Fidget spinners -- much like Rubik's Cubes, pet rocks and Tech Decks (aka fingerboards) -- are the newest way to distract yourself with something other than your phone. Since December, the finger toys ...

A few months ago, Auckland 11-year-old Dominic Noten was trying to decide what to do with his $1500 fortune. He kicked off his entrepreneurial career four years ago, selling treats in the dog park, ...

Fidgeting didn’t start with the spinner craze. If you’ve ever clicked a ballpoint pen again and again, you’ve used a fidget item. As part of our work, we’ve asked people what items they like to fidget ...

I don’t know about you, but I have trouble sitting still. My personal combination of over-caffeinated autism and ADHD means I need to keep my hands busy during the workday to avoid chewing my fingers ...

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Remember fidget spinners? They were a sensation in both classrooms and grown-adult-occupied offices across the world in 2017, but you don’t see many people spinning these days. That could all be about ...

A Southland school says it will destroy fidgets spinners found on school grounds. Waverley Park School principal Kerry Hawkins said the toys were banned on school grounds and if found would be ...

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