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Meta Expands 'Teen Accounts' to Facebook, Messenger Amid Children's Online Safety Regulatory Push
Meta's expansion of safety features for teens comes as some lawmakers say they plan to press ahead with proposed legislation, such as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), seeking to protect children from social media harms. Meta users under 16 will also not be allowed to disable a feature that automatically blurs images potentially containing nudity ...
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Tackling Hearing Disability At The Right Age Is The Key; Hope For Those Battling Hearing Loss
The cochlear implant is an electronic device that stimulates the cochlear nerve, picking up sounds with a microphone, processing it, and transmitting the sound to the internal part of the implant.
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Microsoft Edge Gets Kids Mode for Safer Browsing, Adaptive Notification Requests Feature for Select Pop-Ups
Microsoft Edge Kids Mode has been introduced to offer Web browsing in a child-friendly, customisable manner. Microsoft Edge has also rolled out adaptive notification requests that studies crowdsourced data to stop showing notification requests from websites that other users don’t prefer to see.
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YouTube to Ban Comments on Most Videos Featuring Kids
YouTube said that it will block users from commenting on most videos that feature minors, responding to reports that paedophiles had used comments to find, track and exploit children.
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India vs Australia: Nathan Lyon And Peter Siddle Put Smiles On Disabled Kids' Faces With A Game Of Cricket
On International Day for People with Disability, Nathan Lyon and Peter Siddle decided to put a smile on the faces of kids with visual impairment.
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Signs, Silent Claps. Autistic, Differently-Abled Kids' Day At Red Fort
Several sign language instructors moved their hands up and down as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address to the nation from the historic Red Fort progressed. Several students with disabilities cheered and smiled. All of them were excited.
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Engineering Students Design Device For Children With Learning Disabilities, Wins Top Spot At Smart India Hackathon 2018
A brainchild of students from KCJ College of Engineering, Chennai, the device makes life easier for dyslexic kids who find it difficult to read, write or interpret words, letters and other symbols.
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'Bro, You Scared To See A Dead Person?': Teens Filmed, Mocked Man As He Drowned, Police Say
"Get out the water, you're gonna die," one of the teens shouts to a disabled man whom his friends are watching struggle fully clothed in a fenced-in pond. "You shouldn't have gone in," says another. The kids laugh.
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Mother's Vitamin D Levels May Prevent Autism Risk in Kids
Intake of Vitamin D supplements during the first trimester of pregnancy is likely to prevent the development of autism traits in children, researchers found in a study.
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Nicotine Exposure During Pregnancy Could Trigger Hearing Problems in Kids
Nicotine exposure before and after birth may put babies at an increased risk of developing hearing problems.
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In Bhopal, A 'Wall Of Dedication' Helps Those In Need
At the New Market square in Bhopal, 60-year-old physically disabled beggar Raju, walks over to the 'Wall of Dedication' to find some clothes for his family. Donors leave whatever they don't need and the poor can pick up necessities by the wall. "I was passing by and I saw clothes being distributed here. So I requested them to give me some. I have t...
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6.54 Crore Indian Children Never Attended School: Census 2011
As many as 6.54 crore people in the age group of 5-19 years in the country have never attended any school, while another 4.49 crore have dropped out of schools in the last decade.
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Lego Arm for Disabled Kids Wins Digital Innovation Prize
The IKO Creative Prosthetic System, created by Colombian designer Carlos Torres, is compatible with Lego parts and can be customised with different shapes, colours and accessories.
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Divorce Risk Not Higher in Couples With Disabled Kids
Couples raising a child with developmental disabilities do not face a higher risk of divorce if they have more number of children, a new study has found.
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How to Turn Off In-App Purchases in Smartphones and Tablets
Don't want your kid to accidentally buy virtual gems for over Rs. 1,000? Here's how to disable in-app purchases on smartphones, tablets.
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Meta Expands 'Teen Accounts' to Facebook, Messenger Amid Children's Online Safety Regulatory Push
Meta's expansion of safety features for teens comes as some lawmakers say they plan to press ahead with proposed legislation, such as the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), seeking to protect children from social media harms. Meta users under 16 will also not be allowed to disable a feature that automatically blurs images potentially containing nudity ...
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Tackling Hearing Disability At The Right Age Is The Key; Hope For Those Battling Hearing Loss
The cochlear implant is an electronic device that stimulates the cochlear nerve, picking up sounds with a microphone, processing it, and transmitting the sound to the internal part of the implant.
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Microsoft Edge Gets Kids Mode for Safer Browsing, Adaptive Notification Requests Feature for Select Pop-Ups
Microsoft Edge Kids Mode has been introduced to offer Web browsing in a child-friendly, customisable manner. Microsoft Edge has also rolled out adaptive notification requests that studies crowdsourced data to stop showing notification requests from websites that other users don’t prefer to see.
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YouTube to Ban Comments on Most Videos Featuring Kids
YouTube said that it will block users from commenting on most videos that feature minors, responding to reports that paedophiles had used comments to find, track and exploit children.
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India vs Australia: Nathan Lyon And Peter Siddle Put Smiles On Disabled Kids' Faces With A Game Of Cricket
On International Day for People with Disability, Nathan Lyon and Peter Siddle decided to put a smile on the faces of kids with visual impairment.
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Signs, Silent Claps. Autistic, Differently-Abled Kids' Day At Red Fort
Several sign language instructors moved their hands up and down as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence Day address to the nation from the historic Red Fort progressed. Several students with disabilities cheered and smiled. All of them were excited.
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Engineering Students Design Device For Children With Learning Disabilities, Wins Top Spot At Smart India Hackathon 2018
A brainchild of students from KCJ College of Engineering, Chennai, the device makes life easier for dyslexic kids who find it difficult to read, write or interpret words, letters and other symbols.
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'Bro, You Scared To See A Dead Person?': Teens Filmed, Mocked Man As He Drowned, Police Say
"Get out the water, you're gonna die," one of the teens shouts to a disabled man whom his friends are watching struggle fully clothed in a fenced-in pond. "You shouldn't have gone in," says another. The kids laugh.
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Mother's Vitamin D Levels May Prevent Autism Risk in Kids
Intake of Vitamin D supplements during the first trimester of pregnancy is likely to prevent the development of autism traits in children, researchers found in a study.
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Nicotine Exposure During Pregnancy Could Trigger Hearing Problems in Kids
Nicotine exposure before and after birth may put babies at an increased risk of developing hearing problems.
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In Bhopal, A 'Wall Of Dedication' Helps Those In Need
At the New Market square in Bhopal, 60-year-old physically disabled beggar Raju, walks over to the 'Wall of Dedication' to find some clothes for his family. Donors leave whatever they don't need and the poor can pick up necessities by the wall. "I was passing by and I saw clothes being distributed here. So I requested them to give me some. I have t...
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6.54 Crore Indian Children Never Attended School: Census 2011
As many as 6.54 crore people in the age group of 5-19 years in the country have never attended any school, while another 4.49 crore have dropped out of schools in the last decade.
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Lego Arm for Disabled Kids Wins Digital Innovation Prize
The IKO Creative Prosthetic System, created by Colombian designer Carlos Torres, is compatible with Lego parts and can be customised with different shapes, colours and accessories.
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Divorce Risk Not Higher in Couples With Disabled Kids
Couples raising a child with developmental disabilities do not face a higher risk of divorce if they have more number of children, a new study has found.
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How to Turn Off In-App Purchases in Smartphones and Tablets
Don't want your kid to accidentally buy virtual gems for over Rs. 1,000? Here's how to disable in-app purchases on smartphones, tablets.
