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Children who got smartphones before the age of 13 are, per a new study, far more likely to suffer mental health problems down the line. 
Studies

A New Paper Just Found Something Horrifying About Kids Who Get Phones Early in Life

By Noor Al-Sibai

Not only does the phone case look like human skin to an uncanny degree, it also gets sunburned like it, too.
Devices

Cursed Phone Case Imitates Human Skin

By Frank Landymore

This Smartphone Smuggled Out of North Korea Is Absolutely Wild
Future Society

This Smartphone Smuggled Out of North Korea Is Absolutely Wild

By Victor Tangermann

A new survey conducted in the UK found that nearly half of young people wished they lived in a world without the internet.
Health & Medicine

Nearly Half of Young People Wish the Internet Had Never Been Invented

By Frank Landymore

A video shows how the lidar sensors equipped on self-driving cars can wreak havoc on your smartphone camera.
Advanced Transport

Something Wild Happens When You Try to Take a Video of a Car’s Sensors

By Frank Landymore

Donald Trump and his band of minions keep insisting that we could bring iPhone manufacturing home. It's a long shot.
Future Society

Trump Believes Entire iPhones Can Be Manufactured in America

By Joe Wilkins

The main opponents to campaigns seeking bans on cell phones in schools are not the kids themselves, but their parents.
Future Society

What Kids Are Actually Using Phones for in School Is So Pathetic That We May Need to Take a Quick Walk for Mental Health Purposes

By Noor Al-Sibai

Researchers blocked the internet access of participants' phones for two weeks, producing an astounding boost to their mental health.
Mental Health

Blocking the Internet on People’s Phones for Two Weeks Led to Profound Changes in Mental Health and Attention Span

By Frank Landymore

Apple Intelligence, the iPhone-maker's feature-packed stab at AI integration into its devices, appears to be a total dud with buyers
Artificial Intelligence

iPhone Owners Extremely Unimpressed With Apple Intelligence AI

By Frank Landymore

The bug affects iPhones running the latest version of iOS 17, and causes the home screen app to abruptly crash.
Future Society

Typing These Four Characters Causes iPhones to Crash

By Frank Landymore

Chinese electronics company Realme recently demonstrated a 320 watt charger that fully charged a smartphone in four and a half minutes.
Robots and Machines

Company Claims It Can Charge a Smartphone In Less Than 5 Minutes

By Frank Landymore

Zookeepers now have a new issue when it comes to their gorilla charges: limiting their smartphone screen time. 
Science & Energy

Zoos Concerned as Gorillas Become Hooked on Smartphone Videos

By Noor Al-Sibai

It took a few days, but the FBI has finally cracked the phone of the now-deceased 20-year-old man who shot at Donald Trump.
Future Society

FBI Cracks Phone of Man Who Shot Trump

By Noor Al-Sibai

Their app gradually makes your phone inputs more delayed and offset, and their findings show it's more effective than a timed lockout.
Future Society

Scientists Invent Evil Way to Cut Screen Time: App That Makes Your Phone More and More Annoying to Use the Longer You’re On It

By Frank Landymore

It sounds like an update to an age old adage: what happens when you take a smartphone away from a narcissist? 
Health & Medicine

Something Fascinating Happens When You Take Smartphones Away From Narcissists

By Noor Al-Sibai

A smartphone startup called Nothing will launch Nothing Chats, a messaging service that turns green texts into blue-bubbles iMessages.
Future Society

Rejoice, Peasants! New App Turns Android Messages Blue in iMessage

By Maggie Harrison Dupré