Americans are spending almost three and a half hours on their phones and tablets every day, twice the amount just five years ago. A behavioral scientist offers a few tips on how to take control.
Academic rigour, journalistic flair
Articles on Technology
Displaying 781 - 800 of 1185 articles
With car manufacturers closing down factories, and self-driving technologies improving and becoming more widely accepted, have we reached Peak Car?
The ‘like’ button does far more than just express how much a person likes a particular picture or post. It could be used to make social comparisons.
Motorized scooters that can travel up to 15 miles per hour have soared in popularity over the past year, as have concerns about their safety.
Analysis of bones from over hundreds and thousands of years ago suggests that our skeleton today is more fragile than that of our ancestors.
Technology could be a promising alternative to traditional therapy.
As fictional inventors make terrible choices on the big screen, real-world tech innovators can learn from their example how not to make the same kinds of ethical mistakes.
Expecting algorithms to perform perfectly might be asking too much of ourselves.
With technology women are able to become agents of their own change.
While many jobs are being replaced by technology, those that participate in the making of (good) social experiences for people are bucking the trend.
Artificial intelligence poses opportunities as well as dangers; understanding them – and regulating carefully – will help avoid harm to individuals and society as a whole.
The additional precautions many women take when travelling alone help us manage our fears and feel more empowered to enter into public spaces.
Bitcoin and other digital currencies have been running wild in recent years, soaring and then plunging in value. A few stories from The Conversation’s archive offer a glimpse into their world.
Technology can transgress all kinds of legal frameworks.
A new Science Gallery Melbourne exhibition offers a set of reflections, calculations and speculations that engage with ideas about the perfect body, mathematical precision, quantum physics and a post-human world.
Tech companies that have been wary to hire anyone over 30 are missing out on skilled workers.
Many of us complain about the stress of being ‘always on’ – here’s what life could be like, if you actually disconnected.
Our unproductive ‘zombie’ screen hours can creep up – but they don’t need to rule us. Here are four steps to help you use new tools to monitor and change your technology habits.
Trump’s plan to slap $200 billion more in tariffs on Chinese goods is premised on yesterday’s waste-fueled economy. Tomorrow’s economy is ‘circular.’
The Mother of All Demos
In 1968 computers were the size of a room. But after the founding of Intel and the introduction of the mouse that year they would eventually fit in a pocket – and change the Silicon Valley forever.
Top contributors
-
Professor of Information Systems, Michigan State University
-
Researcher: Digital Literacy and Digital Wellbeing, Western Sydney University
-
Professor of Advanced Technology Transitions, Arizona State University
-
Principal Lecturer in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
-
Professor of AI, Research Group Leader, UNSW Sydney
-
Senior Lecturer in Economics, Lancaster University Management School, Lancaster University
-
Director, Center for National Security Initiatives, and Professor of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
-
Assistant Professor of Journalism and Emerging Media Studies, Boston University
-
Professor of Philosophy and Director, Applied Ethics Center, UMass Boston
-
Associate Professor, Informatics and Operations, Kingston University
-
Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
-
Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School
-
Associate Professor of Information Science, University of Colorado Boulder
-
Senior Lecturer and Researcher in Innovation and Digital Leadership, University of Brighton
