As of April 2025, an estimated 5.81 billion people in the world use a smartphone, which is roughly 71% of the world's population. It hasn't even been 40 years since the first smartphone came out, and now, one in every five people worldwide are addicted to their phones. That's cause for concern. If something...

It flickers, gently at first, but swiftly extending strobe lights across the darkened walls; a lighthouse in a sea of desperation. Your eyes stay locked on the same few thousand pixels, alternating attention between a fictitious folder of platforms. Right before the sun rises, time has escaped and taken...

WA has amended the ban on cell phone use during class blocks, now allowing students to use their phones during directed learning time (DLT). The new policy officially began on Tuesday, Nov. 12, and extends to both scheduled and unscheduled DLTs for the foreseeable future. The phone ban is, however, still...

Westford Academy students were required to put away phones during “No Phone Week” from Monday, May 20 to Friday, May 24. The purpose of the trial was to gather data to determine the best course of action regarding the usage of phones during the school day next year.  With this trial, the administration...

It has been known that phones affect people in many ways. From lowering self-esteem to decreasing productivity, phones cause issues in people's mental and physical health. Yet, we often fail to recognize another issue caused by our phones: our decreasing attention spans. "Attention span" is defined...

This year, the beginning of the colder days is accompanied by something else. The new Apple iOS update: iOS 10. Apple promises many new features: being able to handwrite iMessages, changing how bubbles appear in iMessage, and many other iMessage centered updates. It also updates Maps (something that...