Across the United States, more schools are implementing policies restricting cell phones as concerns about digital distraction, mental health and academic performance rise.

Microsoft currently uses a mix of Nvidia, AMD and its own custom silicon. The tech giant's CTO Kevin Scott indicated Wednesday that the company mainly wants to use its own data center chips for artificial intelligence in the longer term.

Clutz was aware that his school’s reliance on tech tools had its share of supporters. It had also become the status quo for all stakeholders: teachers, students, and parents. He knew it wouldn’t be helpful to “rip the Band-Aid off and say, ‘OK, everyone, no more iPads.’”

Bringing your phone into the bathroom can also be unhygienic, the experts said. Fecal matter — and the bacteria in it — can get on your hands while wiping, and you can transfer it to your phone. Flushing the toilet with the lid open can also cause fecal matter to spray into the air and land on your phone, Dr. O’Connor said.

China is curbing the use of European telecom kit suppliers Nokia and Ericsson in its networks, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing unidentified sources.

Well, at least maybe in the solar panel world. That's because a study of six, three-decade-old arrays in Switzerland found them to still be working well, retaining more than 80% of their initial power. The results were reported by Chemistry World, a Royal Society of Chemistry publication.

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Scientists have developed functional eggs from ordinary human skin cells, a proof of concept that could open up new ways to treat infertility.