Today, Pennsylvania senators in the Senate Education Committee voted unanimously to enact a bell-to-bell phone ban in public schools. SB 1014 now heads to the full chamber of the senate, and also ...

In an era dominated by texting, social media and video calls, a biotech startup is going retro to tackle a very modern problem: loneliness. Matter Neuroscience has installed paired pay phones in two U ...

Quick question: Have you ever actually used a pay phone? Like, physically picked up one of those chunky receivers and dialed someone? If you’re under 30, probably not. Boston University sophomore ...

WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — For many students, it is the first thing they reach for in the morning and the last thing they see before bed. Now, Georgia lawmakers want cell phones out of sight — and out of ...

It's a pay phone on a busy street in Boston, and if that were not unusual enough, picking up the receiver automatically places a (free) call to a similar pay phone on the other side of the country. It ...

A photo provided by via Matter Neuroscience shows a phone at a senior living complex in Reno, Nev., part of the zoomer-to-boomer hotline experiment by Matter Neuroscience. An experiment linking ...

Gen Z is notoriously bad at picking up the phone. Boomers grew up on it. A new social experiment wants to get them talking − to each other. Outside of a busy coffee shop on Boston University’s campus, ...

An experiment linking college students in Boston with retirees in Reno, Nev., aims to bridge a cross-generational divide and expand positive social interactions. By Adeel Hassan It’s a pay phone on a ...

DETROIT - DTE Energy has abandoned the practice of forcing certain customers to pay their utility bills only with cash, though thousands still face payment method restrictions. The changes come after ...

I’m 30 and pay my dad $75 a month for my cellphone bill, but I forgot to pay him for the past year. He never mentioned it — until recently, when he texted saying I owe him $975. This does not feel ...

In a 135-1 vote, the Maryland House of Delegates on Monday passed a bill requiring public schools statewide to sharply limit student use of personal electronic devices during the school day, as ...