Fidget spinners — the multipronged, whirling gadgets that became so popular this year that some schools banned them as a distraction — have been marketed as playful diversions meant to help people ...

You might know them as one of the world’s most annoying crazes, but could fidget spinners actually be an elaborate form of mind control? Probably not. The rest of this article is behind a paywall.

Fidget spinners are supposed to be calming and fun, especially for students struggling to focus. But after some dangerous incidents involving the popular gizmos, the US Consumer Product Safety ...