Neowin News Feed for: Teen

ChatGPT will soon alert parents if it detects a teen experiencing 'acute distress'

Usama Jawad — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 15:48:01 +0000

OpenAI is implementing parental controls in ChatGPT in order to protect the mental well-being of young users, who it also refers to as "AI natives". Read more...

Apple's network reportedly hacked by Melbourne teen, sensitive user data seized

Sharath Ravishankar — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 20:34:01 +0000

A teenager from Melbourne managed to hack into Apple's network and access user accounts and 90GB of secure files, until the Cupertino-based giant contacted the FBI about this data breach. Read more...

Microsoft calling on US teens to make the Internet a better place

Gurkaran Singh — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 18:14:01 +0000

In a pilot program "Council for Digital Good", Microsoft is accepting applications from teenagers between the age of 13-17 from the US to lay the groundwork for improving online interactions. Read more...

Teenager killed himself after $700 bill for Xbox games on mother's credit card

Andy Weir — Thu, 27 Feb 2014 08:58:53 +0000

A 13-year-old was "genuinely stunned" about how much he had spent on Xbox games when his mother confronted him about a £420 ($700) credit card bill - and later hanged himself. Read more...

Teen who attempted to hack Xbox now working with Microsoft

Brad Sams — Mon, 23 May 2011 15:41:21 +0000

Sony has had quite the PR disaster on its hands after the exposure of its PlayStation Network. While Microsoft has, so far, not had its systems compromised to the degree that Sony is currently facing,... Read more...

Teen racks up 14,528 texts in one month

Brad Sams — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:16:22 +0000

In California a 13 year old girl was able to rack up an astounding 14,528 text messages in one month. For those keeping track that's 484 a day which breaks down to 20 an... Read more...

Teen commits suicide on live video site

Damien Reynolds — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:50:57 +0000

We have all heard of Cyber Bullying where a group of users online would taunt and stalk helpless users until they break down online and even offline but this is a case where it went... Read more...

Teen Arrested For Posting Nude Pictures Of Ex On Myspace

Thu, 22 May 2008 08:15:22 +0000

MAY 21--Meet Alex Phillips. The Wisconsin teenager is facing felony child pornography charges for allegedly posting naked photos of his 16-year-old ex-girlfriend on his MySpace page. When contacted by police about the two images,... Read more...

HP: Teen Edition

Sat, 17 May 2008 16:24:14 +0000

HP's director of future innovations, Ameer Karim, has announced that HP will be launching a fall line of "Teen" PC products. HP has hired a council of teenagers who will help design the products,... Read more...

MySpace Bug Leaks 'Private' Teen Photos to Voyeurs

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 10:30:07 +0000

A backdoor in MySpace's architecture allows anyone who's interested to see the photographs of some users with private profiles -- including those under 16 -- despite assurances from MySpace that those pictures can only be... Read more...

The Sims 2: Teen Style Stuff released

Todd Tanner — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:05:32 +0000

Yet another "expansion" for The Sims 2. What is this, like 35 now? Yikes: For the first time, Electronic Arts has brought The Sims™ players a stuff pack with the exclusive intent of giving their... Read more...

Australian teen disables government's porn filter

Tue, 28 Aug 2007 04:49:44 +0000

Earlier this month, Australian Prime Minister John Howard announced a multi-million dollar pornography filter along with several other measures to make the Internet safer for children and families, including an information and education campaign and... Read more...

Teen receives $100,000 science scholarship from Intel

Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:06:49 +0000

17-year-old Mary Masterman, a senior at Westmoore High School in Oklahoma City, won the Intel Science Talent Search and received a $100,000 scholarship for building an inexpensive yet accurate spectrograph that identifies the "fingerprints" of... Read more...

Teen Exposes Google Security Flaw, Partially Fixed Overnight

Wed, 03 Jan 2007 16:07:31 +0000

Acting very quickly, Google fixed the security hole on Jan. 1 after being notified of its existence on Dec. 30. According to reports online, however, the flaw was only partly corrected. The flaw can exploit,... Read more...

Teen Uses Worm to Promote Site

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:50:00 +0000

Using a self-propagating worm that exploits a scripting vulnerability common to most dynamic Web sites, a Los Angeles teenager made himself the most popular member of community Web site MySpace.com earlier this month. While the... Read more...

Swedish teen suspected in Cisco source code theft

Wed, 11 May 2005 16:02:45 +0000

Authorities in Sweden had detained a person for stealing Cisco Systems Inc.'s source code, the basic instructions for the machines that direct Internet traffic around the globe, the company said yesterday. Police in Uppsala, a... Read more...

Retailer drops Manhunt after media frenzy over teen murder

Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:50:28 +0000

Grand Theft Auto makers causing media trouble again. British electronics retailer Dixons has removed Rockstar's Manhunt title from stores, after newspapers and TV news shows reported allegations that the title had influenced... Read more...

Text safety service targets teen party posse

Darren Bolton — Wed, 14 Jul 2004 07:56:44 +0000

A new service has been set up to pass on people's whereabouts in case they go missing. Safetytext users can notify others of their whereabouts by sending a text message to a preset... Read more...

Teen cashes in on feud with Microsoft

Sun, 08 Feb 2004 14:59:24 +0000

Some more Mike Rowe(soft) when will it end? A Canadian teenager who fought Microsoft Corporation over his Internet domain name has sold documents and emails pertaining to the feud on eBay for... Read more...

Parents to keep closer watch on teen music downloads

Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:12:28 +0000

When the RIAA filed 261 lawsuits against illegal Internet music downloaders earlier this week, it was a wake-up call to parents of computer-savvy teens. Those being sued include quite a few parents who either... Read more...

Teen arrested in Blaster worm case

Sat, 30 Aug 2003 02:42:28 +0000

An 18-year-old Minnesota resident was arrested and charged with releasing a variant of the MSBlaster worm, U.S. officials announced Friday. Jeffrey Lee Parson, who used the nickname "teekid," made his first court appearance in St.... Read more...

Teen abduction foiled by cell phone cam

Mon, 04 Aug 2003 17:25:32 +0000

A quick-thinking 15-year-old boy used his Sprint cell phone camera to take pictures of a man who allegedly tried to lure him into his car, leading to the man's arrest, police said. ... Read more...

Teen used phony AOL site in US internet con

Mon, 21 Jul 2003 23:57:25 +0000

US regulators said on Monday they had charged a 17-year-old boy with using "spam" e-mails and a fake AOL Web page to trick people out of their credit card information and steal thousands of dollars.... Read more...

Police: Teen hacker hit 2,000 sites

Michael Stanclift — Sun, 13 Jul 2003 15:56:13 +0000

A French high school student is being investigated on suspicion of breaking into and defacing some 2,000 Web sites -- including that of the U.S. Navy, police said Thursday. The 17-year-old boy,... Read more...

America Online scraps teen shopping

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 19 Nov 2002 10:28:54 +0000

America Online has banned teens from its shopping areas, following criticism that the proprietary online service allowed young adults to buy pornography, alcohol and tobacco from partner sites. AOL spokesman Nicholas Graham said Monday that... Read more...

Teen says Game Inspired Crime Spree

Fri, 15 Nov 2002 06:07:46 +0000

I was busy playing a nice game of GTA 3 when I had the urge to leap from my chair, head out to my car and then proceed to turn as many innocent civilians as... Read more...

Teen made $1 million in Internet investment scheme

Tue, 08 Jan 2002 04:31:22 +0000

U.S. financial regulators said on Monday they had uncovered a fraudulent $1 million Internet securities scheme they alleged was run by a 17-year-old high school student. Cole Bartiromo defrauded 1,000 investors through... Read more...

OT : Teen Girls More Likely to Be Cyber-Schizoid

Thu, 29 Nov 2001 09:17:26 +0000

(Ed - brought to you by my, myself, him and I) Teenage girls are more likely to maintain multiple online personas than other groups, according to an unexpected finding from an... Read more...