The symptoms started last year. I noticed a dull ache in my hand when I held my phone, and my fingers would stiffen when I typed. When the symptoms spread to other areas of my life—for instance, when ...

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What is the first thing you do in the morning after you awaken? Many people immediately check their phones for notifications of messages, alerts and social media updates by their social ties.

If you want a good display and interface device for an embedded project, it’s hard to look past an old smartphone. After all, you’ve got an excellent quality screen and capacitive touch interface all ...

With the stable channel of Android Auto only moving to Android Auto 15.2 as of October 2025, it will be a while before ...

Smartphones allow us to have information available at our fingertips, in addition to offering portability, convenience, and a sense of privacy. However, overuse of such devices may create a sense of ...

Teen mental health has dramatically declined since 2012, according to findings by research psychologist Jean Twenge and others. A quick glance at the graph in the figure below (taken from Twenge and ...

"A nightmare on your smartphone" was originally created and published by Verdict, a GlobalData owned brand.

If you use a smartphone, you probably believe you can’t live without it. But having a smartphone is expensive. Depending on your carrier, you can easily spend $50 to $100 per month for the service, ...

Scrolling on your smartphone while on the toilet may be doing more than passing the time. A new study has found it could raise your risk of hemorrhoids by nearly 50%, thanks to the extra minutes spent ...