New York City sues social media companies, alleging they 'created a youth mental health crisis'

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New York.

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AOC says people are being 'algorithmically polarized' by social media

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
"There are people that are living in a MAGA universe online," Ocasio-Cortez said. "And that happens as well in progressive content and algorithms."

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Sora 2 makes me realize the AI future really is here. It's wonderful — and terrifying.

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Sora 2 with Katie and Sam Altman
Sora 2 can make videos of me flying a dragon or Sam Altman robbing a store. They look real — which is fun, and also terrifying.

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Could making silly AI videos of your friends be social media's next frontier? Let's talk about OpenAI's Sora.

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Two screengrabs of Sora videos, one of Geoff and Sydney in front of a laptop, the other of them holding microphones in Central Park.
Sora-generated videos of Geoff Weiss and Sydney Bradley collaborating on this story.

Sora

YouTube to pay $22 million to Trump to settle post-January 6 ban case

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President Donald Trump
President Donald Trump

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These founders built a map app for Gen Z to discover new places like restaurants and shops. They've raised $3.8 million.

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Corner founders Jake Xia and Eliza Wu
Corner cofounders Jake Xia (CTO) and Eliza Wu (CEO).

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8 phone rules parents should set for kids, according to Facebook's former chief security officer

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Ex-Facebook chief security officer Alex Stamos is pictured.
Former Facebook and Yahoo security executive Alex Stamos has eight recommended rules for raising kids in the age of smartphones and social media.

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WhatsApp's former security head claims Meta's performance review system punished him for speaking up

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WhatsApp.

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This summer's hottest stadium sensation: Fans caught on camera

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A crowd at a baseball game
At stadiums these days, the real show isn't on the field or stage — it's in the stands.

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Yondr's CEO, who makes cellphone pouches for schools and concerts, uses only a flip phone — and stays off social media

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Graham Dugoni, CEO of Yondr, the company that makes phone pouches for schools.

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