Cellphones Stories for 2024

Cops Can Force Suspect To Unlock Phone With Thumbprint, US Court Rules 146
SEC Targets Its Own Staff's Texting, Nixes WhatsApp On Work Phones 15
UK Considers Banning Smartphone Sales To Children Under 16 108
Feds Finally Decide To Do Something About Years-Old SS7 Spy Holes In Phone Networks 32
Major Mobile NFT Shooter Game 'MadWorld' Uses Linux Foundation Subsidiary's Game Engine 29
America's DHS Is Expected to Stop Buying Access to Your Phone Movements 49
Social Psychologist Urges 'End the Phone-Based Childhood Now' 203
Gemini Nano Won't Come To Pixel 8 Due To Hardware Limitations 7
Screen Time Robs Average Toddler of Hearing 1,000 Words Spoken By Adult a Day, Study Finds 86
The FBI Is Using Push Notifications To Catch Sexual Predators 34
OnePlus Watch 2 Launches With Wear OS 4, 100-Hour Battery 14
AT&T Restores Service After Massive, Nationwide Outage 55
AT&T Applies To End Obligation To Service Landlines In California 115
Key Rugged Phone Manufacturer Shuts Down 30
Could Apostrophy OS Be the Future of Cellphone Privacy? 100
Mobile Device Ambient Light Sensors Can Be Used To Spy On Users 11
Samsung Announces New Galaxy S24 Lineup With AI-Powered Photo Editing, Search Features 18
Why a School Principal Switched from Smartphones to Flip Phones 90
Android 15 Could Bring Widgets Back To the Lock Screen 17
Will Switching to a Flip Phone Fight Smartphone Addiction? 152
Verizon Customers Could Get Up to $100 in $100M Settlement Over 'Administrative Charge' Fees 13
SpaceX Has Launched Starlink's First Direct-to-Smartphone Satellites 13
ChatGPT Could Soon Replace Google Assistant On Your Android Phone 9
Starlink Launches First 'Cellphone Towers In Space' For Use with LTE Phones 38

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not "Eureka!" (I found it!) but "That's funny ..." -- Isaac Asimov