Two women were forced to confront a mobile phone shop worker after his alleged act with one of their phones. One of the women had handed her phone in to a popular mobile phone store in New Zealand for it to be repaired and the pair had gone to pick it up on July 10. … Read more
Less screen time means less bad behavior. In as little as two weeks, parents could see significant improvements in their child’s mental health and behavior by reducing children’s leisure screen time to just three hours weekly, according to a new published in JAMA Network Open. Reducing children’s leisure screen time to just three hours per … Read more
It’s about time for an update like this. Apple’s iOS 18 update for iPhones and other devices appears to have a very subtle, yet handy upgrade for people with dead phones. In the fall when the new operating system is released, even if your battery is zapped, the current time will still be displayed in … Read more
Only a sole tier of iPhone users will have access to Apple’s latest, artificially intelligent operating system. The tech company unveiled iOS 18 on Monday, along with its ChatGPT-powered AI component called Apple Intelligence. Releasing in the fall, Apple Intelligence will work as a generative image and emoji maker and an enhanced writing tool. Only … Read more
Doomscrolling in bed can ruin a good night of sleep — right? Maybe not, according to recent research that says tech-before-bed may not be as detrimental to slumber as previously thought. Researchers suggest that sensitivity to blue light and digital stimulation varies from person to person. For some, screen use might even assist sleep while … Read more
DEAR ABBY: I’m 42 and recently had my first baby. My brother is six years younger and has a baby who just turned 1. Our mom has a total of four biological grandkids and one step-grandchild. I know Mom loves all of them. She is a very caring and giving grandmother. But lately, anytime I … Read more
This news is nothing to cell-ebrate. Some teen girls are clocking more than five hours a day on their smartphones — most are likely addicted to social media, a fixation that has been tied to poorer health and wellbeing, new research from Finland finds. “The implications of nearly six hours of daily smartphone use and … Read more
It’s time to stop blaming our phones. Screen time isn’t making child-parent relationships worse, say researchers. In fact, it’s just distractions in general. Researchers in Switzerland analyzed what they refer to as “technoference” — that is, interference caused by digital devices — to learn whether distractions from sources other than phones were actually just as … Read more
iPhone users are causing some much-dreaded déjà vu. The latest Apple update iOS 17.5 — which the company recently urged users to instantly download — is causing years-long deleted photos to reappear on phones. One person was shocked to see erased, nude photos they had taken with their partner three years ago suddenly pop up … Read more
Oklahoma teen Rayce Ogdahl is lucky to be alive after his religious crucifix electrocuted him like a “hot coil,” leaving his entire neck encircled in scars. “He said this all happened within a matter of seconds and he visibly saw sparks coming from his neck,” The boy’s relieved mother Danielle Davis, 38, told Kennedy News … Read more
Apple finally had a wakeup call. For many months, iPhone users have been complaining about a glitch that resulted in set alarms not sounding. “This has probably been the third or fourth day in a row my alarm clock has not gone off,” TikToker Reid Manning recently griped. Another person on TikTok said they spent … Read more
Gen Z has a lot to learn. After growing up during the pandemic and spending multiple years in a remote, isolated environment, employers are noticing the difference. A recent survey even found that employers are going above and beyond to not hire recent college graduates in favor of older workers. Now, schools are hoping to bridge the … Read more
A terrifying and extremely advanced cyberattack has impacted iPhone users from at least 92 countries, including India, Reuters reported. Parent company Apple warned targeted users in an email that hackers aimed to “remotely compromise the iPhone” and updated its guidance about these cases of highly sophisticated device infiltration Wednesday. Called “mercenary attacks,” they actually don’t … Read more
Everyone is flipping out — but that might be a good thing. More and more school districts across the country are banning cell phone use. Politicians like Ron DeSantis are barring kids under 14 from social media. Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt’s March book “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic … Read more
It’s handy to know what your iPhone is doing to your digits. Techies and smartphone users fear that their mobile devices, when pressing down on their pinky during normal phone use, are leaving a mark or indentation on the pinky — otherwise known as “iPhone finger.” The iOS-inspired conspiracy was recently discussed on “The TJ … Read more
“Suppose that when your first child turned ten, a visionary billionaire whom you’ve never met chose her to join the first permanent human settlement on Mars … Would you let her go?” “Of course not,” writes Jonathan Haidt. But the social psychologist argues in his upcoming book, “The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of … Read more
As if anyone needed it, there’s a new way to kill time on social media. Instagram has hidden an emoji-based game within the direct messaging feature of their smartphone app — and people are beginning to notice it. To play, both iOS and Android users should open a message and draft and send a single … Read more
Nora, 16, is a fairly typical teenager. A high-school student from Southern California, she lives on Snapchat, has a mouth full of braces, sings in the school choir and a “large majority” of her friends are clinically depressed. “I always have a friend who’s going through something super serious,” she told Abigail Shrier, author of … Read more
It’s a total fashion dough‘nt. Carrying cash, identification and debit cards in a billfold has become akin to carrying around old butterscotch candies at the bottom of your purse as teens and early 20-somethings have officially declared wallets atrociously antiquated — or, more modishly put, “cheugy.” “Millennials, apparently there’s a new way that we can age … Read more
If you miss your BlackBerry, you can have it back once again with the click of a button. Introducing Clicks, which is both a case and physical keyboard rolled into one, to turn your iPhone into a BlackBerry-like device. iPhone users — specifically owners of the iPhone 14 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 … Read more