Remy Rosenberg Think for a minute and ask yourself where you get your news. For a lot of us, the answer is simple: our phones. We scroll through Instagram or Tiktok and suddenly feel “in the loop”. In today’s world, many teens turn to social media for updates because [...]
By Remy Rosenberg If you’ve ever gotten a text from a friend or classmate saying, “Hey, can you send me your homework so I can check mine?”, you are definitely not alone. In high school, it’s common to want to help your friends, especially when an assignment may be confusing [...]
By Remy Rosenberg How many of the people you follow on social media are influencers? Influencers can be entertaining, inspiring, and even feel like friends you’ve never met. But just because they have hundreds of thousands to millions of followers, doesn’t mean everything they post is true, realistic, or [...]
By Adithya Bharath As I'm counting down to graduation, I've been thinking a lot about the digital world I'm about to fully enter. We're the generation that grew up with AI in our pockets, algorithms knowing our next move before we do, and data breaches making headlines like weather [...]
By Ellie Halpert We all know the feeling: you open Instagram to check one thing, and all of a sudden it’s been thirty minutes and you’ve somehow cycled through Snapchat, TikTok, and back to Instagram again. It’s so common that we have a word for it: Doomscrolling. For a [...]
By Adithya Bharath If you’ve ever used ChatGPT to help with an essay or asked Alexa to play your favorite song, then you already know what artificial intelligence can do. But that kind of AI waits for you to say something first. There’s a new kind of AI that [...]
By Ellie Halpert Have you ever wondered about your biological makeup? Our DNA can tell us many things: our ancestry, predisposition to genetic diseases, intolerances, and more. Companies like 23andMe, AncestoryDNA, and MyHeritage offer genetic testing kits with great promises. Spit into a tube, ship it off, and they'll [...]
By: Jacob Aldrich One of the moments that completes a transition for kids trying to transition to a bit more digital independence and responsibility is the moment they start building their first email address and inbox. But sometimes people make their first emails for impulsive reasons, like entering into [...]
By: Jacob Aldrich The Super Bowl brings action and excitement into our homes, millions of eyes glued to the big screen. But some of those eyes were also fixed on the game for other reasons: online sports gambling. This is a phenomenon that has been growing in popularity since [...]
By Adithya Bharath We spend a ton of time online. Whether it's posting TikToks, DMing on Instagram, or doing schoolwork, the internet is like a second home. But here's the thing: most of us don’t really know how to stay safe online. Schools need to step up and start [...]
