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Emergency alerts system: a lifesaving service or a threat to privacy?
Mobile apps are sometimes ‘regionalized’ to better serve the needs of users, functioning differently in, for example, China than in Canada. But some of those differences pose security and privacy risks.
The latest system updates are not written to make your device slower. But because they’re written for new hardware, there’s a good chance they will end up running slower on an older device.
The plague of unsolicited automated phone calls isn’t abating. By studying robocalls, scholars at the Robocall Observatory are developing ways to help shut them down.
From Facebook to WhatsApp, technology is important to keeping older generations from feeling lonely while social distancing during coronavirus
The coronavirus, like many infectious diseases, can live and spread on inanimate objects in the world around us. An epidemiologist explains how and gives some advice on how to minimize the risk.
Privileged children get to use phones in school while others face bans for ‘messing around’‘.
The habit of using our phones while at a summer music festival can negatively impact our experiences.
Software makers including Apple have been creating apps aimed at limiting how much time we spend using our smartphones. A behavioral scientist explains how – and whether – they work.
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Professor of Anthropology, UCL
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Associate Professor – Information & Communication Technology (ICT), CQUniversity Australia
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Harvard University
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Microbiology, University of Leicester
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Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, University of Michigan
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Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management, University of Manitoba
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Lecturer in Product Design, University of Sussex
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Sociologist and Visiting Scholar, Stanford University
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science, North Carolina State University
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