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    Now, even some tech firms acknowledge tech's downside

    Jan 12, 2018 4 minutes
    Sydney Lee, friend Addison Andrade, and Maddie Lee (from left to right) use their cell phones in Mountain View, Calif., in this 2017 photo. The Lee family works together on using social media responsibly. Some tech-industry insiders and investors say technology firms should do more to help young people avoid smartphone overuse.

    For months, the whispers had been growing louder in tech circles: Influential tech companies are using techniques to grab so much of people’s attention that it bordered on fostering addiction.

    The charges came from high-profile former employees and venture capitalists, who said the companies were doing it on purpose.

    This week, those concerns spread to the investment world and ensnared another high-tech titan, as a prominent hedge fund and a major pension fund joined in an open call for Apple to offer parents tools to limit their children’s use of iPhones and other devices.

    All this represents a marked shift among powerbrokers for the high-tech industry, where large firms like Apple

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