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The most effective answer to the teen mental health epidemic is to prevent this connection to screens. This is something that no one likes to admit.

Apple Inc will pay $113 million to settle allegations from 33 US states and the District of Columbia that it slowed down iPhones to mask battery issues and get users to purchase new devices, state

US Senator Richard Blumenthal on Friday called on AT&T to stop pursuing plans to offer cellphone plans partially subsidized by advertising that he said would undermine consumer privacy. “Consumers expect that their phone and broadband providers are not spying on their phone calls and web browsing or using their private data for commercial gain,” Blumenthal, …

Verizon Communications said Monday it will buy prepaid mobile phones provider Tracfone, a unit of Mexican telecoms giant America Movil, in a $6.25 billion cash and stock deal. Tracfone, which serves about 21 million subscribers through more than 90,000 retail locations across the United States, said more than 13 million of its subscribers rely on …

Apple on Friday published a revision of some of its App Store review guidelines, loosening some restrictions on streaming game services, online classes and when developers must use its in-app purchase system, which charges a 30 percent commission. The company made the changes after criticism from developers over its App Store practices and after rivals …

Kanye West needs to cut down on his screen time. The “Jesus Is Lord” rapper, 43, tweeted from the hospital Tuesday, where he was receiving injections of “cortisone mixed with a wittle sprinkle of lidocaine.” “Too much texting bro,” he prefaced the rundown of his treatment with. “Lidocaine worked instantly,” West wrote in a follow-up, …

Apple is launching a new product next week, but it may not be the hotly anticipated 5G iPhone. The company on Tuesday afternoon announced a surprise even scheduled for Sept. 15, with Apple’s senior vice president of marketing Greg Joswiak sharing a video of the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, Calif. The event invite didn’t …

Samsung has inked a $6.6 billion contract to help American communications firm Verizon build its fifth-generation wireless network. The South Korean telecom giant will provide New York-based Verizon with network equipment along with installation and maintenance under the contract signed Friday, Samsung said in a Monday regulatory filing. The pact will run through the end …

Alphabet’s Google and Apple on Tuesday announced a new system that will enable public health authorities to use smartphones to assist in contact tracing without having to build an app. The new system — called Exposure Notifications Express — will allow public health officials to submit a small configuration file to Apple and Google. The …