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Privacy Congress should make children’s privacy the on-ramp to a national privacy law for all

Brooke Tanner, Nicol Turner Lee

August 5, 2026

CINCU, ROMANIA - FEBRUARY 9: A NATO soldier uses a communication system on top of a High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher on Feb. 9, 2026, in Cincu, Romania. Dynamic Front 26 is the largest U.S. Army-led artillery exercise ever held in Europe. It brings together NATO allies to practice the Eastern Flank Deterrence Line strategy, focusing on high-tech coordination across land, air, sea, and cyber domains. The exercise will test how quickly troops can make decisions and strike targets across national borders, by using live-fire drills at sites like Romania's Cincu Training Area. The exercise is running from Jan. 26 until Feb. 13, 2026.

Defense & Security How to actually share America’s defense burden with allies

Alexander Noyes, Jesse R. Humpal

August 5, 2026

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Children & Families AI and toddlers: The impacts on early development | The TechTank Podcast

Nicol Turner Lee, Sweta Shah, Kathy Hirsh-Pasek

August 4, 2026

TOPSHOT - Bipedal robots in testing phase move containers during a mobile-manipulation demonstration at Amazon's "Delivering the Future" event at the company's BFI1 Fulfillment Center, Robotics Research and Development Hub in Sumner, Washington, on Oct. 18, 2023.

Future of Work Organizations will need AI and robot relations departments

Darrell M. West

July 30, 2026

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