Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Say farewell to the landline telephone. AT&T is phasing out the system by the end of this decade. The process has already begun in ...

People are nostalgic for a simpler time without smartphones, social media and AI. Cat Goetze is dialed in. The 29-year-old in Los Angeles is the founder of Physical Phones, a Bluetooth-enabled ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Oct. 22, 2024. Click here for that audio. Landlines, for some, are ancient history. But for others, they’re still part of the present for various reasons ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you still have a landline telephone, then you may be old enough to remember smelly phone booths and the rotary dial. That is ...

Cat Goetze got the idea in 2023 after the pandemic saw her trying to cut down on screentime.

If you’re looking for an uncommon thinker, how about a tech industry veteran developing and selling landline phones in 2025 — and selling out of them in the process? Chet Kittleson is the co-founder ...

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The internet has been with us for 25 years, and it’ll come as no surprise that American adults are smitten, according to Pew’s latest data (pdf). More surprising is the news that despite the country’s ...

Landlines, for some, are ancient history. But for others, they’re still part of the present for various reasons. Heather Kelly, a technology reporter at the Washington Post, has written about the ...

If you still have a landline telephone, then you may be old enough to remember smelly phone booths and the rotary dial. That is one finding from a surprisingly deep trove of research on the ...