According to a new analysis, the number of US teens who felt “useless” and “joyless” grew 33 percent between 2010 and 2015, and there was a 23 percent increase in suicide attempts.
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Why do so many people queue overnight (or longer) for an over-priced, at best incrementally-changed gadget?
Reaching out for reassurance every time you have a doubt, or problem, might seem helpful in the short term. But learning to face uncertainty is essential to managing our mental health.
There are a few reasons why smartphones, tablets and PCs start to seem less snappy over time.
The amount of time teens have spent working and participating in extracurricular activities has held steady in recent years. There has, however, been one big change in their lives: smartphones.
The relationship between corporations, machines and humans defines modern life in ways that Ridley Scott – even in his wildest dreams – couldn’t have imagined.
We constantly use electronic devices to distract ourselves from the tedium associated with waiting. Yet being bored can be a creative activity.
Should parents be worried that many teens are putting off traditional rites of passage like working, driving and dating?
It feels like we’ve seen less progress on charge time than almost anything else in smartphones. Could software efficiency be the answer?
Mapping the soil with open source application is vital to understanding how to protect it.
Move over millennials, there’s a new generation in town. Dubbed ‘iGen,’ they differ from their predecessors on a range of measures, from mental health to time spent with friends.
The future and the past, money, technology and politics documented and imagined in fact and fiction, in an economist’s recommended reading.
Smart appliances, which let you control lights and power outlets via your phone, promise to cut energy bills. But research suggests these gadgets are confusing, and can just as easily raise power use.
You can log in to your smartphone by talking to it. Current security systems don’t protect enough against imitators. The best way to ensure voice authentication is secure is to start with the sound.
Teaching fear and avoidance of technology may protect people from negative consequences. But it also prevents them from finding, and benefiting from, productive uses of new innovations.
For decades, parents have fretted over ‘screen time,’ limiting the hours their children spend looking at a screen. But as times change, so does media… and how parents should (or shouldn’t) regulate it.
We don’t just hold our phones, we cradle them – and make films like this one with them.
The iPhone changed the game not because of the technical details of the device, but rather as a result of its creators’ imagination and courage.
Digital social innovations are often associated with positive meanings, like openness and collaboration. But to better define the concept, it’s essential to disentangle it from its positive aura.
When smartphone apps get permission to access your location or other activity, they often share that data with other companies that can compile digital profiles on users.
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Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Psychology, San Diego State University
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Associate Professor - Information and Communications Technology, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Strategy, Frankfurt School of Finance and Management
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Professor, Computer Networking and Telecommunications, University of Salford
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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Professor in Digital Arts, Royal Holloway University of London
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Professor of Screen Media, King's College London
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of Health Psychology, University of Wollongong
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Professor, Behavioural Science, University of Bath
