Mandy Liu, a 21-year-old university student in Beijing, believes that anyone who has lived in China during the pandemic can see that the country’s future is looking increasingly uncertain.Covid restrictions […]
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Back to news homeA Lonely Protest in Beijing Inspires Young Chinese to Find Their Voice
As beginner dissenters, they’re timid and scared. But they are experiencing a quiet political awakening, unhappy about censorship, repression and “zero Covid.” Read More
Health Insurance Guide: Navigating Coverage in Your 20s
Georgia Lee Hussey, the chief executive of Modernist Financial, a planning firm in Portland, Ore., that helps clients make financial decisions aligned with their progressive values, noted that some young […]
For Gen Z, TikTok Is the New Search Engine
When Ja’Kobi Moore decided to apply this year to a private high school in her hometown of New Orleans, she learned that she needed at least one letter of recommendation […]
Snapchat Introduces Its First Parental Controls
SAN FRANCISCO — Snapchat, the ephemeral messaging app, introduced its first parental controls on Tuesday, as social media platforms face increasing scrutiny for exposing young users to potentially harmful content.Snap, […]
How Discord, Born From an Obscure Game, Became a Social Hub
In 2015, Jason Citron, a computer programmer, was struggling to break through in the video game industry. The new multiplayer game he had created with his development studio, Hammer & […]
Instagram Struggles With Fears of Losing Its ‘Pipeline’: Young Users
In September 2018, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, Instagram’s founders, left Facebook after clashing with Mr. Zuckerberg. Mr. Mosseri, a longtime Facebook executive, was appointed to helm Instagram.With the leadership […]
En Francia, los futuros agricultores son expertos en tecnología y quieren los fines de semana libres
“Cuando no estás en este sector es muy fácil decir: ‘Voy a volverlo sexi con la tecnología’”, dijo Amandine Muret Béguin, de 33 años, directora de la Unión de Jóvenes […]
The Future Farmers of France Are Tech Savvy, and Want Weekends Off
YVELINES, France — On a century-old farm that’s now a start-up campus in this verdant region west of Paris, computer coders are learning to program crop-harvesting robots. Young urbanites planning […]
‘Squid Game,’ the Netflix Hit, Taps South Korean Fears
In “Squid Game,” the hit dystopian television show on Netflix, 456 people facing severe debt and financial despair play a series of deadly children’s games to win a $38 million […]