NYC teachers discover teens can’t read clocks after school cellphone ban

They just forgot that skill because they never used it, because they always pulled out their phone,” said Cheyenne Francis, ...
Hoodline

New York City Students Struggle With Reading Analog Clocks Amid Cellphone Ban in Schools

NYC's cellphone ban in schools has led to the unexpected issue of students struggling to read analog clocks, as they rely heavily on digital timekeeping. Despite attempts to curb device use, students ...
Gothamist

NYC phone ban reveals some students can't read clocks

Tiana Millen, an assistant principal at Cardozo High School in Queens, said this year’s ban on smartphones revealed that many ...

The Case for Ditching Your Phone and Going Back to a Classic Alarm Clock

The benefits of ditching the phone alarm extend beyond sleep quality. Many people also notice a big shift in how they feel ...
IEEE

Have Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) Really Learned to Tell the Time on Analog Clocks?

Multimodal Large Language Models which can answer complex questions on an image struggle to tell the time on analog clocks. Reading the time on an analog clock requires identifying the hands, their ...

We Should All Aspire to Be as Thoughtful a Gift-Giver as Usher

During the 2025 run of his Las Vegas residency, Usher became known for a particular bit. Wrapped in a furry overcoat, the ...