At one end are old-school flip phones, popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, that handle calls and texts but little else.
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Maya Blackstone,
CBS News,
5 Aug. 2026
The app walks you through various permissions to access your texts, calendar, and phone before showing legal documents, including terms and conditions and the privacy policy.
House Bill 1512, which would require tech manufacturers to make digital repair manuals, parts and tools available to consumers and independent repair shops, passed in October 2025 and was referred to a committee in the Pennsylvania Senate.
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Joe Brandt,
CBS News,
30 July 2026
But until those requirements are formally published and MCOs have updated their systems, provider manuals and contracting terms accordingly, providers face a fragmented reality.
Bureaucracy Feels More Powerful Than People ‘Severance’ showcases a workplace dominated by rules, handbooks, procedures, approval chains, and layers of management.
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Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2026
School handbooks may also provide information on whether a school serves all students or may exclude some groups, like those with disabilities or LGBTQ+ parents from admissions.
Most dictionaries do not even list the meaning—’to kill’—that the government now proposes.
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David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
27 July 2026
Christmas hams, party cocktails, elegant layer cakes, and cookout classics fill the dictionaries of Southern family recipes, but one of my favorites is a simple vinaigrette from my grandmother.
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Mary Shannon Wells,
Southern Living,
2 July 2026
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