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There's so much nostalgia for '90s and early 2000s culture right now. Part of that is because of the novelty of analogue forms of communication. After all, keeping up with your WhatsApp group chat, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Landlines are nearing obsolescence. For many young people, theyâve gone the way of CD-Roms, cassette tapes and the humble printer.

Landlines, for some, are ancient history. But for others, they’re still part of the present for various reasons. Heather Kelly, a technology reporter at the Washington Post, has written about the ...

People are nostalgic for a simpler time without smartphones, social media and AI. Cat Goetze is dialed in. The 29-year-old in Los Angeles is the founder of Physical Phones, a Bluetooth-enabled ...

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I call Spectrum and tell the representative I’d like to install a landline in my apartment. “This would be for a business ...

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on Oct. 22, 2024. Click here for that audio. Landlines, for some, are ancient history. But for others, they’re still part of the present for various reasons ...