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Bill in WA Senate would restrict student cell phone use
2+ hour, 56+ min ago (371+ words) Jan 29, 2026, 5:07 PM A bill in Olympia aims to restrict cell phone use during class time in Washington schools. Democratic State Sen. Marko Liias is sponsoring SB 5346. "Student device use and student device access is harming their learning and harming the…...
UW study finds alarming teen phone use
2+ week, 4+ day ago (328+ words) Jan 11, 2026, 5:00 AM BY JAKE SKORHEIM AND SPIKE O'NEILL SHOW The Jake and Spike Show, weekdays from 12 p.m. - 3 p.m. A study by the University of Washington (UW) revealed that children across America are using their phones in school at alarming rates, with 25% of…...
Parents worldwide join smartphone-free childhood campaign after viral post
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (642+ words) Dec 13, 2025, 5:00 AM A British couple sparked a global movement for a smartphone-free childhood. It all started with two parents in England " Daisy Greenwell and Joe Riory. When their eight-year-old daughter asked for a smartphone because "everyone else had one," they…...
Cloudflare outage disrupts ChatGPT, X, other internet services
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (404+ words) A widely used Internet infrastructure company said that it has resolved an issue that led to outages impacting users of everything from ChatGPT and the online game, "League of Legends," to the New Jersey Transit system early Tuesday. Around 10 a.m. ET,…...
Family sues Roblox and Discord over alleged teenage grooming
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (493+ words) Filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, the complaint from Dolman Law Group alleges the tech companies created "breeding grounds for predators" and prioritized profit over child safety. The suit was filed on behalf of…...
New York's ban on addictive social media feeds for kids takes shape with proposed rules
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (501+ words) New York's attorney general on Monday proposed regulations for its crackdown on addictive social media feeds for children, including rules for verifying a user's age. The Stop Addictive Feeds Exploitation (SAFE) for Kids Act, passed last year, prohibits social media…...
FOX, YouTube TV contract may expire: What it means for you
5+ mon, 2+ day ago (264+ words) FOX claimed it was committed to reaching an agreement, and negotiations with YouTube TV remain underway following the short-term extension. However, if the two sides do not ink a new deal by the revised deadline, FOX channels will disappear from…...
Vermont engineer revives pay phones for free calls in areas with poor cell service
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (622+ words) Jul 22, 2025, 5:01 AM "I realized, wow, there's no cell service for 10 miles (16 kilometers) in either direction," he said. "The community could really benefit from something like this." "Everyone's pretty surprised, and they're like, "Is that a real payphone? Does that really…...
He pioneered the cellphone. It changed how people around the world talk to each other — and don’t
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (1243+ words) Jul 1, 2025, 9:03 PM The Chicago boy became a star engineer who ran Motorola's research and development arm when the hometown telecommunications titan was locked in a 1970s corporate battle to invent the portable phone. Cooper rejected AT&T's wager on the car…...
Say goodbye to 206: Seattle's getting a new area code
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (367+ words) The UTC announces the transition from Seattle's 206 area code to 564 to ensure number availability in western Washington. May 8, 2025, 4:45 PM The Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) is changing the 206 area code as it works to ensure the availability of future…...