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Science ed programme seeks to inspire kids to tackle complex challenges
The AMBER research centre is running a free education programme designed for teachers by teachers.
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The exact way to stop your kids from having a tantrum on a long car journey
SCIENTISTS have found a formula to help parents avoid tantrums by kids on a long car journey.
The average child throws a wobbly after an hour and ten minutes.
Scientists have found a formula to help parents avoid tantrums by kids on a long car journey[/caption]
Each extra sibling in the car accelerates paddies by ten minutes.
But parents can buy another 15 minutes of peace with snacks.
And keeping children entertained also helps.
Researcher Dr James Hind, of Nottingham Trent University, said: “If you have only one child and you can keep them entertained and occasionally bribe them with food, you could manage two hours of tantrum-free driving.
“Unfortunately, two children with no entertainment and no snacks can brew up a tantrum in just 40 minutes!
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“Snacks are important but there is a limit to how much they can help, so keep them to two an hour max.
“Entertainment is key but even that fails with really long journey times.
“Taking breaks to reset the clock is important for preventing tantrums as well as making sure you are not tired while driving.”
Google AI flagged parents’ accounts for potential abuse over nude photos of their sick kids
A concerned father says that after using his Android smartphone to take photos of an infection on his toddler’s groin, Google flagged the images as child sexual abuse material (CSAM), according to a report from The New York Times. The company closed his accounts and filed a report with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and spurred a police investigation, highlighting the complications of trying to tell the difference between potential abuse and an innocent photo once it becomes part of a user’s digital library, whether on their personal device or in cloud storage.
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Netflix’s cheaper plan with ads may leave kid’s shows and movies alone
Netflix’s new ad-supported plan won’t put ads on everything on the service.
The popular streaming service has informed its partners that children’s programming and original movies will be immune to advertising on its new cheaper, ad-supported plan, according to a report from Bloomberg. The plan is set to launch near the start of 2023 and will cost less than the current “standard” plan, which runs customers $15.49/mo for HD streaming. It’s possible it could replace the $10/mo standard-definition plan that’s already in place, but Netflix has yet to confirm pricing for the new ad-supported tier.
The price isn’t the only part of this report that’s still up in the air. Netflix’s “no ads on kid’s content or original movies” edict could have some carve-outs. For one, Bloomberg says only “some” third parties that license children’s programming have asked Netflix not to run ads on their shows, so it’s possible that others will have ads on them after all. In addition, original movies could get ads eventually; Bloomberg’s report said they could only be ad-free “at first.”
One thing that’s more certain about the new ad-supported plan is that anyone who pays for it will lose one feature that comes with more expensive versions of Netflix. Namely, they won’t be able to download shows or movies for offline viewing. If you want to watch Stranger Things on an airplane, you better pay for slow airline WiFi or shell out for a higher tier of Netflix.
Still, that said, Netflix turning off ads on children’s shows is probably for the best. Kids don’t need to have things sold to them. They’ll have their entire adulthoods for that.
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YouTube removes video that tests Tesla’s Full Self-Driving beta against real kids
YouTube has removed a video that shows Tesla drivers carrying out their own safety tests to determine whether the EV’s (electric vehicle) Full Self-Driving (FSD) capabilities would make it automatically stop for children walking across or standing in the road, as first reported by CNBC.
The video, titled “Does Tesla Full-Self Driving Beta really run over kids?” was originally posted on Whole Mars Catalog’s YouTube channel and involves Tesla owner and investor, Tad Park, testing Tesla’s FSD feature with his own kids. During the video, Park drives a Tesla Model 3 toward one of his children standing in the road, and then tries again with his other kid crossing the street. The vehicle stops before reaching the children both times.
Does…