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
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
29 May 2019
Health tech firms believe that women are a lucrative and untapped market, but are these products worth the privacy costs?
15 May 2019
Parents could use an app to check if their children have an ear infection. It works by making a soft chirping sound and analysing the echoes
28 September 2018
A study says that children do better academically if they limit screen time, but that doesn’t necessarily mean it is time to ban their phones
15 August 2018
Birth control app Natural Cycles has come under fire for unwanted pregnancies, but this just reveals how little we understand contraception
18 July 2018
We are so glued to our phones that people can't seem to stop worrying that they give you cancer – but if they did, we would have seen a massive increase in tumours
3 January 2018
A lack of eyecare blights millions of lives across the globe. Andrew Bastawrous was seriously visually impaired himself – and has a plan to let the blind see
30 November 2017
A study of Korean teenagers suggests a brain chemical imbalance can be a sign of tech addiction. But is it really possible to be addicted to your smartphone?
23 November 2017
AI trained to differentiate the whines of 3500 species of mosquitoes can use your cheap smartphone to tell you if that nearby mosquito will put you at risk of Zika, malaria and dengue fever
