teenagers

A boy sits at a cluttered desk with headphones on, looking at an iPad.
Retail

Gen Alpha’s economic influence is ‘enormous’—From side hustles and bankrolling from their parents, they’ve surpassed $100 billion in spending power

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March 7, 2026
A girl carrying a bag of tennis balls and a tennis racket gets into the backseat of a car.
North America

Lyft introduces feature to help get teenagers out of the house: ‘The problems of 2026 are social isolation and too much screen time’

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February 9, 2026
Two gamer teenagers work on computers.
Cybersecurity

Feds are hunting teenage hacking groups like ‘Scattered Spider’ who have targeted $1 trillion worth of the Fortune 500 since 2022

By
January 1, 2026
Pope Leo XIV waves
Success

Pope Leo warns Gen Z and Gen Alpha that using AI too much could stunt their personal and career growth: ‘Don’t ask it to do your homework’

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November 24, 2025
Palantir CEO Alex Karp
Success

Palantir CEO Alex Karp says this type of prestigious college grad is doomed. People with expert knowledge will ‘make a lot more money’

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November 13, 2025
Palantir CEO Alex Karp
Success

Palantir says college is no longer a reliable training ground—so it hired 22 high school students instead: ‘Skip the debt. Skip the indoctrination.’

By
November 5, 2025
Just like humans, AI can get ‘brain rot’ from low-quality text and the effects appear to linger, pre-print study says
AI

Just like humans, AI can get ‘brain rot’ from low-quality text and the effects appear to linger, pre-print study says

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October 22, 2025
Mark Cuban speaks onstage during Global Citizen NOW at Hudson’s Detroit on July 10, 2025 in Detroit, Michigan.
AI

Mark Cuban warns that OpenAI’s new plan to allow adults-only erotica in ChatGPT could ‘backfire. Hard’

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October 15, 2025
Mark Zuckerberg raises his arms on stage
AI

Meta just tied your private AI chats to its ad business. The next step? Designing bots that keep you talking, expert says

By
October 2, 2025
A young person with yellow hair and wired headphones walks in front of the Starbucks coffee shop, looking in.
North America

Starbucks chases Gen Z nostalgia, betting $1 billion on plan to bring back the ‘third place’

By
September 25, 2025
Meta’s new rules block teenagers from livestreaming on Instagram
Tech

Meta’s new rules block teenagers from livestreaming on Instagram

By
April 9, 2025
Steve Jobs.
Success

Steve Jobs was just 12 when he called HP’s cofounder. What happened next put him on the path to success at Apple

By
March 16, 2025
Gen Z teens tell us why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok
Commentary

Gen Z teens tell us why they stopped trusting experts in favor of influencers on TikTok

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February 14, 2025
Robotic hands mess with the head of a person.
Features

Can AI make us lose our minds? Chatbot ‘companions’ can prey on our vulnerabilities in unsettling ways

By
February 12, 2025
Mourners hold candles at a vigil after a school shooting in Wisconsin
Lifestyle

The 15-year-old girl who killed a student and teacher in Wisconsin was brand-new at the school but raised no red flags

By Scott Bauer, Giovanna Dell'Orto, Todd Richmond and The Associated Press
December 20, 2024

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