As the mother of a newly minted 13-year-old, I know firsthand that teens have specific and valid skincare concerns, despite all the Sephora-shaming that’s been heaped on them. After all, puberty is ...

WELCOME BACK. SO HEART HEALTH MAY NOT BE TOP OF MIND FOR TEENS AND YOUNG ADULTS, BUT BY THE TIME THEY TURN 18, IT’S NOT UNCOMMON TO HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED HEART DISEASE RISK FACTORS. SO THIS BEING ...

Family dinners may play a role in reducing teenage alcohol, drug and vaping use. A new study published in the Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma suggests that regularly sharing meals as a ...

People don’t agree on much these days. But one thing brings them together, whatever their politics: the idea that, because social media harm children and teenagers, they should be banned from using ...

Discord has announced plans to enforce a new "teen-appropriate" experience by default next month, requiring age verification to access restricted content or change content settings. In a blog post ...

Lyft launched teen accounts on Monday, about two years after rival Uber rolled out the feature. CEO David Risher told CNBC that the company "wanted to get it right" with teen accounts. Lyft is also ...

For more than a decade, policymakers and advocacy groups have cast teenagers’ use of social media as a looming public health crisis. This now widely accepted assumption has fueled calls for bans and ...

Three leading social media companies have agreed to undergo independent assessments of how effectively they protect the mental health of teenage users, submitting to a battery of tests announced ...

Spain to hold social media execs accountable for hate speech Spain joins regulator 'Coalition of the Digitally Willing' 82% of Spaniards support banning social media for kids under 14 Elon Musk, on X, ...

Java Development Kit (JDK) 26, a planned update to standard Java due March 17, 2026, has reached its second release candidate (RC) stage. The RC is open for critical bug fixes, with the feature set ...

Spain became the latest country to announce a social media ban for under-16s from next week, following in Australia's footsteps. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said Spain will enforce a series of strict ...