The US Surgeon Common, Vivek Murthy, says social media ought to come with warning labels, writing in The New York Occasions that social media is an “important contributor” to the teenager psychological well being disaster. Final 12 months, he issued an advisory making related arguments, saying social media posed a “profound risk” to teen psychological well being. In his newest op-ed, Murthy cited a examine exhibiting larger social media use was related to an elevated threat of tension and despair, in addition to a survey the place virtually half of teenagers reported “social media makes them feel worse about their bodies.”
He additionally famous warning labels alone wouldn’t make social media safer — I imply, folks nonetheless smoke — however would assist higher inform everybody. “There is no seatbelt for parents to click, no helmet to snap in place… there are just parents and their children, trying to figure it out on their own, pitted against some of the best product engineers and most well-resourced companies in the world.”
He’ll want help from Congress to make this occur, nonetheless. Cooperation in US politics has not been frequent this decade. Nonetheless, there was current bipartisan help to curtail tech corporations’ powers — have a look at the TikTok saga.
— Mat Smith
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Making them even creepier.
Oh, communicate of the satan. TikTok has introduced its new AI-created digital avatars for each creators and types on the app.
In accordance with TikTok, the AI personas ought to make it simpler for creators and companies to create branded content material with a “human feel” — even when that human really feel is an uncomfortable stranger looking at you from a bus cease throughout the highway. There are two sorts of avatars: inventory avatars primarily based on paid actors and customized avatars primarily based on current creators and model spokespeople. As Karissa Bell places it, they offer M3GAN vibes. At the very least, the corporate’s personal guidelines require this type of content material to have distinguished disclosures.
The $130 MX Ink will arrive in September.
Logitech has unveiled a combined actuality stylus for Meta Quest headsets — however not the Quest Professional. The MX Ink helps customers craft extra exact designs and illustrations — though I’m unsure what number of pro-level artists are utilizing consumer-grade VR headsets… However hey, possibly it’s going to give Sony some competitors.
Anticipate excessive capturing speeds.
Nikon’s $2,500 Z6 III has the world’s first “partially stacked” 24.5-megapixel (MP) sensor. That permits for high-speed capturing in options like RAW video and sooner autofocus and each picture and video modes. In brief, higher than the several-years-old Z6 II. So, er, what’s {a partially} stacked sensor? They’re uncommon (and costly), having up to now solely appeared on Sony’s A1 and Nikon’s personal Z8 and Z9. Circuits cowl the complete sensor, so it may well learn pixel knowledge way more shortly than common CMOS sensors. On the Z6 II, circuits cowl solely the highest and backside components of the sensor. So it’s sooner than regular CMOS sensors, however cheaper than stacked ones.
