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Poll: Are you shutting off Amber Alerts on your phone after this morning's ...

WEA messages include a special tone and vibration and are repeated twice. Cell phone customers are allowed to opt out of Amber Alerts, according to information provided by the web page explaining FEMA's Integrated Public Alert and Warning System ...

Sounding Off: Dallasites weigh in on animal disturbance laws

Brian Baldwin, Dallas: Barking dogs can truly be a nuisance, and nuisances can seem to go on forever even when the clock might show a shorter duration than might seem. Ordinances that deal with nuisances are often difficult to enforce. It's especially ...

How to stop sleeping with your phone

The distance makes it less likely that you'll use your phone right before going to sleep and helps cut down on exposure to radiation. As an added bonus, you're also forced to get out of bed to shut off your alarm, ensuring you won't just keep tapping ...

The Timer and the Ticking Clock of Parenting

This is one of those old-school timers with a little hammer that vibrates between two metal bells. It reminds me of The parenting clock. The only clock that seems to run at a different rate. The only clock that never stops. Yet it's the clock I ...

Could a dawn-simulation alarm clock get me up and running?

Dawn simulation alarm clocks come highly recommended – by the British swimming team, British Rowing, and British Cycling, no less. But would it get me out of bed and into my running shoes? I unboxed it, plugged it in, read through the instruction ...

Pebble smartwatch will come with a colour screen and work with ANY handset

It was the first mass market smartwatch, and now Pebble is set to fight back against the Apple and Google watches. Pebble has revealed a new model is coming tomorrow, and will feature a colour screen. The firm even accidentally leaked an image believed ...

Mystery of your fridge's strange NOISES solved: Scientists finally trace ...

Anyone who has walked into their kitchen at night will have heard it - a series of strange pops and cracks emanating from the refrigerator. The source of these loud knocks and groans has baffled manufacturers, who have sought fruitlessly to solve the ...