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Gamification and memes lure young people to sports wagering apps and prediction markets

Some sports wagering platforms, as well as popular prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket, are touting their availability to users starting at 18 despite most U.S. states restricting gambling to 21 and older.

 

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Pope calls for robust regulation of AI in manifesto that ponders the future of humanity

Pope Leo XIV has called for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good rather than profit.

 

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Google announces slew of AI advances, including a personal AI assistant coming soon

Google is introducing a range of new AI tools, including an AI assistant called Gemini Spark, which proactively performs tasks for users.

 

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Tech CEOs summoned to Congress for another hearing on social media’s risks for children

Social media CEOs have been called to testify before Congress amid growing pressure to protect young users.

 

Apple beats out earnings estimates with continued iPhone momentum

Apple has posted strong quarterly earnings, beating out Wall Street expectations. The January-March results show continued momentum in iPhone sales.

 

Inside ‘Scientology speedruns,’ the viral trend prompting the church to bolster security

A social media trend has people “speedrunning” through Church of Scientology buildings. Participants film themselves entering properties and trying to gather information quickly.

 

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Meta beats revenue expectations and boosts capital spending forecast for 2026

Meta Platforms Inc. reports strong first-quarter results, surpassing expectations with significant earnings growth, but the stock slipped in after-hours trading.

 

Celeste Rivas Hernandez, teen in murder case against singer D4vd, grew up in sleepy California town

Celeste Rivas Hernandez, a teen girl from a quiet southern California town, became intertwined with singer D4vd before she was brutally murdered.

 

AI is a gold mine for spammers and scammers, but Google is using it as a tool to fight back

Artificial intelligence is playing a big role in creating online spam and scams — but also in combatting it.

 

Police arrest a suspect in a Molotov attack at OpenAI CEO’s San Francisco home

Police and OpenAI officials say a 20-year-old man suspected of throwing a Molotov cocktail at CEO Sam Altman’s San Francisco home has been arrested.

 

Coachella looks like fun and glamour for influencers. Behind the scenes, they fiercely strategize

Social media content that comes out of the sprawling Coachella music festival often looks spontaneous and fun, but many content creators engage in intense levels of planning and strategy weeks or even months in advance.

 

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‘Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ cast aren’t the only influencers sowing curiosity about the church

Latter-day Saint influencers have found an enthusiastic audience across the country, curious about their faith and family, but they are often imperfect and unofficial representatives of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

 

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Advocacy groups urge YouTube to protect kids from ‘AI slop’ videos

Advocacy groups and experts have slammed YouTube for serving up low-quality artificial intelligence-generated videos to its most vulnerable audience: children.

 

Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in a landmark social media addiction trial

A jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services.

 

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What could come next for other social media firms as a jury finds Meta platforms harm children

The first jury verdict in a series of social media child safety trials this year is in — and it’s not looking good for Meta.

 

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OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky dies of cancer at 43

Leonid Radvinsky, the billionaire owner of adult content platform OnlyFans, has died at age 43. A company spokesperson said he died “peacefully after a long battle with cancer.”

 

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Nvidia’s DLSS 5 is the (glossy) subject of memes and backlash from gamers

Video game fans are responding with criticism and comedy to Nvidia’s latest version of its AI technology that boost performance and graphics.

 

Jessie Buckley wins the best actress Oscar for tear-jerking ‘Hamnet’ performance

Jessie Buckley has claimed her first Oscar for her moving, emotional performance in the period drama “Hamnet.”

 

Cassandra Kulukundis wins inaugural casting Oscar, for ‘One Battle After Another’

“One Battle After Another” has claimed the first-ever Oscar recognizing casting, with the award going to casting director Cassandra Kulukundis.

 

Lawyers in landmark social media addiction trial make final appeals to the jury

After about a month of hearing from addiction experts, therapists, platform engineers and executives, including Mark Zuckerberg, a jury has heard closing arguments before heading to the deliberation room to decide whether social media companies should be liable for harms caused to children using the

 

Young people are turning to old-school hobbies to get off their phones

Droves of young people who are turning to tactile, analog hobbies and activities as a means of escaping technology and reconnecting with childlike creativity and exploration.

 

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Young woman says she was on social media ‘all day long’ as a child in landmark addiction trial

A 20-year-old woman is seeking to hold social media companies responsible for harms to children who use their platforms.

 

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Discord postpones age verification rollout amid criticism, promises transparency

Discord is postponing its controversial age verification policy after users of the popular platform for gamers to communicate online expressed strong objections and privacy concerns.

 

Discord delays global age verification rollout after criticism

Discord is postponing its controversial age verification policy after users of the popular platform for gamers to communicate online expressed strong objections and privacy concerns.

 

Social media can be addictive even for adults, but there are ways to cut back

Social media addiction has been compared to casinos, opioids and cigarettes. While there’s some debate among experts about the line between overuse and addiction, and whether social media can cause the latter, there’s no doubt many people feel like they can’t escape the pull of Instagram, TikTok, Sn

 

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Mark Zuckerberg quizzed on kids’ Instagram use in social media trial

Mark Zuckerberg and opposing lawyers dueled in a Los Angeles courtroom Wednesday, where the Meta CEO answered questions about young people’s use of Instagram, his congressional testimony and internal advice he’s received to be “authentic” and not “robotic.”

 

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Instagram chief says he does not believe people can get clinically addicted to social media

Adam Mosseri, the head of Meta’s Instagram, testified during a landmark social media trial in Los Angeles that he disagrees people can be addicted to social media platforms.

 

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Google, Meta, push back on addiction claims in landmark social media trial

Jurors in a landmark social media case that seeks to hold companies responsible for harms to children got their first glimpse into what will be a lengthy trial characterized by dueling narratives from the plaintiffs and the two remaining defendants, Meta and YouTube.

 

Meta and YouTube to face claims of social media addiction in children in landmark trial

The world’s biggest social media companies face several landmark trials this year that seek to hold them responsible for harms to children who use their platforms.

 

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Security concerns and skepticism are bursting the bubble of Moltbook, the viral AI social forum

Moltbook, a so-called social network built exclusively for AI agents, has generated buzz in the technology world and posts from the platform have set the internet ablaze with conversations about autonomous artificial intelligence.

 

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