🎒 Axios PM: Rethinking phone bans

🐝 Plus: Snubbing Beyoncé | Monday, September 09, 2024

Open in app View in browser   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Sep 09, 2024 Good Monday afternoon. Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 395 words, a 1.5-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing.     1 big thing: Rethinking phone bans   Illustration: Annelise Capossela/Axios   The school shooting last week in Winder, Georgia, is a reminder of why some parents oppose efforts to ban cellphones in the classroom. Students in the school were texting or calling their parents what they thought might have been their last chance to say "I love you." In previous school shootings, students used their cellphones to call for help, reach out to their parents and document what was happening. 📵 But there's been a broad and bipartisan push lately to ban phones from schools on the grounds that they're a distraction in normal, non-emergency settings, AP reports. "I'd hate to see another school shooting be the reason that we bring TVs into the classroom and then disrupt our children's education," California Gov. Gavin Newsom said Friday. "Because, in essence, that's what a cellphone is equivalent to — bringing a TV into the classroom and disrupting the ability to get quality academic time." Go deeper.     2. 📱 The new iPhones are here   Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers remarks today at the company's headquarters. Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Apple unveiled its latest iPhones today — including the first of its products designed with generative AI in mind. That will include tools for improving emails, work messages and documents, creating custom emoji, and finding photos using natural language. The Apple 16 Pro, which starts at $999, includes an enhanced chip with more cache memory, a 6.3-inch screen and a bigger battery. See the full list of new features.     3. Catch me up   This photo, provided by Kensington Palace today, shows Kate, Princess of Wales, and Prince William with their children. Photo: Will Warr/Kensington Palace via AP 👑 Kate Middleton announced in a video message that she has completed chemotherapy. She revealed in March that she had been diagnosed with cancer. Go deeper. 🌀 Tropical Storm Francine is forecast to make landfall in Louisiana as a hurricane on Wednesday evening. Go deeper. ⚖️ Jury selection began today in the trial of three former Memphis police officers who violently beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, during a traffic stop last year. Nichols died days later. Go deeper.     4. 🏆 1 for the road: Snubbing Beyoncé   Beyoncé at the 2024 iHeartRadio Music Awards in April. Photo: Michael Buckner/Billboard via Getty Images Beyoncé's "Cowboy Carter" topped Billboard's country charts for two weeks — but she didn't get a single nomination for this year's Country Music Association awards. 📻 The snub may have been foreseeable: Country radio — which is often a better indication of awards potential than outright popularity — didn't fall in love with the album or its singles the same way fans did, the N.Y. Times notes (gift link — no paywall).   Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. Axios HQ, a powerful platform, will help you do it.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Advertise with us. Axios, PO Box 101060, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. To stop receiving this newsletter, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: