Tag: Smartphones
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IDC: Smartphone market set for biggest-ever decline in 2026 on memory price surge
The global smartphone market is poised to suffer its biggest decline ever in 2026, sinking to a more than decade low in shipments, as surging memory chip prices drive up device costs, the International Data Corporation said on Thursday. Smartphone shipments are expected to drop 12.9% to 1.12 billion units, the research firm said in…
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Colorado leads the way in making social media safer for kids. But is it enough? | Vince Bzdek
Last Monday, U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy urged Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms just like cigarettes have, arguing that parents and adolescents need to be informed of the negative mental health impacts of sites like Instagram, TikTok and X. But Colorado is already a step ahead of Murthy and Congress. On…
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Six seconds: Smartphone app speeds up police response to school shootings
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In every school shooting, getting help to the scene is critical. But a bottleneck of the 911 system can impose minutes-long delays in dispatching police to critical incidents. Dozens — or even hundreds — of simultaneous phone calls from panicked students, teachers and parents can overwhelm…