FILE – Students store their cellphones while attending class at Grant High School in Portland, Ore., Oct. 3, 2023.About 75% of school districts in Washington have some sort of policy limiting phones, according to a state study. But of those, only 30% require phones to be put away for the entire day. Kristyna Wentz-Graff /

“Phones at concerts are one of the reasons why I may never tour again,” The Pretenders frontwoman, Chrissie Hynde, said recently. “I can’t handle it. Something about the energy in the place is disrupted.” Hynde is one of those artists for whom the term “legendary” applies. The Pretenders are a hugely influential act and Hynde

I still believe Touch ID is the best hardware feature Apple’s introduced on the iPhone, and compared to the Android implementations of the time, it was head and shoulders above the competition in 2013. In the years since, we’ve seen Apple bring its fingerprint scanning technology to iPad and Mac. In fact, just a few

I spent an entire month last year using the Xiaomi 15 Ultra as my primary camera. It ticked a lot of boxes for me as a long-time photographer, and has become my favorite camera phone, not least for the natural photo quality from its large 1-inch sensor. That phone was recently updated with the Xiaomi

A Conservative MP has said it “beggars belief” that UK military personnel have revealed their locations inside sensitive military bases via the Strava exercise app. Ben Obese-Jecty, a former army officer, has criticised what he regards as the potential threat from Britain’s adversaries, who might discover personal details via the tracking platform. It is reported

When Fizz quietly debuted in Saudi Arabia in the middle of March, founder and CEO Teddy Solomon wasn’t expecting the app to catch on like it did. Within 48 hours, the app hit No. 1 overall on the App Store charts, and users in the country have since sent more than 1 million messages. For

The Artemis II crew has just completed one of the most daring portions of their moon mission: a translunar burn to finally jettison the Orion spacecraft from the Earth’s gravitational pull and put it on a trajectory to fly around the far side of the moon. It was a risky maneuver and prompted some deep

Apple’s iPads come with built-in productivity tools like Notes, Calendar, and Reminders, but if you’d like to explore new ways to maximize productivity and organize your life, there are many apps out there to help you. Although the iPad started off as a device that could be used to stream content or browse the web

valiantsin suprunovich/Shutterstock The default Reminders app on the iPhone, iPad, and Mac started as a simple app for jotting down to-do tasks you needed to remember, but Apple has improved the application significantly in recent years, giving it more advanced features that allow users to integrate Reminders

I’m glad my academic career ended before lecture halls were filled with iPad Pros and the constant clacking of keyboards. Granted, the classes I took (as an English major) were filled with like-minded students: those who bought into the belief that physically writing things down with pen and paper somehow also etched them better into

The first quarter of 2026 has sent a shiver through the electric vehicle sector, and the epicenter is Austin, Texas. Tesla’s stock plummeted over 5% following the release of its Q1 delivery figures, which revealed 358,023 vehicles handed over to customers. While any other startup would dream of such volume, for Tesla, it represents a

Summary created by Smart Answers AI In summary: Tech Advisor reviews Casio’s Moflin, a £369 palm-sized AI emotional support pet designed as a furry, guinea pig-like companion for those seeking non-judgmental interaction. The device features sensors for light, sound, and touch, plus warming functionality, responding with head movements and sounds while learning from user interactions.

Messaging apps handle sensitive conversations, contacts, and media, and their behavior on a device varies in ways that affect privacy. An analysis of Android versions of Messenger, Signal, and Telegram shows that differences in permissions, background activity, and system exposure shape how much data each app can access and how often it communicates. Permissions define

Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images Sony and Honda have killed off the upcoming electric car, Afeela EV, before it could even get off the production line. It appears that the PlayStation-adjacent vehicle is a victim of Honda’s overhaul of its current position in the EV market going forward. On

MN lawmakers close to banning AI apps that turn photos into fake porn Dozens of Minnesota women have had their innocent social media photos turned into pornography that could haunt them for the rest of their lives. Minnesota lawmakers call it “nudification,” and they’re getting close to a bipartisan ban on the technology, which they say

Iran’s IRGC says 37th wave of attacks launched against Israel, heavy missiles used Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has reportedly claimed that it has struck a data center of American tech company Oracle in Dubai. According to a report in AlJazeera, IRGC’s navy command claims it launched an attack on a data center belonging

Maybe it’s because I’ve been covering Microsoft professionally for over 30 years, I don’t know, but when it comes to this company and its promises for Windows, I have these out-of-body experiences sometimes, these flashes that take me out of the moment. I had one when it announced Recall at the Copilot+ launch event in

The electric vehicle (EV) market cooled off, especially in the U.S., over the past few years. That slowdown — along with higher interest rates, increased competition, and reduced government subsidies — chilled the industry and deflated the valuations of many high-flying EV stocks. But according to Grand View Research, the global EV market could still