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In a new interview with Yahoo Finance, California Attorney General Rob Bonta explained why he and eight other attorneys general are investigating the effects of short-form video site TikTok on young users. “There is mounting evidence, as we’ve seen — that of the devastating toll that social media has on our children’s mental health and their well being,” Bonta told Yahoo Finance Live on Thursday. “And we want to know what TikTok knew about those harms to children, when they knew it,… Source link

Roblox shares are getting whooped in the real world on Wednesday after disappointing earnings. Shares of the gaming giant crashed 20% to $58 in pre-market trading — bringing the stock below its $64.50 direct listing price from March 2021 —as analysts voiced their concerns. with the company’s quarter. The Roblox ticker page was the most visited on Yahoo Finance. “Once stuck-inside kids and teens are now spending weekdays off their devices and out in the real world. The big picture… Source link

The complaint doesn’t detail what happened at the meeting, which the states said occurred on Aug. 6, 2019. But Apple spokesperson Fred Sainz said Friday that no representative from his company attended the meeting. A Microsoft spokesperson declined to comment on the meeting. Facebook did not immediately offer a comment when asked Friday. The documents — filed as part of an antitrust suit by Texas, 14 other states and Puerto Rico — are emerging at a time of rising frustration in… Source link

Your kids are too old for the family stimulus checks? You can still get a payout The temporary expansion of the child tax credit, which is part of COVID relief, is paying out “family stimulus checks” to roughly 35 million households during the latter half of this year. Families are getting payments totaling up to $1,800 for each child under 6, and as much as $1,500 for kids ages 6 to 17. But if you have slightly older, college-age children under your roof, you might qualify for some government… Source link

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) announced promising booster data Tuesday showing 94% efficacy for its COVID-19 vaccine when given after six months of the initial dose. In addition, the initial dose of the vaccine continued to provide consistent protection against the virus, including against the Delta variant, the company said in a statement. The latter news puts the vaccine in stark contrast to mRNA vaccines, which have shown waning immunity over time. Mathai Mammen, J&J’s global head of R&D, told… Source link

Private financial services platform Acorns is making it a little easier for parents to invest in their children’s financial futures by saving early and often. “Everyone should be doing as proactive a job as possible, and thoughtfully approaching early financial literacy and education,” Kennedy Reynolds, the Chief Education Officer at Acorns, told Yahoo Finance (video above). “There’s no such thing as too early when it comes to this.” The Acorns Early program allows parents to set aside… Source link

The number of COVID cases in the U.S. has now surpassed 37 million, with the Delta variant currently accounting for more than 98% of newly confirmed cases in the country.  Unlike during the first waves of the coronavirus pandemic, there are significantly more children being hospitalized for COVID-19 infections amid the latest surge. “That really scares me,” Dr. James Simmons, an L.A.-based hospitalist nurse practitioner, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “Kiddos who aren’t… Source link

Baltimore County Police Department For about a year, a Baltimore woman allegedly drove a car with a gruesome secret: the dead body of her 7-year-old niece stashed in a suitcase in the trunk. Then in May she allegedly cracked the trunk’s lid to dump the body of her 5-year-old nephew beside it. It wasn’t until months later that police discovered the decomposing bodies of siblings Joshlyn Marie James Johnson and Larry Darnell O’Neal. Baltimore County Police said in a statement Thursday night… Source link

Google announced today it’s updating and expanding its digital safety and citizenship curriculum called Be Internet Awesome, which is aimed at helping school-aged children learn to navigate the internet responsibly. First introduced four years ago, the curriculum now reaches 30 countries and millions of kids, says Google. In the update rolling out today, Google has added nearly a dozen more lessons for parents and educators that tackle areas like online gaming, search engines, video… Source link

Children should be wearing masks to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, Dr. Mati Hlatshwayo Davis, an infectious disease specialist at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, told Yahoo Finance Live. “Our kids cannot get a vaccine so we treat them like any other population that can’t be vaccinated,” Davis said. “Where kids can mask, they should be masking, especially indoors.” The FDA has yet to authorize a vaccine for children under 12. Currently, the Pfizer (PFE)… Source link