Hannah Fry says she's getting her daughter a landline for Christmas. (Getty Images) Many of us remember spending long hours as tweens and teenagers chatting to our friends on the house phone. We knew ...

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The Bangalore-bound bus was carrying about 40 passengers when it collided with a motorcycle on Friday A bus fire that killed at least 20 people in southern India was intensified by hundreds of ...

Why are schools being urged to ban smartphones? Shares in Apple hit an all-time high early this week, a fraction above the previous peak of December 2024 – valuing the firm at not far off $4 trillion.

Boox has announced the Palma 2 Pro – a pocketable E Ink smartphone that will soon be available globally. The compact e-reader is available to preorder now and will ship from 20 November, just in time ...

LONDON, Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Unplugged today announced the UK launch of its flagship smartphone, UP Phone, offering a privacy-first alternative to surveillance-driven technology – and a major ...

QUALCOMM Incorporated (NASDAQ:QCOM) is one of the high-growth semiconductor stocks that are profitable in 2025. On October 6, reports emerged indicating that the company faces an antitrust lawsuit in ...

Young people have said the social pressure to have a smartphone has made them "almost essential". In February 2024, Ofcom reported that nine out of 10 children owned a mobile phone by the time they ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A landmark class action lawsuit against tech giant Qualcomm, potentially leading to payouts for millions of UK smartphone users, is set to begin this week. Consumer champion Which? has initiated the ...

British energy group Octopus cited parallels with smartphones as it claimed a planned link up with Mingyang would provide “confidence” that Chinese wind turbines could be used safely in the UK power ...