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Hands-free cell phone devices still pose driving risk: study
Speech-to-text devices in new cars fail to overcome the well-known perils of hands-on texting while driving, a US study published Wednesday suggests. Developing standards for measuring cognitive distraction behind the wheel, University of Utah researchers wired the heads of 32 drivers with sensors, then gave them an array of tests…
More than two-thirds of Americans still use phones while driving
More than two-thirds of American motorists use a mobile phone while driving despite recent laws in many jurisdictions banning the practice, a survey showed Thursday. The study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that 69 percent of US drivers talked on their cell phone while driving…
Study: Americans increasingly use mobile phones to keep up with politics
A growing number of Americans are using mobile phones to keep up with or play a role in politics, but some say they are getting unwanted political messages, a study showed Tuesday. The Pew Internet & American Life study showed some voters are using smartphones as real-time fact-checkers or to…
Smart phone users more and more wary of invasion of privacy by apps
Users of mobile devices are rejecting or uninstalling some apps because of concerns about how much personal and private information is collected, a US survey showed Wednesday. The Pew Internet Project survey found that 54 percent of mobile users who download apps have decided to not install a cell phone…
Appeals court: Police can track cell phones without warrant
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ruled Tuesday that police can use cell phone data obtained without a warrant to establish an individual’s location. The case, United States v. Skinner, involved a suspected drug trafficker, Melvin Skinner, who was tracked and arrested by the Drug Enforcement…
Rep. Kucinich proposes warning labels for cell phones
Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) introduced legislation last week that would require radiation warning labels for cell phones. “It took decades for scientists to be able to say for sure that smoking caused cancer,” he said in a statement on Monday. “During those decades, the false impression created by industry supporters…
Study: More than half of U.S. adults use cell phone and TV at the same time
In the new “multiscreen” world, more than half of American adults with mobile phones use them while watching television, including to check the veracity of what they see on TV, a survey showed Tuesday. The poll conducted by the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project found 38 percent…
Santorum: ‘People 20 years ago couldn’t conceive of a cell phone’
Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum says that 20 years ago people couldn’t even imagine cell phones, but now they are commonplace because Americans “recognize the rights God has given every person.” Speaking to supporters in Chillicothe, Ohio on Friday, the former Pennsylvania senator explained that the U.S. had “transformed the…
Court approves warrantless searches of cell phones
(Reuters) – Police can search a cell phone for its number without having a warrant, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday. Officers in Indiana found a number of cell phones at the scene of a drug bust, and searched each phone for its telephone number. Having the numbers allowed…
Computer scientists find hackers can easily track cell phone user’s location
The ability to track the location of a cell phone user without the user’s knowledge is far too easy, computer scientists at the University of Minnesota’s College of Science and Engineering have discovered. University of Minnesota computer science Ph.D. student Denis Foo Kune, working with associate professors Nick Hopper and…
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