Burner phones have seen a quiet resurgence in 2025. These simple mobile devices remain popular among privacy-conscious users, digital minimalists, and anyone looking for a basic secondary phone. The ...

British police said on Tuesday that they had disrupted a global criminal network suspected of smuggling up to 40,000 stolen mobile phones from the UK to China over the past year. The Metropolitan ...

Police said the network was behind about 40% of London phone thefts in a year. LONDON -- Police in London "disrupted a major criminal network" suspected of smuggling almost 40,000 stolen phones from ...

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Tesla CEO Elon Musk has occasionally suggested that the company might produce a mobile phone, but Tesla has never announced such a product. A rumor circulated online in September 2025 claiming that ...

In today’s world, communication is largely done through one of two methods: smartphones or social media. Young children, however, rarely have access to either—and experts say they shouldn’t have any ...

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The world of eSIMs has taken a huge step forward over the past month, as first Google launched the eSIM-only Pixel 10 range in the US, and then Apple expanded the regions that were eSIM-only for the ...

You don’t need to spend a fortune to get a new phone that handles your daily tasks with ease. The best cheap Android phones pack impressive features into affordable price tags, making them great ...

Over the last several months, chef Rock Harper has been hosting phone-free events at his H Street corridor bar Hill Prince. He’s also been reevaluating his own technology use, going so far as to give ...

If you’re looking for one of the best Android phones, there’s a strong chance that you’re considering one or more of the best Google phones. The current tenth-generation Pixel 10 range is Google’s ...

Tracfone has added a new service plan to its offerings: Tracfone Freedom. This is Tracfone's first plan to include unlimited data (a standard offering from most other carriers). Tracfone's existing ...