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Kids Hooked on AI Chatbots Are Showing Dramatically Worse Mental Health: They're turning to AI chatbots for help, but their machine confidantes are doing more harm than good.

Motorola Signature 27 with GrapheneOS will cost €1.900

Are we finally getting small phones again? I’ve been looking at phones lately and I’ve seen this company called Enough from their YouTube kickstarter video. It’s them and SLEKE (maker of OdesseyOS) working on building a nice size phone. I’m thinking of supporting their kickstarter because I am tired of these humongous phablets, and I can’t stand on how they feel in my hand when holding them. The phone has everything I want but I am really wondering if the bootloader will be unlockable. —-——————————————————————————————————— Some important edits that should be added; (after looking on Enough’s website and kickstarter) No unlockable bootloader No sideloading On Enough’s website, storage is expandable by MicroSD or that same space is using a physical SIM card and you have the option for eSIM No headphone jack, but a USBC to 3.5mm converter is given if you do the kickstarter Stock android or OdessyOS only (from SLEKE); no flashing capabilities at all Replaceable battery Price of phone from kickstarter: Super Early bird price: $399 USD (sold out) Early bird: $449 USD Kickstarter special; $499 USD Retail price after campaign: $599 USD

Beyond the compiler: Making IBM i run modified native code https://blog.silentsignal.eu/2026/11/10/Beyond-the-compiler-Making-IBM-i-run-modified-native-code-PVV/ #HackerNews #Tech #Technology

After Texas’ blue wave, what happens to Elon Musk and SpaceX? “Data centers in space looking pretty appealing right now.”

Big Tech claims voters’ AI backlash is “anti-Trump” not “anti-tech”: Tech industry in denial as US overwhelmingly votes to restrict AI, data centers.

Hakeem Jeffries Is Bankrolled by the Most Controversial Tech Companies in Existence: "The same corporate donors give to both sides so they win regardless of electoral outcomes."

Ouch: The Raspberry Pi 5 just hit an eye-watering $385

NYT demands Brave shut down its paywall blocker and end deals with AI firms

North Korean fake job interview led to $6.3B Binance heist North Korean cryptocurrency thieves tricked a Binance software engineer into downloading malware onto their work-issued computer during a fake job interview process before last week’s record-breaking $6.3 billion heist. In an incident report published on Tuesday, the cryptocurrency exchange said several techniques - including social engineering via fake job interviews, malware downloads, compromised internal AI tooling, endpoint takeover, and an “advanced transaction-authorization method” - led to the October 29 security breach. “Our current investigation indicates that this was a sophisticated, multi-stage campaign,” the incident report said. “It was not a single isolated breach or a simple phishing incident.” Over the weekend, the FBI attributed the theft to TraderTraitor, a North Korean hacking operation linked to Lazarus Group, known for combining espionage with massive cryptocurrency heists. The Pyongyang-backed crew is also highly adept at job market scams - both posing as IT workers, who are then hired by Western companies, and as potential employers to lure software engineers into downloading malware and infecting corporate devices.

France plans internet tax of 5.5 cents per gigabyte

Datacentres are deeply unpopular – so the geniuses at OpenAI are rebranding them: These resource-guzzling centres drive up utility bills and are hated across the political spectrum.

Knit's $999 Dolby Atmos soundbar comes wrapped in a woven sweater https://www.yankodesign.com/2026/11/11/knits-999-dolby-atmos-soundbar-comes-wrapped-in-a-woven-sweater/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=knits-999-dolby-atmos-soundbar-comes-wrapped-in-a-woven-sweater #Design #Audio #Technology

Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes: Google has cut ties with the company behind the botnet campaign.

Vibe Coded AO3 Clone Site Down After Fanfic Authors Buried It With 2,000 Takedown Notices in a Single Day

The Verge: Google might scan your photos for personalized ads

Apple warns of ‘unprecedented’ rise in memory chip prices

AI Users Are Working Up to 90 Minutes Longer Every Day, Study Finds

Google Will Turn Off Search for Schools That Reject A.I Google announced Tuesday that early next year it would turn off artificial intelligence tools in its popular software for K-12 students, unless school administrators explicitly choose to make such tools available. Executives at the tech giant said they wanted to be responsive to educators and parents who have asked for more control in how children interact with A.I. But there is a catch: Schools that choose to restrict A.I. entirely will also lose access to Google search. A.I. features are now a standard part of Google’s commercially available search engine. “Search and A.I. are deeply integrated,” said Chris Phillips, vice president for education at Google. If a school has banned A.I., he added, students “will not have access to search, and they’ll see a message from their school that indicates it’s not available.” Google is by far the dominant technology player in K-12 classrooms. Google’s suite of education apps — including Gmail, Docs and an assignment platform called Classroom — is ubiquitous. Google Chromebooks, low-cost laptops, are the most widely issued student devices in U.S. schools. And Google is synonymous with internet search, a crucial tool for students across the globe. The company’s new strategy underscores Google’s powerful role in American education. If school leaders want continued student access to search within the company’s ecosystem, they will be forced to embrace Google’s A.I. In recent months, Google has been promoting its Gemini chatbot as a valuable educational tool, saying it can aid teachers in planning lessons and serve as a personalized tutor for students. A new student version of Gemini, Guided Learning, is supposed to make it harder for students to use A.I. to cheat. “We’re evolving our approach,” said Mr. Phillips. He promised tools that would “support the productive struggle” of learning and tamp down on students turning to A.I. for easy answers. In August, Google turned on A.I. features as the default option inside its Classroom app for K-12 schools that had allowed students separate access to the company’s Gemini chatbot. The move upset some school leaders, who felt schools should be able to decide how and when students used Google’s A.I. Google’s August change will now be reversed. A parent movement has been pushing back against the use of A.I. in schools, and against screen time more generally. While A.I. chatbots can be useful tools for research and coding, they can also easily be used to cheat on school assignments and can provide false information. Research shows chatbots can also hinder critical thinking and ensnare adolescents in emotional dependency. Last week, New York State passed a chatbot safety law that would prohibit companies from providing a variety of A.I. features for minors. And in September, the nation’s two largest school districts, in New York City and Los Angeles — both Google clients — broadly restricted student access to generative artificial intelligence on school devices. Officials in the Los Angeles Unified School District said at the time that they were hoping students would be able to conduct Google searches with A.I. overviews turned off. The overviews are A.I.-generated summaries that appear at the top of searches. They can dissuade students from seeking out multiple sources of information. On Monday, Google executives said that for districts that choose to allow A.I., there will be two options for search inside school-issued accounts, beginning in early 2027. One option will be search with A.I. overviews and A.I. chats turned on, similar to the current consumer experience. The other will be search using Guided Learning, the student version of Google’s Gemini chatbot. Guided Learning is intended to guide students through a topic step-by-step without providing them with answers that could short-circuit learning. It is supposed to offer an experience modeled on one-to-one tutoring. The consumer version of Guided Learning is already available within Gemini, and can enable cheating. In a reporter’s test, it produced a detailed essay in response to an Advanced Placement history prompt. There are greater restrictions in the school version that is currently being piloted, according to Brit Mennuti, product lead for Google Classroom. She said teachers would be able to review students’ chatbot transcripts, among other capabilities.

Major test for Australia's social media ban begins in High Court