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Teens Are 'Dusting' – And It's Not What You Think It Means
Some teens are taking part in a viral challenge called ‘dusting’, which can have deadly consequences. Last week it was reported a 19-year-old had passed away after inhaling a cleaning product. Reports ...
Is Google about to destroy the web?
Google says adding more AI to its search engine will rejuvenate the internet. Others predict an apocalypse for websites. One ...
AI overviews have transformed Google search. Here’s how they work – and how to opt out
People turn to the internet to run billions of search queries each year. These range from keeping tabs on world events and ...
Where is the social internet taking us?
Report: An emerging crisis for the giant social platforms - toxic and polarised online environments, but enormous potential to transform our world in positive ways.
The pandemic generation: How Covid-19 lockdowns is having a long-lasting effect on children
The stress and isolation of the pandemic have left social and emotional scars that are already being seen in children, but ...
Google’s nightmare: How a search spinoff could remake the web
Google wasn't around for the advent of the World Wide Web, but it successfully remade the web on its own terms. Today, any website that wants to be findable has to play by Google's rules, and after ...
Major data broker hack impacts 364,000 individuals’ data
Personal information from 364,000 people was compromised in a LexisNexis data breach that went undetected for months, ...