Tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich
Despite building an increasingly screen-focused world, billionaire tech leaders are keeping their own children away from the tech they helped create. As far back as 2010, Apple cofounder Steve Jobs…
Bill Gates says misinformation is the burden passed to children, after daughter harassed online
There are many problems billionaire tech tycoon Bill Gates is hoping to help solve: eradicating polio, water sanitization, and agricultural development to name a few. But one frontier he worries…
Three children among four killed in Stockton, California, shooting
Watch: Police confirm four dead in California shooting At least four people, including three children, have been killed in a mass shooting at a children’s birthday party in California, authorities…
Father felt helpless as he saw children taken from Catholic school in Papiri, Niger state
A father has told the BBC he felt powerless as he witnessed gunmen on motorbikes abduct dozens of children, including his son, after storming a Catholic boarding school in northern…
After suicides, calls for stricter rules on how chatbots interact with children and teens
A growing number of young people have found themselves a new friend. One that isn’t a classmate, a sibling, or even a therapist, but a human-like, always supportive AI chatbot.…
Children queuing for supplements killed in Israeli strike in Gaza, hospital says
Merlyn Thomas explains what verified videos tell us about an air strike in Deir al-Balah that killed at least 15 people At least 15 Palestinians, including eight children and two…
Billionaire Telegram founder leaves his $14 billion fortune to the 100+ children he’s fathered—which means $132 million for each lucky Gen Alpha kid
Over 100 Gen Apha kids are set to one day become overnight millionaires—and they may not even know it. That’s because the 40-year-old Telegram founder, Pavel Durov, has six “official”…
Bouncy castle operator cleared in tragedy that killed six children
An Australian bouncy castle operator at the centre of a tragedy in 2021 that killed six children and seriously injured three has been cleared of breaching safety laws. A court…
‘My children go to sleep hungry,’ Gazans tell the BBC
“Give me some,” 6-year-old Ismail said while waiting for food in Gaza As crowds gathered at a food distribution point in northern Gaza, six-year-old Ismail Abu Odeh fought his way…
35 children killed at Nigeria funfair
Thirty-five children have been killed in a crush at a Christmas funfair in the south-west Nigerian city of Ibadan, with six others hospitalised, the police say. The organisers had promised…















