Cell phone creator sees future of tech

By Associated Press

Mar 02, 2023 12:05 am

BARCELONA: The man credited with inventing the cell phone 50 years ago had only one concern then about the brick-sized device with a long antenna: Would it work?

These days, Martin Cooper frets like everybody else about his invention's impacts on society — from the loss of privacy to the risk of internet addiction to the rapid spread of harmful content, especially among kids.

PIONEER Marty Cooper, the inventor of the first commercial mobile phone, during an interview with The Associated Press during the Mobile World Congress 2023 in Barcelona, Spain on Monday, Feb. 27, 2023. AP PHOTO

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