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Exhausted Parents Are Turning to A.I. Apps Despite the Risks

Even as alarm grows over the risks, families are embracing bots and agents to tackle the spiraling administrative tasks of modern child rearing.

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Lisa Green reads to Ollie at the library in Overland Park, Kansas on October 3, 2026.

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Decision to Pull the Trigger on Meta’s A.I. Agent

9 October 2026 at 05:03
Meta had delayed releasing Muse, its A.I. agent app, for months over safety concerns. Then new competition forced Mr. Zuckerberg’s hand.

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Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, with various iterations of the Muse avatar.

How to Listen to Your Favorite Music, Online or Off the Grid

30 September 2026 at 05:03
Streaming services can introduce you to a wonderland of nearly unlimited audio, but downloading your digital collection has advantages.

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Tap the Download menu in the Apple Music app to see which songs, albums and playlists are stored locally on your phone or tablet.

I Gave My Life Over to Meta’s A.I. Agent and Was Blown Away

22 September 2026 at 15:24
Muse, Meta’s A.I. agent, helped handle my dental insurance, booked dinner reservations and created a podcast for me. It also required my most personal data, and trust.

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The New York Times reporter Eli Tan using Meta Muse to buy movie tickets in San Francisco.

Meta Introduces Muse, an A.I. Agent That Can Send Your Emails and Book Your Travel

8 September 2026 at 15:00
Muse, Meta’s new A.I. agent, acts as a personal digital assistant that connects to Facebook and Instagram, as well as third-party apps such as Spotify and OpenTable.

A Hacking Tool Built With A.I. Can Breach Phones Without a Click

8 September 2026 at 12:50
An attack discovered by A.I. researchers could have compromised hundreds of millions of devices within hours, experts said.

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Researchers at Calif, a security company, recently built a hacking tool in a little more than a week that could run roughshod across WeChat, the popular messaging platform.

Key App Developers Have Yet to Embrace Apple’s New Siri A.I.

8 September 2026 at 05:04
For the company’s new artificial intelligence system to take off, it will need plenty of support from the makers of popular apps on Apple’s phones.

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The new Siri is a revamp of Apple’s A.I. technology.

Get to Know Your Phone’s Built-In Emergency Kit

2 September 2026 at 05:03
In times of natural disasters and other dangers, special features tucked away on your iPhone or Android device could help make a difference.

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Apple’s more recent iPhone models include the ability to communicate with emergency services by text chat over a satellite connection, as well as a demonstration mode.

Map Apps Are Handling Trump’s Renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America Differently

1 September 2026 at 20:40
Navigation companies face a new dilemma after President Trump ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America.

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The companies making map apps are having to respond to President Trump’s order to change the lake’s name from Lake Ontario to Lake America.

Mark Zuckerberg Wants to Make Sure YouTube and TikTok Share His Pain

27 August 2026 at 16:48
Meta, the social media giant, agreed to change the way children interact with its apps. That could be trouble if its competitors don’t abide by the same rules.

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To settle the suits, Meta agreed to drastically rein in children’s’ access to marquee products like Instagram and Facebook.

What’s Changing For Teens on Instagram and Facebook After Meta Settlement

26 August 2026 at 14:22
Meta agreed to set more time limits and enhance protections in its platforms for young users, but was short on some specifics.

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Meta said that it would change how teenagers use Instagram and Facebook as part of a landmark settlement with 47 states.

Apple Removes Some Fees for App Developers in European Union

19 August 2026 at 10:49
The move followed a long battle with regulators over the company’s tight controls of its App Store.

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Starting in October, Apple will remove several fees for app developers in the European Union.
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