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The market for used phones is growing. Apple should be scared.

The market for refurbished phones is taking off. That should make Apple scared.

Amanda Hoover   


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The hot new status symbol: phone calls

In the age of customer service chatbots and endless FAQs, the ability to speak to a real human bein…

Emily Stewart   


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A 14-year-old's award-winning invention uses AI to detect pesticides on fruit and vegetables

Washing produce doesn't always eliminate all of pesticides. This 14-year-old invented a device that…

Jessica Orwig   


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Most adults agree: Ban phones in schools. But that's the easy part — social media is the harder question.

Nearly 70% of adults in a recent Pew survey said cellphones should be banned during class time. Tha…

Katie Notopoulos   


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Top food safety lawyer says his phones are 'ringing off the hook' after McDonald's E. coli outbreak

At least one E. coli-related lawsuit has been filed against McDonald's with more expected to follow.

Natalie Musumeci   


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My 11-year-old walked less than a mile away from home. I was arrested and charged with reckless conduct.

A free-range parent was shocked when she was arrested for "reckless conduct." She's been asked to p…

Jane Ridley   


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Doctors told me I wasn't old enough for cancer. When I finally got a diagnosis, it was Stage 4.

In this excerpt from "Too Young for Cancer," Katie Coleman describes receiving her cancer diagnosis…

Katie Coleman   


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Even millennials are getting too old to land a tech job

It's official: The ranks of tech workers under 25 are rising, while the share of workers over 40 is…

Amanda Hoover   


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I'm 28 and close friends with my 80-year-old neighbor. We talk on the phone every day and she's like a grandmother to my daughter.

Sasha Gaston is 28 and her neighbor Charlette is 80. They talk on the phone every day and drink ice…

Conz Preti   


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I'm a California teacher who thinks phone use in classrooms is a big problem. I'm not convinced a new law will solve it.

California teacher Joelle Clark anticipates a new law limiting phone use in schools will pose chall…

Ana Altchek   


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My 13-year-old son has a basic phone just for calls. He likes being the only one with a retro phone.

Her 13-year-old son is the only one in his group of friends without a smartphone. Instead he has an…

Faith Dwight   


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A 14-year-old took home $10,000 for his award-winning investigation into train derailments. Here's what he found.

Gary Allen Montelongo used coding and engineering to test how suspension systems can cause train de…

Morgan McFall-Johnsen   


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My 15-year-old son has his first girlfriend. Unlike when I was a teen, 'hanging out' often just means talking on the phone at home.

My 15-year-old son has his first girlfriend and dating is different from when I was a teenager. Mos…

Stephanie Kaloi   


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My 11-year-old has a phone. I only agreed to it as long as I could see his location.

Her son started asking for a phone in 5th grade because all his friends had one. She finally agreed…

Lindsay Karp   


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My 13-year-old has been attached to her phone since she got it. I was surprised to see her happily leave it behind for a school dance.

My 13 year old daughter has been attached to her phone since she got it for Christmas. Her school h…

Karen Johnson   


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The old-school secret to a relaxing vacation

Millennials and Gen Z are taking big trips — but they don't want to plan them. It's sparking …

Magdalene Taylor   


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After my divorce, I took back my old last name. I feel like I took back my identity.

When my partner divorced me, I wanted to take back my identity. I dropped their last name and retur…

Sassafras Patterdale   


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JD Vance spilled what Trump said on the phone when he asked him to be his running mate

Vance said he received the call when his son was being noisy in the background. The former presiden…

Mia Jankowicz   


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Eton College bans smartphones for first-year students, gifting them with Nokia 'brick' phones instead

Prestigious UK boarding school Eton College tells parents of first-year students to leave smartphon…

Alexandra Bacon   


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I was flirting with someone who stole my phone and locked me out of Google. It destroyed my digital life and years of work.

A thief stole Gary Nunn's phone in a bar and was able to lock him out of the device and his Google …

Gary Nunn