18:36
Meta expands restrictions for teen users to Facebook and Messenger 42 minutes ago Share Save Liv McMahon Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images Meta is expanding Teen Accounts - what it considers its age-appropriate experience for under 18s - to Facebook and Messenger. The system involves putting younger teens on the platforms into more restricted settings by default, with parental permission required in order to live stream or turn off image protections for messages. It was first introd
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Meta is bringing its “teen accounts” to Facebook and Messenger. Like on Instagram, the company will begin automatically moving younger teens to the new accounts, which come with mandatory parental control features and restrictions on who they can message and interact with. The company first introduced the feature on Instagram last fall and now has 54 million teens with the more locked-down accounts. (Instagram requires teens between the ages of 13 and 15 to use a teen account and has in-app too
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-01 21:12:00
Worried about what your kids might be up to on social media? If so, Meta's continued crackdown on teen safety might come as a relief. The company announced Tuesday that, starting immediately, it's expanding its Instagram Teen Accounts to other platforms, specifically, Facebook and Messenger. It also announced additional built-in protections for Instagram Teen Accounts. These will prevent children under the age of 16 from going live on the platform or turning off blurred images, which protect ag
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Meta is introducing Teen Accounts to Facebook and Messenger. The feature, which automatically enrolls young users into an app experience with built-in protections, will be available on these platforms in the U.S., U.K., Australia, and Canada before expanding to additional regions in the future. Teen Accounts first rolled out to Instagram last September after Instagram and other popular social networks were grilled by U.S. lawmakers for not doing enough to protect teens. As part of Tuesday’s ann
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-09-17 14:00:00
As a child, beloved Japanese game developer Keita Takahashi was picked on in school, so he never felt like going. His latest game, To a T, emulates some of those challenges. It tells the story of Teen—a kid struggling to fit in, dealing with eye boogers, and finding themselves through song and exploration, all while their arms are inexplicably stuck in a T-pose. To a T, to be released by Annapurna Interactive May 28, follows Takahashi’s trajectory of creating colorful, playful games that are un
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TikTok has announced several new features launching today for teens and parents to help “build balanced digital habits.” Here’s what that means. For parents of TikTok teens A big part of today’s new batch of features is giving new tools to parents for monitoring their teen’s use of TikTok. To that end, there are two new features launching: Time Away : “Today, we’re enhancing Family Pairing by launching a way for parents to block their teens from being on TikTok during times that they control
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TikTok announced on Tuesday that it’s rolling out new features to protect teens on its app. The social network is giving parents the ability to block their teen from using TikTok during certain hours and see their teen’s following and followers lists through new Family Pairing features. TikTok is also going to encourage young users to put their phones away at night and go to sleep. With the new “Time Away” feature, parents can block their teens from accessing TikTok during times that they contr
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-22 14:10:32
Utah’s legislature has passed a new bill that would require app stores to verify the age and identity of all users, including adults. The bill now awaits signature by Governor Spencer Cox, who signed a similar bill last year that was blocked by a federal judge over First Amendment concerns. The intention of the law seems to be a step towards restricting youth access to social media. Governor Cox has been an outspoken critic of social media use by teenagers and previously tried banning TikTok in
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Find related items on AmazonPublished on: 2025-10-31 10:51:37
Uber has started piloting its teenagers-focused Uber for Teens service in India, TechCrunch has exclusively learned. Uber for Teens is live in Bengaluru, Delhi NCR and Mumbai, Uber confirmed to TechCrunch. The company said it would expand the service in the coming weeks to 35 cities, which include Ahmedabad, Chennai, Hyderabad, Mumbai and Pune. The service lets parents and guardians set up accounts for their teenagers (between 13 and 17 of age) so they can request trips directly using their ow
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