News Round-Up
12 May 2024
by Will Jones
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Does anyone actually read books anymore? With increasing numbers of children and adults eschewing books, Joanna Gray wonders if we have already entered the Dark Ages.
Are smartphones turning us all into a new and strange alien species? Not literally, obviously, but Steven Tucker finds symbolic truth in some of the weirder UFO conspiracies.
Apple has reportedly suspended production of vegan phone cases it started selling less than a year ago following a backlash against their poor durability. Seems we use leather for a reason.
The US is generally thought to be far more religious than Europe. However, a new paper that tracks people's locations with smartphone data suggests US religious attendance may have been substantially overestimated.
The Government appears set to bring in restrictions on children's and teenagers' access to smartphones and social media. Jack Watson, who's 15, objects to this potential restriction on his freedom.
The fact that the Government has had to tell teachers to ban children from using mobile phones in schools is just a glimpse of what is wrong with the education system, says former Headteacher Mike Fairclough.
Guy de la Bédoyère looks back on his childhood in the 1960s and 70s and see a world that, while far from perfect, was free from the catastrophism and online pressures that blight children's lives today.
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