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Who still uses pagers anyway?

Reuters
Summary
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79% Informative

Pagers, also known as beepers, were largely rendered obsolete, with demand plunging from their 1990s heyday.

But the tiny electronic devices remain a vital means of communication in some areas, such as healthcare and emergency services.

Pagers grabbed headlines on Tuesday when thousands used by Hezbollah were detonated simultaneously across Lebanon , killing at least nine people and wounding nearly 3,000 .

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90

Informative language

96

Neutral language

70

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formal

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English

Language complexity

56

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possibly offensive

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not hateful

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short-lived

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