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In his best-selling book, The Anxious Generation, author Jonathan Haidt, a professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business, discusses the social changes that have led to the surge in anxiety and depression among Gen Z: the introduction of smartphones and social media.The book spawned the Anxious Generation Movement, a public health campaign “focused on policy, culture, and behavior change,” according to the book’s website. The team, led by Hite, has been tracking Congress on children’s phone use and producing documents that provide ideas for policy development and more.Gen Z is not the only generation affected by smartphones and…
General Motors said it plans to launch an autonomous driving system in 2028 that allows drivers to take their eyes off the road and hands off the wheel, starting with the Cadillac Escalade IQ. The announcement was made Wednesday at the GM Forward event in New York City, a year after TechCrunch first reported that the automaker was working on the system. GM said its hands-off advanced driver assistance system, known as Super Cruise, is the foundation of this future, more capable product. Super Cruise, which was released in 2017 and currently has 23 models in its lineup, can drive…
In May, country singer Martina McBride appeared at a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing on Privacy, Technology, and the Law to speak out against AI-generated deepfakes. Last week, she expanded on her testimony at the CNBC AI Summit in Nashville.McBride, along with Morna Willens, chief policy officer at the Recording Industry Association of America, spoke to CNBC’s Courtney Regan about the NO FAKES Act, a bipartisan bill focused on protecting an individual’s voice and likeness.The top female vocalist, who won four Academy of Country Music Awards, said speaking out about deepfakes and the need for AI guardrails hits close to home.…
London — Pressure is intensifying on Britain’s Prince Andrew, who has failed to quell the scandal over his association with disgraced financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. There has been an avalanche of headlines in recent days, in the run up to the publication of a posthumous memoir, “Nobody’s Girl,” by his accuser Virginia Giuffre. The royal family will have hoped Andrew’s decision on Friday to give up the use of his royal titles and honors would put an end to the saga. But it has not. Once celebrated as a decorated war hero, Andrew, the brother of King…
As Victoria Beckham knows, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. The Spice Girls alum recently reflected on what she and husband David Beckham have faced during their quarter-century of marriage, including allegations from former nanny Rebecca Roos in 2004 that Beckham and the former footballer had an affair. “So much has been thrown at us,” Victoria, 51, said during an appearance on Call Her Daddy on October 22. “We just recently celebrated our 26th wedding anniversary, so we were talking about that. By the way, people said 26 years wouldn’t work.” She continued, “We’ve had so much thrown at…
Travis Kelce, No. 87, of the Kansas City Chiefs looks on during warm-ups before a game against the Detroit Lions at Arrowhead Stadium on October 12, 2025 in Kansas City, Missouri. Jamie Squire | Getty ImagesNFL star Travis Kelce is partnering with activist investor Jana Partners to help reshape the NFL’s future. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation.Jana announced Tuesday that it has partnered with Kelce, consumer director Glenn Murphy and technology director Dave Habiger, whose investment group currently owns about a 9% economic interest in the amusement park operator.Six Flags stock soared more than 15% on Tuesday on the news.The group…
Meta’s chief AI officer, Alexander Wang, said in a memo to staff on Wednesday that the company would cut about 600 jobs from its Superintelligence Institute, Axios reported. Meta declined to comment, but told TechCrunch that the Axios report is accurate. Meta has had a busy summer on the hiring front as companies like Meta, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others compete to build the most powerful AI systems. The company poached more than 50 researchers from competitors with multimillion-dollar compensation packages, but OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claimed that “none of the best people[at OpenAI]took the offer.” “Reducing the size of…
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc. | Digital Vision | Getty ImagesAround the same time that Accenture announced an investment in Snorkel AI, a data labeling startup aimed at empowering its financial services clients, in August, the startup announced it would lay off about 13% of its staff.It wasn’t alone.when meta acquired a large stake in Scale AI in June, a deal touted as a show of confidence in the fast-growing data label company. This also led to the layoff of 14% of staff. Windsurf, a coding AI startup, offered all of its employees a buyout after its acquisition plan for OpenAI…
It’s difficult here for Lily Allen when it comes to dating. The “Smile” singer shed some light on how dating has been going since she split from David Harbor in February after four years of marriage, admitting it’s been “much harder” than she expected. “I’m terribly disappointed,” she said in an interview with Perfect magazine on October 21st. “There’s an element of humiliation and shame in this film. Women my age are not portrayed as desirable in society. And I feel like I’m climbing a mountain.” Lily knows that finding another partner won’t solve everything, but she thinks it will…
The most successful people have a morning routine that helps them live a great life. Data shows that how you start your day can have a huge impact on your energy, creativity, and sense of well-being.Arthur Brooks, a professor who teaches a class on managing happiness at Harvard University and writes a column on happiness for The Atlantic, has a series of habits you can choose each morning to boost your mood for the rest of the day.”I used all of my background in behavioral science and everything I learned about biology to put together a morning routine that boosts…