A newly released study published in the journal Pediatrics found that children who were given smartphones before the age of 12 suffered worse health outcomes than their peers, from higher risks of depression and obesity.
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NO PRIVACY: INDIA DEMANDS ACCESS TO SMARTPHONES
Private tech companies were informed by New Delhi last week that they are now required to install a government security app called Sanchar Saathi into smartphones, as the country says it wants to crack down on fraud cases—drawing swift criticism from privacy advocates.
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DENMARK TRIES TO GET CITIZENS TO READ MORE BY OFFERING DISCOUNT ON BOOKS
Denmark, like most of the Western world, is having a hard time getting its citizens to read so the country will be implementing a plan that exempts book purchases from the country’s 25 percent value-added tax in hopes that books will become more affordable to the public, thus increase reading, according to a report in The New York Times.
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EXCESSIVE PHONE USE IN CHILDHOOD CAN LEAD TO DEPRESSION, IRRITABILITY IN TEEN YEARS: STUDY
Teenagers who spent more time looking at phone screens as children were more likely to suffer from depression and had “significantly higher levels of stress” than teens who were not as fixated on mobile devices when they were younger, a newly released study said.
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NEW STUDY LINKS SMARTPHONE USE TO HALLUCINATIONS, AGGRESSION IN TEENS
A newly released report looked into teens and their relationship with smartphones and found troubling occurrences of various mental health issues, ranging from depression and suicidal ideation to hallucinations.
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SMARTPHONES LINKED TO ANXIETY, DEPRESSION IN TEENS
Newly released studies have shown increases and anxiety, depression, or insomnia among teenagers who use their smartphones at a “problematic” level.
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NOT-SO-SMART PHONES: UBIQUITOUS ACCESSORY IS A ‘RESERVOIR OF ALLERGENS,’ TOXINS
Walk down any city street and you’ll no doubt find most people staring into the faint glow of their iPhones, without ever considering how many allergens and other toxins they’re being exposed to while holding the device.