A federal lawsuit argues that the agency's policy of perusing travelers' personal data without a warrant or probable cause violates the Fourth Amendment.
The Marine Corps is trying to close a no-bid contract with Cellebrite, a company that helps police get into locked phones. The specs weren’t supposed to be public.
A lot of anti-tech—or anti-Gen Z—screeds only work by romanticizing the past while pathologizing the present and projecting damage on strangers.
"We're too afraid they'll get abducted," says the author of The Anxious Generation. "That sets kids up to be weaker."
"If your kids went through puberty on a smartphone with social media, they came out different than human beings before that," argues psychologist Jonathan Haidt.
From minimum wage hikes to bans on cellphones in public schools, here are some of the most ridiculous ways state governments are interfering with Americans’ lives.
Unfortunately, the director of Health and Human Services leads a movement prone to untrue beliefs on medical matters from cell phones to vaccines, pesticides, and genetically modified crops.
Officials at the border have the power to paw through sensitive data on your phone.
The Trump Organization says the phone is domestically manufactured, but its hardware—and a statement from Eric Trump—suggest otherwise.
Whether due to tariffs or because they are made in America, the result would be much higher prices.
Nope, but it does show how complicated the issue is.
Leader of the Opposition Kemi Badenoch said she doesn’t have to watch Adolescence to understand the show’s themes.
A large new study finds smartphone ownership positively correlated with multiple measures of well being in 11- to 13-year-old kids.
Know how much the law does—and doesn’t—protect your privacy rights.
A new meta-analysis finds “no significant effects of social media abstinence interventions on positive affect, negative affect, or life satisfaction.”
There's no strong evidence that cellphones cause cancer. There also isn't strong evidence that cellphones cause teen depression.
The E.U.'s Digital Markets Act is making it easier for iPhone users to watch porn.
Billions of dollars in government revenue is a no-brainer.
David McKnight and Julian Alcala were accused of separate plots to steal sexually explicit photos from women's phones during traffic stops.
The Extinction of Experience condemns digital technology but the book is full of contradictions and cherry-picked examples.
A new "inactivity reboot" protects data from thieves and helps preserve due process.
Without a warrant and specific proof of incriminating evidence, police should never be allowed past your phone’s lock screen.
American cellphone service providers don’t carry Huawei. Blame Donald Trump and Joe Biden.
Susan Hogarth posted a photo of her primary ballot. In North Carolina, that's against the law.
The filmmakers who brought The Coddling of the American Mind to the big screen discuss the students whose stories inspired the film and the state of the media, Hollywood, and storytelling.
The surveillance company mSpy just suffered its third data breach in a decade, exposing government officials snooping for both official and unofficial reasons.
A year after a court told Maryland police that Cellebrite searches were too broad, Baltimore quietly resumed using the software.
We need parents with better phone habits, not more government regulation of social media.
The intelligence community is admitting that info from data brokers is sensitive but isn’t accepting hard limits on how to use it.
The 9th Circuit determined that forcibly mashing a suspect's thumb into his phone to unlock it was akin to fingerprinting him at the police station.
Teens who use social media heavily also spend the most in-person time with friends.
Only 22 of the 476 studies in The Anxious Generation contain data on either heavy social media use or serious mental issues among adolescents, and none have data on both.
A new survey highlights how fear-based parenting drives phone-based childhoods.
Jonathan Haidt’s clever, insufficient case against smartphones.
Plus: A listener asks about the absurdity of Social Security entitlements.
If you fail to see a problem with Apple's actions, you may not be an overzealous government lawyer.
Byron Tau's Means of Control documents how the private sector helps government agencies keep tabs on American citizens.
Many apps collect data that is then accessed by outside entities. Should you care?
FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel has initiated a new rulemaking that would enact what are largely the same net neutrality rules tried back in 2016.
The video site took out ads touting social media's benefits.
Unwired makes an unconvincing argument for heavy-handed tech regulation.
Abortion and privacy activists join over concerns that cell phones track our movements.
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