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Smarter than a smartphone: Restaurant gives free kids meals if families turn phones in at the door

Nicole Russell · November 30, 2018 5:00 am

A man looks at his mobile phone during early voting at a polling location in San Antonio, Texas, on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018.

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Our phones aren’t encouraging us to go vote, but they could

Matthew Felling · October 30, 2018 6:54 pm

First lady Melania Trump visits the ancient statue of Sphinx, with the body of a lion and a human head, at the historic site of Giza Pyramids in Giza, near Cairo, Egypt, on Saturday.

Melania Trump says she tells Trump to put down his phone

Allison Elyse Gualtieri · October 6, 2018 4:10 pm

People in the audience hold up their smart phones as President Donald Trump speaks during the National African American History Month reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018.

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With 'presidential alert,' Trump needs to prove critics wrong

Erin Dunne · September 17, 2018 9:16 pm

EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference on a Competition Case involving Google Android at the European Commission building in Brussels on Wednesday.

EU fines Google $5 billion for Android OS market dominance

Katelyn Caralle · July 18, 2018 12:53 pm

EU Commissioner Margrethe Vestager holds a press conference on a Competition Case involving Google Android at the European Commission building, in Brussels on Wednesday, July 18, 2018. The European Union's antitrust chief has fined Google a record $5 billion for abusing the market dominance of its Android mobile phone operating system.

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Is Google an evil monopoly? The EU thinks so

Erin Dunne · July 18, 2018 10:01 am

Britain's Defense Secretary Gavin Williamson looks on during the fifth plenary session at the 17th IISS Shangri-la Dialogue, an annual defense and security forum in Asia, in Singapore, Sunday, June 3, 2018.

UK Defense Secretary interrupted by iPhone’s Siri while giving statement in Parliament

William Nardi · July 3, 2018 2:42 pm

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Supreme Court balances Fourth Amendment rights and a government duty

Adam Carrington · June 26, 2018 5:02 pm

Trump shrugs off efforts to boost security on his cellphones

Diana Stancy Correll · May 22, 2018 1:30 am

Walmart

Walmart drops in-store mobile checkout program

Joe Williams · May 15, 2018 7:05 pm

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross testifies before the Senate Finance Committee.

Commerce secretary reconsiders ZTE ban ‘very promptly’ after Trump tweet

Joe Williams · May 14, 2018 6:24 pm

Senators want to know more about cellphone surveillance in DC

Melissa Quinn · April 18, 2018 10:25 am