Gen Digital

Some members of Gen Z are deliberately relearning touch typing, a skill skipped by many who grew up on phones and tablets. They say faster, more accurate typing helps them write better prompts for AI chatbots and gives them an edge in office jobs where quick keyboard work still matters. The trend highlights a gap between mobile-first digital natives and the keyboard-heavy demands of professional work.

Gen Digital has published an analysis warning that residential proxy services — apps that let users share their home internet bandwidth, often for payment — are routinely abused by cybercriminals to route malicious traffic through ordinary households. The report examines how this masks attackers' locations and fuels fraud, scraping and bot activity, and argues most users have little awareness of what they are enabling. Security commentators are circulating the piece to raise awareness.

Retailers are being told to take Generation Alpha — children born from around 2010 onward — seriously as consumers with their own purchasing influence. Fast Company reports that this youngest cohort increasingly expects brands and stores to listen to their preferences, shaping family buying decisions and pushing companies to rethink how they market to and design experiences for them.