Topic: Iphone Addiction

A listener working for a Department of Defense agency realizes their smartphone addiction after being unable to receive signals at work. They describe the "angst" of not receiving notifications and the subsequent relief found by leaving the phone in their car.

Major Apple investors, including Janna Partners and a California pension fund, are urging the company to address smartphone addiction in children. Citing risks of depression and suicide, these activist investors are pressuring Apple to develop better parental controls, comparing the tech industry's potential regulatory future to that of the tobacco industry.