The toy craze that has swept the nation — cheaply manufactured fidget spinners of dubious metallic constitution — is probably on the way out, with the high-water mark of fidget obsession appearing to ...

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 ...

Fidget spinners have saturated middle schools and office cubicles at an astonishing rate since catching hold of Americans' addled attention spans earlier this year. In a development that now seems ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I am a journalist covering consumer protection and fraud. Electric fidget spinners have joined hoverboards and other unregulated ...

The twirling, hand-held toys at times exasperated teachers and distracted students. But by the time school started this fall, interest had dissipated. "It seems to already be a bit of a passing fad," ...

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What are fidget spinners? Fidget spinners started gaining popularity in March this year, and can be bought anywhere from pasar malams to department stores. Before fidget spinners, a device known as a ...