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Pinterest will warn kids not to use its app during school hours


Pinterest is testing a new prompt that warns kids to get off the app during school hours. It only appears to minors aged 13 to 17.

That may be true in the world of social media, but any rabid Nintendo fan will remember the incessant prompts to take breaks in the Wii, DS and 3DS eras. This money will fund task forces across a dozen states to help develop policies that “improve students’ digital wellbeing.” The biggest news stories this morning: Bluesky is getting an official verification system, Blizzard explains hero bans in Overwatch 2, Using generative AI will ‘neither help nor harm the chances’ of Oscar nominations.

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