Ofcom launched its 2022 report which delved into young children’s use of online social media in young children, as its been reported that young children are defying age restrictions to use social platforms – particularly when creating ‘Finstas’ and TikTots’.

Despite 13 years being the minimum age to use most social media sites, one-third of parents of 5-7-year-olds and two-thirds of parents of 8-11-year-olds said their kids have their own personal social media profiles.

News:

• Instagram tests a new, fully-integrated home feed, removing the existing stories bar, presenting everything in an immersive, full-screen, swipeable UI.
• Dyson’s first wearable product aimed at city dwellers builds the firm’s air purification expertise into a set of Bluetooth noise-cancelling headphones.

Start-up:

• The ‘RoboBurger‘ is a robotic burger machine that can dispense a ready-to-eat burger in six minutes by the machine’s robo-chef. The vending machine-sized robo-kitchen is also equipped with self-cleaning technology.

Insights:

• Google’s Chrome browser has been updated to version 100, almost 14 years after it was introduced.
• Visa launches one-year immersion NFT program as it considers the digital art form of Ecommerce.
• A new Reddit report shows there are 52 million daily active Reddit users worldwide and currently more than 2,800,000 Subreddits.
• Twitter announces a new 2022 feature that allows users to DM search through messages via keywords.