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Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a campaign against listening to music or videos without headphones on public transportation. We asked London commuters to weigh in.Traveling on the London subway in April. Prime Minister Andy Burnham announced a national campaign against “one of the most annoying things on public transport” — people blasting music or videos from their phone.

Even as alarm grows over the risks, families are embracing bots and agents to tackle the spiraling administrative tasks of modern child rearing.Lisa Green reads to Ollie at the library in Overland Park, Kansas on October 3, 2026.

A new mode includes a study tool, but it still does a user’s homework. And a children’s safety nonprofit says the chatbot flunked its tests.

Streaming services can introduce you to a wonderland of nearly unlimited audio, but downloading your digital collection has advantages.Tap the Download menu in the Apple Music app to see which songs, albums and playlists are stored locally on your phone or tablet.

Meta’s smart glasses are the latest in a line of products to raise eyebrows over privacy. That’s not stopping other companies from creating similar devices.Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated the latest of Meta’s smart glasses on Wednesday.