#child-safety

#child-safety

At the Consumer Electronics Show in early January, Razer made waves by unveiling a small jar containing a holographic anime bot designed to accompany gamers not just during gameplay, but in daily life. The lava-lamp-turned-girlfriend is undeniably bizarre-but Razer's vision of constant, sometimes sexualized companionship is hardly an outlier in the AI market.

Over the next year, top social media executives are expected to take the witness stand to defend their companies from an avalanche of claims about their failure to protect kids. The first of many trials is set to begin this month in California, when Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face claims that tech addiction harmed a teenager's mental health. This case is just the tip of the legal iceberg.

A planning row over the development of 55 apartments at a protected structure in a south Dublin suburb has resulted in dozens of residents submitting objections due to concerns about child safety, traffic and the impact on local creches and schools. South Dublin County Council granted permission to Emmaville Ltd, a joint venture between Tipperary building firm Clancy Construction and Cork property developers Lyonshall Ltd, for the construction of an apartment block at Scholarstown House on Scholarstown Road in Dublin 16 last month.

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1. A cup holder snack tray converter so you can spend fewer road trips straining your arm while contorting it to hand individual Goldfish crackers from the front seat to the grabby hands in the back. 2. A pair of noise reduction ear muffs that'll cut back on the noise in your little's ears by 23 decibels and help muffle loud travel sounds, whether they're awake or asleep.

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They are taught no emotional reaction is bad and to speak up about anything that makes them uncomfortable, including hugs. As a result, St Saviour's doesn't have any permanent exclusions and a lower rate of suspensions. Over 9,000 London schoolchildren are receiving lessons up to three times a week on respect, kindness and how their actions make others feel. The project is designed by the global education specialists, Think Equal.

MTA Chair and CEO Janno Lieber on Tuesday responded to social media videos of straphangers either getting their limbs or belongings stuck in prototype fare gates the agency is testing at several subway stations. Lieber, during a Jan. 6 Pix11 interview, addressed clips of subway riders getting ensnared in the new gates most notably a 5-year-old girl who wound up in the hospital after her head got caught in one of them.

Yukai Engineering has taken an unexpected turn with its latest robotics innovation. The Tokyo-based startup unveiled Baby FuFu at CES 2026, a portable fan robot designed specifically for babies and toddlers. This isn't just another tech gadget-it's a thoughtful response to parent feedback and a clever evolution of the company's existing product line. Baby FuFu is essentially a supersized version of Yukai's popular Nékojita FuFu, the drink-cooling robot that captured attention at previous tech shows.

A 28-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of felony child endangerment after authorities accused him of causing a crash on the 5 Freeway in Lebec, near Pyramid Lake, killing two children in his SUV on Christmas Day. Jorge Preciado was behind the wheel of a Nissan Rogue traveling northbound near Vista Del Lago Road when he allegedly lost control and slammed into the back of a Toyota Rav4, which was stopped in the median, California Highway Patrol spokesman Officer Carlos Burgos-Lopez said.

YouTube cofounder Steve Chen is one of the latest tech trailblazers to warn against social media's impact on kids. Chen warned in a talk short-form video "equates to shorter attention spans" and said he wouldn't want his own kids to exclusively consume this type of content. Companies that distribute short-form video (which includes the company he cofounded, YouTube) should add safeguards for younger users, he added.

If you're noticing that the children are behaving dangerously or if you're finding that the neighbors' cars are taking up more than their share of spaces, you should alert the parents, through a calm, civil conversation. If I'm reading this correctly, you have a few cars on the street and the neighbors have a few cars on the street, but you don't want them to park on the street.

The poll from FabrizioWard found the national general Congressional ballot currently favors Democrats by a seven-point margin. FabrizioWard is the strategy and consulting firm led by Tony Fabrizio and Bob Ward; Fabrizio is a veteran Republican strategist who served as Trump's chief pollster in 2016, 2020, and 2024. The firm's latest figures were released last week on December 18. It was based on 1,000 registered voters across the U.S.