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  "id": 14410,
  "url": "https://variety.com/2026/shopping/news/boost-mobile-starter-phone-student-deals-1236822849",
  "title": "Boost Mobile Is Making First Phones More Affordable for Back-to-School Season",
  "summary": "Back-to-school shopping usually means backpacks, notebooks and dorm-room basics. But for many families, a phone plan — or a first phone — has become just as essential. Boost Mobile is leaning into that rite of passage with a slate of back-to-school tech deals aimed at parents looking to get their kids connected without committing to a traditional […]",
  "authors": "Atingley4",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-28T20:30:37.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-29T05:10:12.205Z",
  "source_slug": "x-variety-ai",
  "source_name": "Variety (AI)",
  "source_homepage": "https://variety.com/t/artificial-intelligence/",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14410",
  "original_url": "https://variety.com/2026/shopping/news/boost-mobile-starter-phone-student-deals-1236822849",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
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