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We treat tech overuse like drug addiction, but smartphones – like sugar – are everywhere, making complete avoidance unrealistic.
From corded handsets to lockable pouches, a new wave of products promises physical distance from our devices. But who gets to, and under what conditions?
Mobile phones have become part of just about everyone’s emergency infrastructure. But what do you do when the power and service go out?
Despite dire warnings of a ‘postliterate’ generation, data suggests Gen Z is still reading – just in ways many traditional studies fail to capture.
Supporters of the ban argue that kids need a break from constant phone notifications so they can focus on learning and social skills instead.
A photographer describes how your phone camera flattens and dulls the colors in photos – and how to regain an appreciation for the wide spectrum of colors.
Apps, computer games and digital cameras are helping people discover more special space occasions.
There are simple changes you can make right now.
Your phone was built to make you look good, not to support diagnosis, yet its images are now influencing your medical care.
Does cloud-free AI have the cutting-edge over data processing and storage on centralised, remote servers by providers like Google Cloud? Is AI-powered edge computing safer? More trusted?
To escape endless scrolling, email and news alerts, more people are turning to older tech to regain control of their lives.
Federal agents have pepper-sprayed, tackled and detained people recording their actions. If you post your recordings of agents, you also risk the feds tracking you and those around you.
Many people may call it self-care to crash on the couch with your smartphone, but screen-based activities increase the load on your brain instead of resting it.
This commercialised form of abstinence rarely extinguishes digital cravings – instead merely acting as a temporary pause.
There are actually two North Poles. One has been wandering over northern Canada and north of there for years. An earth scientist explains why and what it means for holiday travel.
The mass adoption of new technologies drives demand for rare and complex materials used in their manufacture.
Seeing more refurbished electronic devices on the market? Thank tech innovation – and the government regulation that sparked it.
If you’re thinking of buying your loved ones smart gadgets this Christmas, here’s how to prevent them from a privacy nightmare.
Far from being simply glamorous or transactional, relationships with a “blesser” expose young women to risks.
Top contributors
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Professor & Director, Hub for Apple Platform Innovation (HAPI), School of Computing Technologies, RMIT University
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Professor, Information and Communications Technology, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Strategy, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Applied Ethics and CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor, Computer Networking and Telecommunications, University of Salford
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Professeur des universités physicien, Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA)
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Quality of life researcher and occupational therapist, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Anthropology, UCL
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Professor of Screen Media, King's College London