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Survey: 41% of US teens aged 13 to 17 support a ban on middle and high school students from using phones in class while 51% oppose it; 73% oppose a full-day ban (Pew Research Center)
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/20

About 4 in 10 teens support cellphone bans in classrooms; fewer back all-day restrictions
About one-in-five teens support banning cellphones during the entire school day, including at lunch and between classes.

“Live Region Support”
https://adrianroselli.com/2026/01/live-region-support.html
Just about to publish, Chrome updated, I re-tested, and my results for dynamic descriptions went sideways. So, I dunno, QA that for me?
Won’t it feel good to correct me? You know…

Live Region Support
This post does not discuss whether live regions are good, nor is it a post about the best way to use them. This post only covers how they are exposed to the audience who experiences them — screen reader users. Written by a non-screen-reader user. If you’re here because your…

‘A whole lost culture’: the Irishman reviving the forgotten sport of stone lifting
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/feb/14/stone-lifting-sport-irish-culture-indiana-stones

‘A whole lost culture’: the Irishman reviving the forgotten sport of stone lifting
For centuries in Ireland lifting huge boulders was a way to test strength and bond communities, says Instagram sensation Indiana Stones

While announcing its sports buildup, Banner EIC Audrey Cooper noted the civic value: "At a time when so much pulls communities apart, sports bring us together" (Dan Kennedy/Media Nation)
https://dankennedy.net/2026/02/13/why-

How The Baltimore Banner’s embrace of DC sports fits with its editor’s civic-minded agenda
The gutting of The Washington Post may prove to be an opportunity for The Baltimore Banner. According to an announcement, the Banner, a digital nonprofit startup, will cover Washington teams, inclu…

Milliarden-Spritze für Startups: Bund und EU wollen Tech-Champions schaffen
Das Bundeswirtschaftsressort und der Europäische Investitionsfonds legen ein milliardenschweres Programm auf, um „internationale Technologieführer“ zu stützen.

Ritter Sport muss Niederlage im Verpackungsstreit einstecken
https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/ritter-sport-vs-wacker-schokoladenhersteller-unterliegt-im-verpackungsstre…

Disput zwischen Schokoladenherstellern: Ritter Sport muss Niederlage im Verpackungsstreit einstecken
Die Firma Wacker stellt Haferriegel her. Die Snacks erinnern in ihrer Form an Ritter Sport – wogegen der Schokohersteller gerichtlich vorgegangen ist und unterlag. Zuvor hatte sich der Beklagte einen Seitenhieb erlaubt.

An interview with IMG President Adam Kelly on streaming platforms' increasing share of sports media rights, live sports as an antidote to AI content, and more (Josh Noble/Financial Times)
https://www.ft.com/content/d03bef02-0cf6-4aee-a4ab-0455cdca98cd

IMG’s Adam Kelly: sport is the antidote to AI
As Netflix and Apple expand their sports ambitions, the head of IMG says media rights are entering a new phase driven by scarcity, retention and measurable returns

For some live events, NBC Sports plans to use tech from Japan's Nippon Television Network that uses AI to track individual players and reframe them vertically (Pranob Mehrotra/Digital Trends)
https://www.digitaltrends.com/movies/nb…

NBC Sports will soon use AI to put your favorite athletes front and center during live broadcasts
NBC Sports has announced it will debut a new AI feature in its mobile app later this year that will let fans follow their favorite athletes in real time.

Coinbase pulls support from the US Senate's crypto market structure bill ahead of a key vote; CEO Brian Armstrong says there are "too many issues" with the bill (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2026/01/14

Coinbase exchange is pulling support from U.S. crypto market structure bill
CEO Brian Armstrong said there were "too many issues" with the bill as it's currently written.

Airbnb says its custom-built AI agent now handles ~33% of its customer support issues in North America, and it is preparing to roll out the feature globally (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/13/airb

Airbnb says a third of its customer support is now handled by AI in the US and Canada | TechCrunch
Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn't just search for you, but one that "knows you." CEO Brian Chesky said, "It will help guests plan their entire trip, help hosts better run their businesses, and help the company operate more efficiently at scale."