20 side hustle ideas to make extra money during the holidays and in 2026

Upwork details 20 side hustle ideas for supplementary income, emphasizing creativity and flexibility to meet holiday expenses ...

JavaScript turns 30: From 10-day prototype to the backbone of the modern web

Thirty years ago, Netscape and Sun Microsystems introduced JavaScript as a new, cross-platform scripting language for ...
Sydney Morning Herald

High Court challengers of teen social media ban want Musk, Google to fund case

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The backer of a High Court challenge to the government’s teen social media ban has called for the likes of Elon Musk and Google to fund ...
The Australian Financial Review

‘Like 1984’: Teens launch social media ban High Court challenge

A constitutional challenge to Australia’s world-first law increasing the minimum age to use social media to 16 has been filed with the High Court of Australia in a high-stakes threat to a policy at ...
PC Gamer

I've never been as excited by a social media website as much as I am by this solo dev's 'cyber-vibe text-only' site that is 'how the internet was supposed to be'

I got rid of pretty much all my social media years ago, and I've been a happier, freer man ever since. But I'd be lying if there wasn't part of me that still desires that dopamine fix of scrolling ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

For the first time, social media overtakes TV as Americans’ top news source

For years, social media and video apps weren’t quite able to overtake good old television as Americans’ most-used source for news. That’s finally changed, according to Oxford’s Reuters Institute for ...
New York Magazine

7 Reasons to Think Social Media Has Peaked

The most contentious debate in tech and finance right now is whether or not the AI boom has turned into a bubble, and what the consequences might be if it has. (In addition to your more typical “yes” ...
The Verge

Adobe’s AI social media admin is here with ‘Project Moonlight’

Project Moonlight can draw inspiration from a user’s social media presence and Adobe project history. Project Moonlight can draw inspiration from a user’s social media presence and Adobe project ...
TechCrunch

A new wave of social media apps provide hope in a doomscrolling world

She grew up in the One Direction and Marvel fandoms in the early 2010s. This was back when people posted photos of lattes using the Valencia filter on Instagram, and Twitter was still Twitter, a place ...
NPR

Kids who use social media score lower on reading and memory tests, a study shows

Preteens using increasing amounts of social media perform poorer in reading, vocabulary and memory tests in early adolescence compared with those who use no or little social media. That's according to ...
EurekAlert!

Social media use trajectories and cognitive performance in adolescents

About The Study: This analysis found that both low and high increases in social media use throughout early adolescence were significantly associated with lower performance in specific aspects of ...
Wired

ICE Wants to Build Out a 24/7 Social Media Surveillance Team

Documents show that ICE plans to hire dozens of contractors to scan X, Facebook, TikTok, and other platforms to target people for deportation. United States immigration authorities are moving to ...