Student encourages readers to put the phone down, “Go outside! Talk to a friend! Clean something!”

Emma Daniel Editor-in-Chief I feel personally attacked when my phone notifies me my screen time is up from the previous week. Jeez, iPhone — don’t you know there’s a pandemic on? There’s sometimes a fleeting moment of clarity in which I think to myself, “Self, you need to get it together. This little computer in your pocket isn’t your life.” Reader, those fleeting moments of clarity are where real changes can be made.  I could sing you the normal song and dance of, “Go outside! Talk to a friend! Clean…

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Apple products review: bigger, faster and more expensive

Lirona Joshi Staff Writer The three new models of the iPhone X — the XS, XS Max and XR — may look like their predecessors, but they have been upgraded with bigger screens, new software, modified cameras, louder speakers and much higher price tags. The new products have the same glass-sandwich design as the X, but internal upgrades include a new 7-nanometer, 6-core A12 bionic chip and 4 GB of RAM. A new “Neural Engine” will enable the phone to become more intelligent with use. Combined with the recently launched…

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