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An anonymous reader shares a report: On Wednesday, Pew Research Center published a survey assessing how parents in the US with children under 12 manage their kids' screen time, which revealed that 61% of respondents overall reported their child ever uses or interacts with smartphones -- including 38% of those with children under 2 years old. Much of this smartphone screen time is likely made up by parents streaming kid-friendly cartoons for their little ones to watch on the go: the study also found that YouTube use among children under 2 has risen sharply from 45% to 62% over the last five years. But it appears that most American toddlers only need to wait a few years before they can get devices of their very own. The same survey showed that almost one in four US parents overall allow their children aged 12 and under to have their own smartphones, and this ballooned to nearly 60% when just looking at kids aged 11-12 years old.

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Dominic Cummings said he and ex-PM Boris Johnson were notified of the 'serious' breach - involving 'extremely dangerous' information - in 2020.

Only 13% are AI-ready; the rest are bolting it on and hoping for ROI

Contrary to popular belief, you can't succeed in business (or AI) without really trying. Many orgs are jumping on the AI bandwagon without the infrastructure they need to make it work or track results, Cisco says. Most haven't even defined what they want their AI agents to do.…

David and Fiona Payne, who were on holiday with Kate and Gerry McCann when Madeleine vanished, gave evidence in court on Wednesday against Julia Wandelt, 24.

With Christmas a mere 71 days away, Britons are starting to make plans for what their families will be eating and drinking on the big day.

Minah Shannon, who appeared in series three of the hit BBC show, didn't win but quickly became one of the season's most memorable contestants.

The Japanese government has made a formal request asking OpenAI to refrain from copyright infringement. The request came after Sora 2 began generating videos featuring copyrighted characters from anime and video games. Minoru Kiuchi spoke at the Cabinet Office press conference on Friday and described manga and anime as "irreplaceable treasures" that Japan boasts to the world. The request was made online by the Cabinet Office's Intellectual Property Strategy Headquarters. Sora 2, which launched recently, generates twenty-second videos at 1080p resolution. Social media is getting filled with videos showing characters from One Piece, Demon Slayer, Pokemon and Mario. Digital Minister Masaaki Taira expressed hopes that OpenAI would comply voluntarily. He indicated that measures under Japan's AI Promotion Act may be invoked if the issue remains unresolved.

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It's a magical experience for families this festive season

An Essex hospital trust has paid out more than £80million to birth injury claims following fatalities and stillborns.

A bill, drafted by the Council of the European Union, will be discussed at World Health Organisation (WHO) meeting in November. It will weigh up a ban on the sale of cigarettes in shops.

The UK is squandering an opportunity to keep pace with the rest of the world in terms of crypto adoption, the former Chancellor George Osborne has said.

Geraint Berry, 46, was caught hiding in the bushes by police with his murder kit in a rucksack alongside his secret lover Michelle Mills, 46.

The actress, 53, split from the Coldplay frontman in 2014 after 10 years of marriage, but her use of the phrase instead of 'divorce' sparked widespread ridicule.

With every day that passes, fears of a steep global stock market correction (crash) accentuate.

Analysis of more than 550k UK cars between January and September found that 16.3% showed evidence of one of these two forms of tampering.

Essex Police are launching a fresh appeal thirteen years after the fire which killed six members of one family

Every week, Femail asks two singletons to report back from their blind date. This week, it was Bianca and Carlos's turn to see if they were a match. Here's what happened...

Vibe coding may have played a role in what took researchers months to fix

Developers of VS Code extensions are leaking sensitive secrets left, right and center, according to researchers who worked with Microsoft to combat an issue that could have led to some nasty supply chain attacks.…

Epping Forest District Council is taking legal action against Somani Hotels over the use of the Bell Hotel, with the Home Office intervening in the case.

The disgraced solicitor even stole from the estate of a deceased client