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A new app will force users to actually touch grass in an effort to reduce their most addictive phone habits. Launching on Friday, March 14, Touch Grass will offer users the opportunity to combat “mindless scrolling” by “blocking your most distracting apps until you connect with nature,” according to its description on the Apple app store.

Longtime Apple executive Phil Schiller on Monday conceded he initially opposed fees that the iPhone maker charges for in app-transactions processed outside its own payment system because he feared violating a court-ordered mandate designed to create more competition.

The tech titans argued for Section 230 immunity against claims their business dealings worsened gambling addictions.

Utah has become the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and get parental consent for minors to download apps to their devices.