Tin Can Untechnologies, a Seattle startup that raised $12 million last December in a seed round led by Greylock Partners, isn ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Landlines from companies like Tin Can allow kids to chat with their friends without all the distracting apps and pings of a ...

I check an email and before I realize it, I’m watching TikTok videos: lions fight hyenas, military dads reunite with kids, athletes do amazing things … I look up, and an hour has passed. I’ve wasted ...

Children who are given smartphones before the age of 12 are more likely to develop certain health problems, researchers report. According to a piece published by the journal Pediatrics on Monday, Dec.

Having a smartphone may be harmful for children younger than 12, according to a new study. The study published Monday in the peer-reviewed journal Pediatrics found that owning a smartphone during ...

WACO, Texas — A global study published in the Journal of Human Development and Capabilities has found that children who receive smartphones before age 13 face significantly higher risks of mental ...

The longer you wait to give your child a smartphone or allow them to join social media, the happier and more successful they're likely to be as adults, says psychologist Jean Twenge. To help parents ...

Let’s be honest: the warnings are not wrong. But they’re also not enough. We keep yelling “Don’t do it!” — while the tech and telecom industries continue to innovate, market, and subsidize these ...

Landlines from companies like Tin Can allow kids to chat with their friends without all the distracting apps and pings of a smartphone. (Photo illustration: Nathalie Cruz/Yahoo News; photo: Courtesy ...