Schools across the state will soon have to implement bell-to-bell cell phone bans for their students as part of legislation recently approved in New York State’s 2026 budget. Schools have ...

Cell phones and depression Source: Mart Production/Pexels The Mood-Phone Connection Research consistently demonstrates associations between problematic smartphone use and negative mood states.

The practice, which can sweep up the location and identifying details of thousands of cell phones, has been widely used to aid criminal investigations – and has also sparked intense debate over ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — As New York public schools gear up for a statewide ban on cell phones, the Watervliet City School District in the Capital region has already been ahead of the curve, having ...

Florida's HB 1105 would ban elementary and middle school students from using cell phones during school hours. High schoolers could still use phones outside of class or for educational purposes.

Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs signed a bill limiting student cell phone use during school hours, with exceptions for emergencies, educational purposes, and medical needs. The law aims to address ...

Iowa's public K-12 school districts must adopt policies by July 1 banning cell phones and other electronic devices during class time under a new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Reynolds proposed ...

Throughout the lunch period at Cienega High School in Vail, students used their cell phones to make calls and texts and check social media apps. However, next school year, Senate bill 2484 ...

Google just updated its logo for the first time in almost a decade, and it barely changed. To the designers out there, you ...

CBC reported Thursday that the Canadian province of Quebec also plans on banning cell phones in schools. Spike O’Neill, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, agrees that ...

The best family cell phone plans help groups manage data usage and payments for several lines under a single account. If your family (or group of friends) wants to stick to a major carrier ...

Here’s how it works. Even though I live in one of the most densely populated states, you would think by now that every inch of Jersey would have excellent cell phone coverage — but it doesn’t.