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As students across the country head back to class, one thing won't be coming with many of them: their cell phones. This year more states than ever are banning students' devices during school hours. In ...

The state budget bill signed by Gov. Mike DeWine bans students from using cell phones under most circumstances in K-12 public schools. Districts must adopt the policy by Jan. 1, 2026. While some ...

This school year, many of the nation's adolescents and teens are sitting in class without the device that can sometimes feel like an added appendage: their smartphones. States such as Florida, Indiana ...

The Coronado Unified School district held a community forum to discuss upcoming changes to district cell phone policies on Tuesday, February 3. “Our goal is to have a decision made […] ...

Homecoming day at Jericho High School on New York's Long Island looked very different this year. Same big display of school spirit on the gym floor, but up in the stands, there were no cell phones at ...

Evidence to date finds that the type of radiation you get from your phone isn't likely to increase risk of brain cancer. We asked a cancer expert to put tech's health impacts into context. Jessica was ...

Cell Site Location Information, or CSLI, is an important source of evidence in digital forensics, offering a record of where a phone has been based on its interactions with cellular networks. Every ...

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a bipartisan bill into law that will largely ban student cell phone use in public school classrooms. School boards are required to create a policy by July that ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a bill banning elementary and middle school students from using cell phones during school hours. High school students can use phones outside of class but not ...