Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. But fidget spinners are a strange take on this trend: a play off the popularity of a physical toy that serves ...

Taylor Martin has covered technology online for over six years. He has reviewed smartphones for Pocketnow and Android Authority and loves building stuff on his YouTube channel, MOD. He has a dangerous ...

In a matter of weeks, fidget spinners went from something almost nobody had ever heard of to the must-have toy of the season. The anxiety-reducing handheld spinners are so ubiquitous that dozens of ...

Forget real-life fidget spinners: An app that simulates a fidget spinner is now the top free app in the App Store. Called "Finger Spinner," the app is a gamified version of the super-popular toy. The ...

If you know a middle school kid, or a parent or teacher of one, chances are you’ve seen the simple little colorful device that’s driving them all crazy lately. It’s called a fidget spinner, and even ...

One of the many odd things about the year 2017 has been the rise of the fidget spinner. Despite being around since the 1990s, these low-priced stress-relief aids have inexplicably become the new ...

A Cambridge University engineering student has spun his way into the record books, achieving the longest duration for spinning a fidget spinner on one finger. James Goh, 23, made his own fidget ...

After shuffling through a couple different concepts, he settled on an airplane propellor. He'd kept a World War II airplane model in his room as a child that would later inspire his first fidget ...

(CBS News) -- If you're thinking about buying your kids a fidget spinner this holiday season, you may want to think twice. This inexpensive and addictive little toy is already the topic of choking ...