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Australia Kicks Kids Off Social Media + Is the A.I. Water Issue Fake? + Hard Fork Wrapped

✇NYT: Technology
By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Rachel Cohn · Whitney Jones · Jen Poyant · Katie McMurran · Dan Powell · Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
12 December 2025 at 07:00
“I’m told that Australian teens, in preparation for this ban, have been exchanging phone numbers with each other.”

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We Met NEO, the Viral Humanoid Robot + HatGPT

✇NYT: Technology
By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Whitney Jones · Rachel Cohn · Jen Poyant · Katie McMurran · Dan Powell · Elisheba Ittoop · Rowan Niemisto and Diane Wong
7 November 2025 at 07:00
People have been waiting for a robot to do their chores since they watched “The Jetsons.” Can the company behind NEO finally make it happen?

© Photo Illustration by The New York Times; Photo: The New York Times

Character.AI’s Teen Chatbot Crackdown + Elon Musk Groks Wikipedia + 48 Hours Without A.I.

✇NYT: Technology
By:Kevin Roose · Casey Newton · Rachel Cohn · Whitney Jones · Jen Poyant · Katie McMurran · Dan Powell · Marion Lozano and Rowan Niemisto
31 October 2025 at 07:00
“We are living through a dramatic contraction in the access that teenagers have to technology online.”

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