Get this: Your smartphone is 10 times dirtier than a toilet seat, according to microbiologists at the University of Arizona. Sure, many of these germs are harmless. But the researchers make a good ...

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Most of us carry our phones everywhere, into the kitchen, the car, the office, and sometimes even the bathroom. The problem is that smartphones are one of the most frequently touched objects in our ...

This overlooked area harbors dangerous levels of bacteria, and could lead to device failure. Americans check their phones 205 times daily, but rarely clean the charging port. “Your charging port is a ...