{"id":15937,"date":"2026-08-18T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15937"},"modified":"2026-08-18T12:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T12:00:57","slug":"oops-my-cat-is-an-ipad-kid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15937","title":{"rendered":"Oops! My cat is an iPad kid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-bottom:1em; color:#666; font-size:0.9em;\">\n<strong>Jess Weatherbed<\/strong><br \/>\n &bull;<br \/>\nAugust 18, 2026\n<\/div>\n<hr\/>\n<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cat\u2019s paw touching an iPad with fish swimming on the screen.\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: The Verge, Getty Images \" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/08\/268628_Pet_week_CVirginia_PET_GAME_4f2b2f.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pets, like children, come with the responsibility to keep them happy, healthy, and mentally stimulated &#8211; obligations I readily committed to before getting my cat, Trevor. I work from home, so he&#8217;s never lonely, and play with him using a mountain of toys at every opportunity outside of my working hours. But younger cats can be incredibly demanding of your attention. I simply don&#8217;t have the capacity to physically entertain Trevor every time he yowls at me (constantly) or distract him from chewing every cable he can get his paws on (also constantly).<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Unlike<\/em> children, one of the perks of having a blissfully simple animal is that there are far f \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/980226\/cat-ipad-kid-pet-tech-games-youtube\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top:1.5em;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/980226\/cat-ipad-kid-pet-tech-games-youtube\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full article &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jess Weatherbed &bull; August 18, 2026 Pets, like children, come with the responsibility to keep them happy, healthy, and mentally stimulated &#8211; obligations I readily committed to before getting my cat, Trevor. I work from home, so he&#8217;s never lonely, and play with him using a mountain of toys at every opportunity outside of my<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/?p=15937\" class=\"themebutton2\">READ MORE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15937\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.theck1.no\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}