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How parents can help teens develop healthy social media and phone habits

Reporter USDecember 19, 2025

Helping teens develop healthy habits around social media use and screen time is important when they first receive a smartphone. Pediatric psychologist Ann-Louise Lockhart, an Instagram brand spokesperson and author of the new book “Love the Teen You Have,” joins “CBS Mornings” to share some advice and tools, such as Instagram Teen Accounts, that parents […]

Instacart to pay million in refunds after feds allege it deceived customers

Instacart to pay $60 million in refunds after feds allege it deceived customers

Reporter USDecember 19, 2025

Instacart has agreed to refund $60 million to customers to settle allegations that the grocery shopping service engaged in deceptive marketing and billing practices, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday. The agency alleged in a lawsuit that Instacart charged hidden fees and refused to issue refunds, raising the cost of groceries for consumers and harming shoppers. […]

2025 holiday gift ideas from Techno Claus

Reporter USDecember 13, 2025

Who dresses as St. Nick and speaks an odd brogue? Why, it’s Techno Claus, a.k.a. David Pogue! He offers “Sunday Morning” viewers his valuable tips for the gadget lovers on your gift-giving list.

Waymo plans recall after company’s self-driving cars don’t stop for school buses

Reporter USDecember 13, 2025

Waymo, the ride-hailing service, says it is planning a voluntary software recall to fix a glitch after reports its self-driving cars don’t stop for school buses. The company has already tried to fix the issue, but police in Texas said it didn’t work. Kris Van Cleave reports.

Couple starts movement asking parents to give kids a smartphone-free childhood

Reporter USDecember 13, 2025

A U.K. couple started with a simple message, asking on Instagram if other parents could ban together to start a smartphone-free childhood. It’s now grown to a global movement, with a chapter in 39 countries. Leigh Kiniry reports.

How a British couple sparked a global movement for a smartphone-free childhood

Reporter USDecember 13, 2025

Suffolk, England – For parents Daisy Greenwell and Joe Ryrie, freedom means looking up at the world around them instead of down at their phones, and they’re determined to pass that sense of non-digital liberty on to their children. Their daughter started asking for a smartphone when she was just eight years old, because her […]

Australia’s new social media ban for kids started with a mom saying, “Do something!”

Reporter USDecember 13, 2025

With the world’s first social media ban for teenagers under 16 now in effect in Australia, its initial political architect is celebrating a new less-digital era for millions of children — and sharing that the legislation was personally inspired by his wife, for their four children. “She read a book called ‘The Anxious Generation,’ by […]

Disney to invest billion in OpenAI under new licensing agreement

Disney to invest $1 billion in OpenAI under new licensing agreement

Reporter USDecember 13, 2025

Walt Disney Co. is investing $1 billion in OpenAI under a new commercial partnership with the ChatGPT and Sora developer. The three-year licensing agreement will allow users of Sora, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence video tool, to create AI videos using more than 200 characters from Disney, Marvel, Pixar and Star Wars, the entertainment giant announced Thursday. Disney […]

Time’s 2025 Person of the Year goes to “the architects of AI”

Reporter USDecember 13, 2025

Time magazine is spotlighting key players in the artificial intelligence revolution for its 2025 Person of the Year, the magazine announced Thursday. “The architects of AI” are the latest recipients of the designation, which for more than a century has been given out on an annual basis to an influential person, group of people or, occasionally, […]

What to know about the billion Disney agreement with OpenAI

What to know about the $1 billion Disney agreement with OpenAI

Reporter USDecember 13, 2025

What to know about the $1 billion Disney agreement with OpenAI – CBS News Watch CBS News Disney announced Thursday that it would invest $1 billion in OpenAI and license more than 200 of its animated and illustrated characters to use in Sora’s user-generated content. Jo Ling Kent has more.

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