10 things I wish I knew before trusting Claude Code to build my iPhone app

Vibe coding sounds effortless, until it isn't. Building a full iPhone app with Claude Code showed me why baby steps, backups, and testing matter.

I used Nano Banana Pro to create 20 social media posts, the response they got was shocking

Google Gemini now lets you generate images using Nano Banana Pro. I tested whether the bot can make compelling social media ...

World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features

World, the biometric ID verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, released the newest version of its app today, debuting ...
Nature

Australia’s world-first social media ban is a ‘natural experiment’ for scientists

Researchers will study the effects of the policy on young people’s mental health, social interactions and political ...

Teens Are Already Outsmarting Australia’s Social Media Ban

Australia banned social media apps for under-16s, but kids are finding ways around the ban. Will the government now play ...
Newsweek

America’s Social Media Ban Might Be Closer Than You Think

Around the world, governments are advancing strict age-verification requirements for social media, and the United States may not be far behind. A growing combination of international policy shifts and ...
The New York Times

The Social-Media Platform That Makes You Tell the Truth

Strava logs all your fitness achievements — and then some. By Steve Knopper On a beautiful fall Friday in Denver, someone named Wyatt stole my Local Legend crown. “There it goes!” chirped an email ...
People

Another Country Just Banned Social Media for Kids Under 16

Malaysia is following Australia's lead in introducing a minimum age requirement for young people to use the popular platforms Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...
New York Post

It’s not just Gen Z — all ages are being hit hard by this damaging side effect of social media

We’ve all heard how social media is devastating teen mental health — but a shocking new report confirms it’s robbing pretty much everyone of the ability to focus. The meta-study from Griffith ...
The New York Times

Study Finds Mental Health Benefit to One-Week Social Media Break

Young adults who engaged in a social media “detox” reported reductions in depression, anxiety and insomnia, though it was unclear how long the effects would last. By Ellen Barry Dialing down the use ...
studyfinds

Week-Long Social Media Detox Actually Leads Young Adults To Spend Even More Time On Their Phones

What happened: Researchers tracked 295 young adults who quit Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok, and X for one week, monitoring their phones to see what they did instead. Young adults who quit ...
Engadget

The most popular social media platform among US adults isn't Instagram or TikTok

Social media is an overwhelming part of our lives these days, but the Pew Research Center provided an in-depth look at just how much we rely on these platforms. In a 2025 report that looks at social ...