Smartphones

The solution is not to turn off our phones; it's to develop social, economic, and political structures that address deeper issues of social disconnection and overwork.

Watching my children consume their music with plugs stuffed in their ears, I wonder if we're all missing out on opportunities to engage.

In our conversations with young people, it's become clear that technology abuse is rampant—among their parents.

I'm hopeful that the next generation of children, after watching us be fools for our devices, may decide it's not worth it.

Middle-class pedestrians sometimes think an iPhone is a luxury for a poor person. In fact, that device can help them find resources, health care, and community.

Our online identities have become a part of who we are in the real world—whether we're always aware of it or not.

An app designed at Johns Hopkins is saving patients' lives—and the hospital thousands of dollars.

Two of Apple's largest investors called on the tech giant to take smartphone addiction more seriously. Research shows they're right to be concerned.

New research suggests your ethics may depend upon your electronics.

A look at whether smartphone assistants know to recognize and respond when their owners are in acute distress.

A species of animal is defined as much by its culture as by its genetics. By that criterion, humanity’s status is quite precarious.

The latest entry in a special project in which business and labor leaders, social scientists, technology visionaries, activists, and journalists weigh in on the most consequential changes in the workplace.

Our phones are hurting our ability to truly know one another and ourselves.

There’s a lot of comfort to be found in virtual worlds.

Buy fewer of them, and recycle when you upgrade.

One reporter marvels over how the things he cherishes most about his parents aren’t those that he would have ever imagined.

Zero manufacturing employment: Coming soon to a regional economy near you.

In the age of smartphones, is boredom a thing of past?

Smartphone penetration in Spain is similar to that in the United States, but nobody over there seems to be talking about addiction to technology. They are talking though—to each other, in person.

A new study shows just how badly college kids crave their emoji-laden communication.

Even if you live in an urban environment, taking some time to correct for plant blindness can provide many benefits, both physical and psychological.

A new entry in the sousveillance market, Alibi is a smartphone app that can constantly record audio and video of your surroundings—and surrounders.

We complain that we’ve become addicted to glowing screens, but it’s less the screens themselves than what's behind them that’s the big draw.

On Android's ever-changing quest to find a working typeface for all of its devices.