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A 22-year-old Johns Hopkins dropout is pioneering a new way to treat drug...
22-year-old Shrenik Jain dropped out of a triple major at Johns Hopkins to create Marigold Health, a startup that offers a new kind of addiction treatment.Jain's startup recently got backing from...
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California regulators are considering a plan to charge a fee for text...
California regulators are considering a plan to charge a fee for text messaging on mobile phones to help support programs that make phone service accessible to the poor.The proposal is scheduled for a...
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I quit texting and messaging on all social media platforms for a week and it was harder than I expected. I didn't use Facebook Messenger, Instagram Direct, WhatsApp, Google Hangouts, or Twitter...
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A teacher documented every notification her students received during class,...
A picture posted by a teacher is making the rounds on Facebook and Twitter that shows just how often the students in the teacher's class got phone notifications during a single period.The picture shows...
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These are the 3 scenarios where it's acceptable to ghost someone
Ghosting is a sad but inevitable part of dating, mainly because people have so many options and they can't keep up with them all. We know ghosting hurts people's feelings, and yet some people continue...
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Verizon has fixed an outage that prevented 'a ton' of customers on the East...
Verizon has fixed an issue that was preventing some customers on the East Coast from sending text messages on Tuesday morning. The carrier initially confirmed the outage in customer responses on...
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How to sext as safely as possible, according to experts
Sexting may be fun, but that doesn't mean it's safe.Between photo hacks and revenge porn, there's no foolproof way to ensure your privacy.INSIDER spoke with experts about the best ways to sext to keep...
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A new bill is proposing fines of anywhere from $25 to $250 for texting while...
A new bill proposes a variety of fines for crossing the street while texting in New York City. Fines would start at $25 and go up to $250, depending on whether or not you're a repeat offender.There are...
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This company will pay you $1,000 to ditch your smartphone and switch to a...
The internet service provider Frontier Communications will pay $1,000 to a candidate of its choosing who's willing to trade in their smartphone for a flip phone for a full week.But the person selected...
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No, we're probably not growing horns because of our cellphone use. One of the...
A study linked poor posture from cellphone use to hornlike protuberances on the back of millennials' skulls.But some members of the academic community say the study is flawed, and one expert said the...
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This 40-second video perfectly captures why people shouldn't use their phones...
People using their phones while driving, either to text or use video-recording apps like Snapchat, is becoming increasingly popular.A 40-second video does a good job showing why people shouldn't use...
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Read receipts make people feel terrible and you should turn them off
Read receipts are a sometimes optional feature that lets others know when their messages have been viewed by the person they sent them to. To figure out if using read receipts is actually a wise idea,...
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Here's why the internet is obsessed with 'number neighbors,' a viral trend...
Twitter has been taken over with screenshots of users trying to engage their "number neighbors" in conversation.The viral trend has users texting phone numbers that are one digit away from theirs and...
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Apple was secretly working a feature that would have reportedly let iPhones...
Apple was reportedly working on a new iPhone feature that would have let users text each other without cell service.Those plans have been postponed indefinitely, according to The Information's Aaron...
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A relationship coach warns women against falling into the 'texting trap' when...
Trying dating apps for the first time can be a daunting experience, especially because there are so many rules and trends to keep track of.Modern dating and relationship coach Sami Wunder told Insider...
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7 texting mistakes that can ruin your reputation at work
Smartphones have changed how we communicate, and the prevalence of texting has infiltrated the workplace.From Slack to actual texts, casual texting between colleagues has become more of a norm. But...
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People are constantly interrupted at work, and that may not be a bad thing
Elana Feldman is an assistant professor of business at University of Massachusetts Lowell.Feldman conducted a study that asked 35 participants to record their interruptions during the workday....
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A Massachusetts college campus has been rocked by allegations that one...
Boston College students are shocked at the news that a former classmate, Inyoung You, was indicted in the suicide of her partner, Alexander Urtula.Urtula threw himself off of a parking garage on the...
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A new study shows that Americans actually have plenty of free time to...
Turns out, lack of time may not be an excuse for never working out: A new study shows that Americans have at least 4.5 hours of free time each day.This counters the perception that Americans don't get...
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Michelle Carter, who urged her boyfriend to kill himself in 2014, was...
Michelle Carter, 23, was released from jail on Thursday.Carter was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in 2017 for pressuring Conrad Roy III, 18, to take his own life.Carter has been held at the...
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