In this fun episode of Mark Frauenfelder and Kevin Kelly's Cool Tools podcast, they talk with Lux Sparks-Pescovitz, 14, about his passion for GameBoys, cassettes, DIY sushi, and his new iFixit Pro Tech Toolkit. He's quite an interesting young man; I'd like to meet his father someday. Listen here:

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Warning: If you thought shopping for women was hard, just know that it gets harder. Try shopping for a teenage girl. With adult women, you can opt for items like smart light bulbs, Instant Pots, or a cool gadget like the Kindle Paperwhite. But teens ... ...

The following review of The Last Summer is spoiler-free. From *** Education to American Vandal, Netflix knows how to slay a Gen-Z narrative. So, what's up with The Last Summer?  Out now, the new teen rom-com has all the bones of a decent high ... ...

Prom night is supposed to be a magical milestone of high school. You're dressed to the nines, you dance the night away, and make memories that will surely last a lifetime. Right?  Prom is often as much of a sweat-filled, hormonal nightmare as an... ...

Research by Oxford University scientists finds “little evidence of a relationship between screen time and wellbeing in adolescents.” Based on data from over 17,000 teenagers, the study “casts doubt on the widely accepted notion that spending time online, gaming or watching TV, especially before bedtime, can damage young people’s mental health.”

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You know it's a good day at Facebook when the words "teenagers," "research," and "lying" are in the news. In January, an investigation from TechCrunch found that Facebook was paying people, including teenagers, $20 to monitor their internet and phone... ...

A new mobile banking startup called Step wants to help bring teenagers and other young adults into the cashless era. Today, cash is used less often, as more consumers shop online and send money to one another through payment apps like Venmo. But teenagers in particular are still heavily burdened with cash — even though ...

A group of young Donald Trump supporters has come under fire after ambushing and taunting a group of Native Americans at the Indigenous Peoples March on Friday. On Jan. 18, Washington, D.C. hosted both the Indigenous Peoples March and the anti-aborti... ...

When I was 12 years old, a kid that I thought was my friend but turned out to only be into me for my Nintendo, tempted me to try a little something that he snuck out of his mother's liquor cabinet. We ingested it! We were so *****! We were full of ****: we'd been ...

It's like taking candy away from a baby. The FDA will move to ban Juul's fun flavors from most convenience stores to fight teen use of the product, reports the New York Times. The agency will also require stricter age verification measures for buying... ...