Your smartphone under a microscope.
A smartphone under a microscope pic.twitter.com/VNylK01MhA — Science girl (@sciencegirl) April 5, 2026
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AI influencers now boasting personalities, backstories… STUDY: Smartphone before age 12 carries health risks
Aitana Lopez is an influencer who makes as much as $11,000 per month. She regularly globetrots between New York City and her home in Catalonia, Spain, promotes beauty brands, Black Friday, her favorite songs and posts plenty of thirst traps. Just don’t expect to encounter her in the airport’s first-class lounge. That’s because despite her …
Venezuela’s Maduro says he has a Huawei smartphone gifted by Xi, calling it “the best in the world” and immune to US surveillance
NEW – Venezuela’s Maduro says he has a Huawei smartphone gifted by Xi, calling it “the best in the world” and immune to U.S. surveillance pic.twitter.com/4xk8eQVce6 — Insider Paper (@TheInsiderPaper) September 3, 2025
Phone use kills focus and rewires the brain for distraction. The collapse in reading habits is linked to smartphone addiction and memory loss.
Something quiet and corrosive has taken hold. Focus is vanishing. Attention span is collapsing. Not because of exhaustion or complexity, but because of something more subtle. Every few minutes the hand reaches for the phone. It is not a conscious decision. It just happens. The brain no longer knows how to sit still. This is …
Smartphone exports from China to US plunge 72% in April, hitting lowest level since 2011 amid tariff tensions
(Bloomberg) — Chinese shipments of Apple Inc.’s (AAPL) iPhone and other mobile devices to the US dived to their lowest levels since 2011 in April, underscoring how the threat of US tariffs choked off the flow of big-ticket goods between the world’s two largest economies. Smartphone exports slid 72% to just under $700 million last …
STUDY: Smartphone use leads to hallucinations, detachment from reality, aggression in teens
Early screen use is messing with kids’ minds in ways no one saw coming. Smartphones are making teenagers more aggressive, detached from reality and causing them to hallucinate, according to new research. Scientists concluded the younger a person starts using a phone, the more likely they would be crippled by a whole host of psychological …
Apple’s China smartphone shipments fall 19% in Q1, overtaken by Huawei; Vivo leads market.
In the heart of China’s smartphone market, a seismic shift unfolds as Apple grapples with a staggering 19% decline in shipments, marking its worst performance since 2020. The resurgence of Huawei, fueled by new product launches, catapults it to the forefront, challenging Apple’s dominance and pushing it to third place behind Vivo. With market dynamics …
New technology allows 911-emergency dispatchers to see through the caller’s camera on their smartphone.
There’s now the ability for 911 dispatchers to see what’s happening on a scene by using the caller’s cellphone camera. It’s already being used to save lives and catch criminals in the act. Orange County just got online, but the Flagler County Sheriff’s Office has been on board for a year now. “Hey, sheriff’s deputy,” …
American parents spend more time on smartphone than with kids…
NEW YORK — There is no shortage of studies showing the ill effects of screen time on young, developing minds. Yet while many parents set rules in place to limit their kids’ electronics time, most aren’t doing the best job role modeling themselves. According to new research, three out of five American parents admit that …
Huawei Releases Groundbreaking Smartphone
by Chris Black The Chinese now look down upon the iPhone, and they are over 20% of the world’s population and probably around 50% of the people who are going to pay $1,200+ for a phone. So this is seriously, seriously cutting into Apple’s business. I mean, it’s already potentially cutting Apple’s high end customer …