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These are the mistakes you’re making when charging your phone
Do you leave your mobile plugged in all night?
Should Stormont follow England and recommend a no-phone policy in our schools?
Leaving schools to make their own tailored phone policies poses challenges
‘Loyalty penalty’ class action claim launched against four largest mobile firms
The claim alleges that long-standing customers were overcharged for handsets beyond the end of their contractual term.
Guidance set to urge parents not to buy smartphones for primary school children
Education minister Norma Foley wants to limit younger children’s exposure to potentially harmful content online.
If being without your phone fills you with dread, you could have nomophobia
Psychologist Dr Linda Papadopoulos highlights how phone addiction could be harming your wellbeing.
Mobile phone companies have role in ‘helping crush’ device theft, Met chief says
There has been a 28% rise in mobile phone robbery in London and a 22% increase in theft of devices over the last 12 months, figures show.
Sadiq Khan, Met Commissioner to ask phone companies to ‘design out’ theft
An average of 157 mobile phones are stolen every day in the capital.
Google AI ‘miles ahead’ of rivals and helps Pixel phones stand out, exec says
Michiel van Eldik said Google’s hardware was ‘on par or better’ than its rivals so the firm was promoting its AI capabilities to ‘differentiate’ it.
Grappling with smartphones is one of biggest issues teachers face – Keegan
New guidance from the Department for Education will back headteachers in banning mobile phone use throughout the school day – including break times.
Blanket ban of mobile phones in schools across England ‘unenforceable’
It is currently up to individual headteachers to decide their own policies on devices and whether they should be banned.