Character.AI has banned users under 18 from having open-ended conversations with its chatbots, following public outrage and ...

Public school students will largely be banned from using cell phones in classrooms under a bipartisan bill Gov. Tony Evers ...

Parents, child safety groups and politicians have been putting pressure on tech companies to make AI chatbots safer.

Many households are witnessing similar patterns, where technology is becoming a digital companion, and the growing challenge of managing screen time is becoming more pronounced ...

They don’t consider it safe and they don’t think the companies are going to fix it.” Common Sense Media, a research and advocacy group focused on youth and technology, has not endorsed the bill yet, ...

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Therapists in the Upstate said they’ve seen a surge in the demand for child therapy services. They said multiple factors, ...

Young chimpanzees are remarkably innovative, inventing tools and improving on ones that adults use—and this technical ...

If your kids, tweens or teens are old enough to carry their own phones, it may be time to upgrade to a tracking app (and not just for Halloween). These lightweight apps avoid being invasive but still ...

While Congress is still debating legislative solutions to protect our kids from bad actors like Facebook, TikTok and Match ...

The best star projector for kids, the Govee Star Light projector, is now 28% off. So why wait for Black Friday 2025?

AI is changing what careers are possible for students interested in STEM subjects. WIRED spoke with five aspiring scientists ...