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Launch HN: Speko (YC S26) – OpenRouter for Voice AI

Hi HN! I'm Bek, founder of Speko, a platform that finds an optimal combination of speech-to-text, LLM, and text-to-speech models, given your constraints, among all our public benchmarked options, and tells you why.Demo: https://www.you...

Myth busting Australia's teen social media restrictions

The world is copying Australia’s teen social media restrictions. The impacts are mixed and hard-to-measure.

Teen social media bans face barriers to success

Will teen social media bans have the desired effect, and what can be learned from the current state of teen social media restrictions that have already been enacted? At this stage, many nations are ...

How young NC Democrats want to close the Gen Z social media gap with Republicans

Voters of Tomorrow, a Gen Z political organization, has sought to work with Democratic Party leaders to determine how liberal creators can better reach and engage young audiences online.

‘Bellwether for the industry’: Landmark trial could redefine popular social media apps in Canada

One Canadian parent's concerns over social media echo the questions now being asked at the heart of the Meta trial in the ...

Meta is back in the courtroom to face its biggest social media addiction trial yet

Meta’s business relies on hooking young people and exploiting their data and attention, a lawyer for a group of state ...

His Excellency Khalfan Belhoul: Inside Dubai's mission to build the city of the future

What does it look like when a city becomes a laboratory for innovation? His Excellency Khalfan Belhoul, CEO of the Dubai Future Foundation, explains why Dubai is cutting the bureaucratic red tape to experiment with big ideas in everything from AI an...

WorkLife with Adam Grant: How to trust people you don't like

Astronauts on the International Space Station live in capsules together for months. And yes, they can get on each other's nerves. A crew of astronauts from different countries -- and the wilderness trainer who was called in for an emergency interven...

Psychology says people who apologize when someone else bumps into them may have developed an automatic social response

Apologizing when someone else bumps into you does not necessarily mean you lack confidence or believe everything is your ...

Working alone: Remote jobs took one hour of daily social contact and did not give it back

Remote work loneliness is now documented at landmark scale: a June 2026 Science study of 588,322 workers found employees in remote-capable jobs spent roughly one extra waking hour alone each workday ...

The Stanford Neuroscientist Who Debunks ‘Brain Hacks’ Says This One Actually Works

A Stanford neuroscientist's verdict on brain hacks that actually work: one free habit, 308,849 people studied, and the five bad predictions blocking you.

2 communication stocks likely to benefit from industry tailwinds

The Zacks Communication - Infrastructure industry is well-positioned to benefit from increasing fiber densification and widespread 5G deployment, driven by growing demand for advanced digital ...

Boxlight Accelerates Transformation Strategy Around Integrated EdTech, Communication and Safety Ecosystem

Boxlight Corporation (Nasdaq: BOXL), a leading provider of educational technology and campus communication solutions, today outlined its strategic vision to drive long-term growth through an ...

A transient hypothalamic CRH signal coordinates social investigation in mice

Successful navigation of the social environment depends on the ability to rapidly evaluate conspecifics and adjust behaviour accordingly. Encounters with unfamiliar individuals are particularly ...

Personal expectations of aging shape our social lives

What we expect from our own aging is not merely a notion. In two recent studies, an international research team led by ...

Innovative solutions and community engagement: Key to combating climate change

The Urgency of Addressing Climate Change Recently, experts convened to discuss the critical need for innovative strategies ...

Larz May: How to escape the smartphone doom loop

Larz May has spent a decade building digital wellness programs for young people, and she's discovered something quietly radical: the smartphone doom loop of screen dependence and anxiety is preventable, and joy (not restriction) is the way out. She...

Launch HN: Speko (YC S26) – OpenRouter for Voice AI

Hi HN! I'm Bek, founder of Speko, a platform that finds an optimal combination of speech-to-text, LLM, and text-to-speech models, given your constraints, among all our public benchmarked options, and tells you why.Demo: https://youtu.b...

Lessons from the NIPSS memoir on AI crisis communication study, By Shuaib S. Agaka

The project evolved into a book, "AI in Crisis Communication in Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects," endorsed by leading figures in technology.

Brains of teens with depression remain on high alert to social rejection

Adolescent girls with major depressive disorder show atypical brain responses when anticipating social rejection, failing to ...