The Brighterside of News on MSN

AI helps archaeologists build low-cost Stone Age video games in days

Museums have spent decades trying to make the distant past feel alive. Audiovisual shows, touch screens and digital displays have helped, but they are often expensive to develop and hard to update ...
Morning Overview on MSN

AI-powered game brings Stone Age Europe back to life

Archaeology has a new, unlikely interface: conversation. Instead of peering at potsherds in glass cases, players can now walk ...
CNN

After claiming that Covid shots killed children, FDA says it is also looking at other age groups

The US Food and Drug Administration is looking into whether deaths “across multiple age groups” have been related to Covid-19 vaccines, a spokesperson said Tuesday, weeks after a senior agency ...
GeekWire

‘We are all kids in the age of AI’: Trevor Noah teaches 5th graders — and learns a few things himself

Trevor Noah proudly displays his certificate of completion with some of the students at Ardmore Elementary School in Bellevue, where he led a computer science class for the Hour of AI during Computer ...
The Cincinnati Enquirer

Colts sign Philip Rivers. What's his age? How many kids does he have?

Philip Rivers, who retired and recently became a grandfather, is officially back in the NFL. Rivers is signing on to the Indianapolis Colts' practice squad, ESPN reporter Adam Schefter wrote on X on ...
CNN

Millions of Australian children just lost access to social media. What’s happening and will it work?

Children across Australia woke up on Wednesday with no access to their social media accounts under a world-first ban designed to shelter those under 16 from addictive algorithms, online predators, and ...
The New York Times

Australia’s Social Media Ban for Children Takes Effect

The measure, which affects anyone under 16, is one of the most sweeping efforts in the world to safeguard young people from the potential harms of the platforms. By Victoria Kim Reporting from Sydney, ...
Reuters

Australia begins enforcing world-first teen social media ban

SYDNEY, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Australia on Wednesday became the first country to ban social media for children under 16, blocking access in a move welcomed by many parents and child advocates but ...
NPR

For the first time this century, child deaths under age 5 will likely rise. Why?

One of the crowning achievements in global health is at risk of coming undone. Between 2000 and 2020, the number of children who die before they hit their 5th birthday dropped by half — from nearly 10 ...
Rolling Stone

Here’s How Spotify Wrapped Calculated Your Listening Age — And Here’s Rolling Stone’s

“Age is just a number. So don’t take this personally,” the Spotify slide warns, before revealing each user’s calculated listening age. How exactly did Spotify land on that number, though? Marc Hazan, ...
Wired

The Age-Gated Internet Is Sweeping the US. Activists Are Fighting Back

Half of the country now requires age verification to watch porn or access “harmful” content. Digital rights advocates are pushing back against legislation they say will make the internet less safe.
People

Children Who Are Given a Smartphone Before Age 12 Have Higher Risk of Obesity and Depression, Study Finds

The study also found that kids with a smartphone before their teenage years also have an increased risk of getting insufficient sleep Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She ...