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A woman is ignored by her girlfriend who is on the phone

Do you phub? Ignoring friends for your phone is linked to personality

13 August 2021

You are more likely to regularly participate in "phubbing", or looking at your phone while in the company of others, if you have anxious or neurotic personality traits


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Virtual assistant will screen your phone calls to block spammers

17 August 2020

A virtual assistant that prompts callers to say your name before connecting is able to screen out robocallers without you being disturbed


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Stalkerware: The secret apps people use to spy on their partners

19 November 2019

Apps that secretly give people access to their partners' smartphones are growing in prominence, but is the threat being taken seriously?


Screen time: How smartphones really affect our bodies and brains

Screen time: How smartphones really affect our bodies and brains

25 September 2019

If you believe the headlines, screens are supposed to warp our skeletons, damage our mental health and alienate us from our families. But the evidence paints a more nuanced picture


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How to build a motion-detector wildlife camera with an old smartphone

31 July 2019

Make a motion-controlled wildlife camera with an old smartphone and find out what birds, bees, butterflies and badgers are visiting your garden


A person taking an exam

Smartwatch app that soothes the nerves helps improve exam results

25 July 2019

A smartwatch app that produces a slow, soothing tapping on the wrist seems to help people relax and perform slightly better exams


A person unlocks their phone

We are much less security savvy with our smartphones than we think

1 July 2019

Many people who say they would never compromise their security, such as by giving personal details to a pop-up ad, still fall into traps


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Should you give your data to a period tracker or smart breast pump?

29 May 2019

Health tech firms believe that women are a lucrative and untapped market, but are these products worth the privacy costs?


The screens placed together

Make a shape-shifting tablet with touchscreens that click together

13 May 2019

Smartphones could one day have screens that can break apart and be put together in different shapes, forming physical passwords or game controllers


AI-powered smartphone cameras are changing the way we see reality

AI-powered smartphone cameras are changing the way we see reality

13 March 2019

Smartphone cameras now use artificial intelligence to completely transform the pictures we take, and it could change the way we see reality


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