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Americans Just Crossed a Tipping Point on School Cellphone Bans
A Pew Research Center survey found that for the first time more Americans support than oppose all-day cellphone bans in schools.…
Support for school cellphone bans reaches new high, where do you stand?
As back-to-school season gets underway, more Americans now say they support keeping students away from their phones throughout the entire...…
Survey: 77% of US adults support in-class cellphone bans for middle and high school students, up from 74% in 2025 and 68% in 2024; just 18% oppose such bans (Jeffrey Gottfried/Pew Research Center)
Cellphone companies still collecting surveillance data on foreign threats despite FISA lapse
The urgency regarding the renewal of the provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that permits the United States to collect data on foreign nationals — and inadverten…
Kids who own cellphones have poorer reading comprehension scores than those who don't, researchers find
Kids who own cellphones have poorer reading comprehension scores than those who don't, researchers find
Amazon’s trying to launch a global satellite cellphone network in 2028
Starlink or Leo?…
Can police access your cellphone location data? Supreme Court issues huge ruling
An armed robbery from seven years ago has led to a monumental ruling that some Supreme Court justices say will have "seismic" effects on the way the Fourth Amendment is interpreted…
Yes, the cellphone bans are working
Chicago couple goes missing in Mexico City — family pleads for help after eerie cellphone, banking data emerge
A Chicago couple disappeared in Mexico City last week, and sporadic financial records and location data paint an ominous picture.…
Florida cop pulls over disabled, one-handed woman for holding cellphone while driving — but drops charges over ‘lack of evidence’
The officer asked her to put a "hand to God" that she hadn't been using her phone while she was driving.…
If you didn't have a cellphone in the early 2000s, you'll never know these pains
At least they were as durable as a brick…
I don’t love cheap cell phone plans just for the savings — they also come with these hidden perks
Who doesn't love freebies?…
The Appalachian Mountains hold enough lithium to make 500 billion cellphones, researchers discover
Researchers with the U.S. Geological Survey estimated that the ancient Appalachians mountain system holds 2.5 million tons of the critical element lithium.…
Gunshot may have hit cellphone in officer's bulletproof vest at correspondents' dinner, sources say
The FBI is conducting forensic reviews of evidence recovered from the Hilton Hotel in Washington, D.C., following the White House Correspondents' Dinner shooting. CBS News' Anna Sc…
Ontario considering banning cellphones and social media in schools
Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra says province is looking not only at a social media ban, but also a near-total ban on cellphones at school…