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Governments worldwide are moving to limit children’s access to social media as lawmakers question whether platforms are capable of enforcing their own minimum age requirements. TikTok recently became the latest tech giant to give into…

Ellen Roome, who with other grieving parents has taken TikTok to court, has spoken of her grief following the death of happy-go-lucky teenager Jools Sweeney01:14, 22 Jan 2026Updated 01:15, 22 Jan 2026View 4 ImagesEllen Roome spoken of her…

As Meta heads to trial in the state of New Mexico for allegedly failing to protect minors from sexual exploitation, the company is making an aggressive push to have certain information excluded from the court proceedings.The company has…

Technology Secretary Liz Kendall told MPs taking action to limit children's social media use carries "risks" whatever the approach but promised the Government "will act robustly"20:00, 20 Jan 2026View 2 ImagesSinger Peter Andre and called…

Jade Gu met her boyfriend online. Gu, who’s 26 and studies art theory in Beijing, was playing on her phone when she saw Charlie. She was deep in an otome game, a romance-driven video game where women are the protagonists. Charlie was a…

My friend Lilah is the crunchiest person I know.She refuses to kill bugs and rats. She once made me try her homemade wine (disastrous). A few years ago, she quit her food-justice nonprofit job to live in a yurt, and after that she went to…

CustomerFirst, a new team of experts, will be dedicated to cutting long phone queues, repeated form-filling and endless paperwork that Brits face when dealing with public services00:01, 17 Jan 2026View 2 ImagesWasting hours on the phone to…

As a software reporter at WIRED, I’ve tested a lot of shitty agents over the past couple of years. These experiences expose a consistent pattern of generative AI startups overpromising and underdelivering when it comes to these “agentic”…

The PM expressed concerns over kids screen time, and vowed to take 'further action' to protect children just hours after Wes Streeting expressed fears over brain development14:49, 15 Jan 2026Updated 14:56, 15 Jan 2026View 2 ImagesThe PM…

The embattled Tea app is back.Months after being removed from Apple’s App Store in light of major data breaches, the app that allows women to share anonymous Yelp-style reviews of men is relaunching with a new website designed to help women…