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Screens have become the digital pacifier for many babies. Phones and tablets are used during feeding, bedtime, chores, and moments when parents need a break. A major new study now warns that regular screen use before age two may carry developmental risks. Researchers from four UK universities say babies and toddlers under two should avoid regular intentional screen time. The review links higher screen exposure in the first two years with sleep problems, language delays, behavioural difficulties, obesity risk, short-sightedness, and later problems with friendships and social interactions. The risks start early The study, commissioned by the 1001 Critical Days…

If you were hoping the memory crisis was about to ease up, I have some bad news for you. It comes directly from Wall Street. Your next smartphone, laptop, or tablet could cost even more, regardless of whether it has recently been subject to a price hike. So how bad is it actually going to get? Investment bank Jefferies has laid out the clearest and ugliest forecast yet.  Memory prices are expected to jump by 40-50% in the third quarter of 2026 compared with the current quarter. While it would have been great if they had stopped there, prices could…

YouTuber Matthew Trahan has made a career out of 3D printing increasingly unusual things. He has printed musical instruments, bedroom furniture, and, in one particularly memorable video, himself. His latest project is a full outfit, from shirt to shoes, belt to glasses, because apparently nobody told him 3D printers are for creating engineering prototypes or structures that aren’t otherwise feasible, not for fashion week. So how did it actually go, and what did it cost? Trahan’s checklist for his latest video included ten items: a shirt, shorts, shoes, socks, a belt, a hat, a wallet, a bag, a tie, and…

Forgetting the recovery phrase to a crypto wallet can be stressful enough. Unfortunately, that’s exactly the moment scammers are waiting for. A new warning highlights a growing scam in which cybercriminals disguise malware as cryptocurrency recovery software, tricking desperate users into handing over far more than just access to their wallets. The fake recovery tool that’s actually malware According to The Guardian, the scam begins when users search online for a way to recover a forgotten 12- or 24-word seed phrase, the recovery key that unlocks a cryptocurrency wallet. Fake websites then promote seemingly legitimate recovery tools with reassuring names…

Artificial intelligence chatbots have become incredibly good at sounding human. But according to a new report by The Wall Street Journal, that realism can sometimes come with unintended psychological consequences. Researchers say three common chatbot behaviors, sycophancy, linguistic alignment, and hyperpersonalization, can combine to reinforce distorted thinking in vulnerable users, creating what they describe as an “amplification spiral.” Researchers say these are the three warning signs The first behavior is sycophancy, where a chatbot tends to agree with users instead of challenging questionable assumptions. The second is linguistic alignment, meaning the AI gradually mirrors a user’s vocabulary, tone, and writing…

For the past few weeks, Anthropic’s Mythos has been viewed as the gold standard for AI-powered cybersecurity. That lead may already be shrinking. According to a new report from The Wall Street Journal, security researchers say Chinese AI startup Z.ai’s GLM-5.2 can now match Mythos when it comes to finding software security vulnerabilities, even if it still trails Anthropic and OpenAI in broader reasoning tasks. GLM-5.2 is closing the gap in one very important area As per the report, researchers found GLM-5.2 performs on par with Mythos in identifying software bugs, a capability that’s becoming increasingly important as companies race…

I wasn’t among the first to install the iOS 27 developer beta, but once I did, I began appreciating the changes Apple has made. The Photos app, in particular, has received one of its most substantial upgrades, adding an improved Clean Up tool, Spatial Reframing, and the new Extend feature, the one I was most eager to try.  After spending some time with it on my iPhone 17, here’s how the tool has performed so far. Spoiler alert: it’s one of the most substantial additions to Apple’s previously slim lineup of AI features. I’ve tried the feature on several different…

There are already plenty of mental-health chatbots online, but they all run into the same problem. The user still has to reach out first. That is not always easy when someone is stressed, anxious, overwhelmed, or simply unsure how to put their feelings into words. Researchers at the University of Ottawa are working on a different kind of AI assistant. It is designed to read emotional cues in real time through signals from devices people already use, including smartwatches, smartphones, and earbuds. It does more than wait for a message The system is called UbiMyTherapist, short for “You Be My…

I bought the Kodak Charmera partly because I wanted a portable digital camera, and partly because I wanted a pretty little collectible. The Charmera is sold as a blind box, so you do not know which version you are getting until the box is opened. There are multiple retro Kodak-style designs, plus a transparent secret edition that looks like the one everyone would want. I had the shopkeeper pick my box for better luck, and it worked out. I got the yellow variant, which is inspired by Kodak’s original 80s disposable camera. The transparent one is definitely the fun collector’s…

Apple’s Mac RAM upgrades were already expensive enough to raise eyebrows. After the company’s latest round of price hikes, some of them now look ridiculous. Apple recently raised prices across its Mac and iPad lineup, along with other products, citing rising memory and storage costs. The supply crunch is real, but Mac buyers were paying steep premiums for RAM and SSD upgrades long before this jump. Recent MacBook Pro configuration screenshots shared by 9to5Mac show how much worse the upgrade path has become. Apple was already charging a heavy premium The screenshots show a MacBook Pro configuration where 48GB of…