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Opinion: We know far too little about how social media affects kids’ brains

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

The American Psychological Association has issued its first advisory on social media use in adolescence. What’s most striking in its data-based recommendations is how little we really know about how these apps affect our kids.The relative newness of platforms like Snapchat and TikTok means little research is available about their long-term effects on teen and tween brains. Getting better data will require significant funding — and much more transparency from tech companies.Perhaps a lack of clear data is one reason that so much of the conversation around social media and kids leans on our personal experiences and attitudes. And so much of the available data is murky: There’s plenty of correlative evidence that platforms like TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram can have a negative effect on kids’ development, but very little causal data.That doesn’t mean that our assumptions about social media’s deleterious effects on kids aren’t true, or that parents don’t have cause to worry. But it has...

Review: The entertaining rise and fall of the ‘CrackBerry’

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

By Mark Kennedy | Associated PressGather around, young ones. Silence your iPhones and Samsungs. We’re here to learn about the Before Times, when the hottest tech device was nicknamed “CrackBerry.”The gripping and hugely enjoyable “BlackBerry” is about the famous — and later infamous — Research in Motion gadget that helped trigger the global smartphone era as we know it, before sliding into obsolescence.The BlackBerry may seem quaint now in the days of sleek water resistant 5G phones with face ID, but it was the first mobile device with a pager, cellphone and email capability all in one thing. No idea? Ask your parents.“BlackBerry” tells the standard rise and fall of a tech startup that blows up, naturally leading to insider infighting — think “Silicon Valley” and “The Social Network” — but there’s a twist here: The main money guy, while very shouty, is not the sleazy, bad guy you might expect.Director and co-wri...

Kurtenbach: Draymond Green’s going to go down swinging. That’s why the Warriors are still alive

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

It’s pretty simple.If Draymond Green is going down — if the Warriors’ dynasty is coming with him — then it’s going to be an event.Green is not looking to hold onto any dignity on the way out.He came into the league swinging. He’s experienced the highest highs in the league by swinging. You can bet your last dollar that he’s going down swinging. There’s simply no alternative for Green — he’s a fighter who hates to lose more than he loves to win.That’s why the Warriors aren’t done and why, despite being down 3-2 in their series with the Lakers, they might not be done for a while yet.Golden State Warriors’ Draymond Green #23 disputes a call with a referee in the second quarter of Game 5 of the NBA basketball Western Conference semifinal playoffs against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Chase Center in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (Jane Tyska/Bay Area News Group) Green, at his best, is a man possessed. A...

Skelton: Trump and GOP aren’t winning over young California voters

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

Now that a jury has branded Donald Trump a sexual assailant, you’d think that Republican politicians in California might muster the courage to finally dissociate themselves from the poisonous polarizer.But sadly, the prospect of that happening is not promising.The former president, who’s the early Republican front-runner to be nominated a third time for the nation’s highest office, still intimidates elected officials on lower rungs of the political ladder. They’re afraid of alienating his hardcore worshipers.Too bad.It shouldn’t be difficult to use the civil jury’s verdict that Trump brutalized a woman in the dressing room of a posh Manhattan department store as a rationale for standing up at last and acknowledging that he shouldn’t be allowed back in the Oval Office.He’s too immoral, scary and divisive — not exactly a fitting national role model.Shunning him is arguably one of the most important things — maybe No. 1 — that the California GOP could do immediately to halt its downwar...

Soho House: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

LONDON (AP) — LONDON (AP) — Soho House & Co Inc (SHCO) on Friday reported a loss of $16 million in its first quarter.On a per-share basis, the London-based company said it had a loss of 8 cents.The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of five analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 18 cents per share.The operator of members-only luxury hotels and clubs under the Soho House brand posted revenue of $255.2 million in the period, missing Street forecasts. Four analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $259 million.Soho House expects full-year revenue in the range of $1.1 billion to $1.2 billion._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on SHCO at https://www.zacks.com/ap/SHCOSource

A look at the candidates in Turkey’s presidential elections

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey is heading toward presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday.President Recep Tayyip, who has dominated Turkish politics over the past two decades, has never appeared more vulnerable to an opposition challenge.The president has tightened his grip on power and steered the country toward increasingly authoritarian rule. But Erdogan is trailing behind Kemal Kilicdaroglu — the joint candidate of a united opposition that has vowed to restore democracy — according to opinion polls.The elections are being held amid a crippling economic downturn and high inflation as well as a catastrophic earthquake in February.Erdogan and Kilicdaroglu are the front-runners in the presidential race. One candidate dropped out on Thursday, making the election a three-way race.If none of the candidates win more than 50% of the votes in the presidential election on Sunday, a runoff election between the two candidates with the highest votes will be held on May 28. Here’s a lo...

Gencor: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Gencor Industries Inc. (GENC) on Friday reported earnings of $4.9 million in its fiscal second quarter.On a per-share basis, the Orlando, Florida-based company said it had profit of 33 cents.The maker of heavy machinery used for highway construction posted revenue of $30.5 million in the period._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on GENC at https://www.zacks.com/ap/GENCSource

Bio-Path: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

BELLAIRE, Texas (AP) — BELLAIRE, Texas (AP) — Bio-Path Holdings Inc. (BPTH) on Friday reported a loss of $5.3 million in its first quarter.On a per-share basis, the Bellaire, Texas-based company said it had a loss of 66 cents.The company’s shares closed at $1.52. A year ago, they were trading at $2.89._____This story was generated by Automated Insights (http://automatedinsights.com/ap) using data from Zacks Investment Research. Access a Zacks stock report on BPTH at https://www.zacks.com/ap/BPTHSource

Islamabad court grants former Prime Minister Imran Khan bail, reprieve from arrest in graft case

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A high court in Islamabad on Friday granted former Prime Minister Imran Khan protection from arrest in a graft case and ordered him freed on bail. The ruling came as the government and legions of Khan’s supporters were on edge after days of violent confrontations sparked by the arrest of the former prime minister earlier this week. The government has vowed it will find a way to take Khan back into custody, a move that would likely cause a resurgence of riots and mob attacks.Friday’s ruling by the Islamabad High Court gave Khan protection from arrest on one of several corruption cases against him for a period of two weeks, a form of interim bail that usually is renewed in the Pakistan judicial system. Khan, however, remained in the court after the decision as his lawyers petitioned the judges for similar protection in a number of other corruption charges, trying to close off a legal avenue for the government to arrest him again. Khan’s chief lawyer, Babar...

ANÁLISIS | El jefe del grupo Wagner intensifica su rabieta en línea mientras la batalla de Bakhmut continúa. ¿Qué significa?

Published Wed, 25 Dec 2024 06:40:30 GMT

(CNN) — ¿Qué está comiendo Yevgeny Prigozhin?En los últimos días, el jefe de la empresa militar privada rusa conocido como el grupo Wagner parece haber entrado en crisis en las redes sociales, inundando su canal de Telegram y otras cuentas con declaraciones cada vez más escandalosas y provocativas.Entre otras cosas, Prigozhin reveló un revés en el campo de batalla aparentemente humillante para Rusia, fulminando esta semana que una brigada rusa había “huido” alrededor de la ciudad oriental de Bakhmut, amenazando a sus tropas con el cerco de las fuerzas ucranianas.“La situación en los flancos occidentales se está desarrollando de acuerdo con el peor de los escenarios previstos”, se quejó Prigozhin en un mensaje de audio publicado este jueves. “Esos territorios que fueron liberados con la sangre y la vida de nuestros camaradas… hoy son abandonados casi sin lucha por quienes se supone que deben sostener nuestros flancos”.A principios de esta semana, Prigozhin estropeó las celebrac...