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Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal. Credit Kevin Hagen for The New York Times

Identity Thieves Hijack Cellphone Accounts to Go After Virtual Currency

by Nathaniel Popper | Aug 30, 2017 | Business, Technology

New York- Hackers have discovered that one of the most central elements of online security — the mobile phone number — is also one of the easiest to steal. In a growing number of online attacks, hackers have been calling up Verizon, T-Mobile US, Sprint and AT&T...

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Pregnant women arrive at the “Hospital Escuela Universitario” to be checked for zika virus in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on January 29, 2016. AFP PHOTO/Orlando SIERRA

Should Pregnant Women Hang up their Mobile Phones?

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 20, 2017 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- Children whose mothers were frequent cell phone users during pregnancy were more likely than those of less frequent users to be hyperactive, a new study finds. But lead author Laura Birks is not advising expectant mothers to hang up their cell phones. She...

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A man (R) looking at his smartphone while having dinner at a street food restaurant in Bangkok. NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images

Device-free Dinner Campaign Launched by Advocacy Group

by Hayley Tsukayama | Aug 18, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

Washington-Common Sense, an advocacy and education group for parents, has urged families to try a device-free dinner. The group has launched a campaign challenging families to put the devices away at dinner, stay off their phones and talk to one another. In...