Some Hong Kong taxi drivers are bypassing new rules that limit the number of mobile devices mounted at the front of vehicles to two by installing large monitors – a move that an industry leader has warned endangers road safety. The amended Road Traffic (Traffic Control) Regulations, which took effect on Sunday, allows a maximum…
A customer is dead after their phone could not make emergency calls, putting the embattled telco industry back under the spotlight. TPG, which also operates the Vodafone and Lebara brands in Australia, revealed a person died when their Samsung phone could not make triple-zero calls. At the time the Sydney-based caller attempted to reach the…
A patent-monetization company accused Apple Inc. of patent infringement with the automatic brightness controls on its laptops and mobile phones. Several models of Apple’s iPhones and MacBooks infringe US Patent No. 8,223,117, Polaris PowerLED Technologies LLC alleged in a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Western District of Texas. The patent…
Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. The presence of cellphones can have a negative effect on family relationships and youth mental health, according to two new studies. The studies suggest that electronic media use, especially among young girls, can increase family conflict as well as…
By Max A. Cherney SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) -Arm Holdings said on Tuesday it was launching its next-generation set of chip designs called Lumex that it has optimized for artificial intelligence to run on mobile devices such as smartphones and watches without accessing the internet. Called Lumex, the new generation of Arm mobile designs come in…
South Korea has moved to ban mobile phones and other digital devices in school classrooms nationwide, as concerns grow about the impact of social media on young people. The ban will take effect from March next year, making South Korea the latest country to restrict the access that young people have to phones and social…