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Screen Time Showdown! Meta Must Add Big New Safety Rules for Teens
Meta agreed to pay $18 billion and add new rules for teens on Instagram and Facebook — including a 2-hour daily limit and a midnight lockout.
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ChatGPT Gets a Special Teen Mode — Built for Learning and Safety
OpenAI just launched ChatGPT for Teens, a safer AI version for ages 13–17. It helps students learn, think critically, and use AI in a healthier way.
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Tiny Light Robots Can Hunt Down and Catch Bacteria!
Scientists built robots smaller than a hair that chase and collect bacteria using light. Here's how these amazing nanorobots work and why they matter.
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100 and Counting! SpaceX Just Had Its 100th Launch of the Year
SpaceX reached a jaw-dropping milestone on Aug. 19 — its 100th rocket launch of 2026, putting 24 more Starlink internet satellites into orbit.
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New Phone Day! Google Unveils the Pixel 11 Tonight in New York City
Google is hosting its big Made by Google 2026 event tonight in New York City, revealing the brand-new Pixel 11 smartphone family to the world.
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Up, Up, and Away! SpaceX Is Launching 29 Internet Satellites Into Space Today
SpaceX is sending 29 Starlink internet satellites to orbit today on a Falcon 9 rocket — its 93rd launch of 2026! Here's how the mission works.
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Turn Up the Cool! Scientists Learned to Steer Heat Like a Beam of Light
UCLA scientists discovered how to guide heat in focused rays through a crystal at room temperature — like steering light through a fiber optic cable.
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Mystery Solved! Engineers Find What Made Blue Origin's Rocket Explode
Blue Origin has figured out why its New Glenn rocket blew up in May 2026 — a tiny faulty valve that controlled oxygen flow to one engine.
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Your Own AI Helper? Meta Says Everyone Could Have One Soon
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to build personal AI helpers for billions of people that could assist with health, school, finances and more.
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Robot Brain Breaks an 87-Year-Old Math Puzzle Nobody Could Solve!
An AI model helped a Harvard mathematician disprove the Jacobian conjecture, an 87-year-old math puzzle that stumped the world's best minds. Here's what happened!
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NASA Just Cut the Ribbon on Its First New Wind Tunnel in Over 40 Years!
NASA opened a brand-new wind tunnel today — its first major one in more than 40 years! It will help test future planes, drones, and even Moon missions.
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Self-Driving Cars Are About to Get Much Better Eyes!
MIT engineers built a new tiny chip that helps self-driving cars see a much wider area using pulses of light — and it has no moving parts that can break.
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The Robot Doctor for Sick Satellites Is Finally in Space!
A robotic spacecraft with long arms launched on July 21 to travel to distant satellites and fix, refuel, and upgrade them — like a doctor in space!
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Scientists Finally Built a Material That Only Existed in Theory — For Over Ten Years!
Finnish physicists created a special quantum material that scientists predicted over a decade ago but could never make — and it could help build future computers.