The smart choice is a dumb phone

Just as old digital cameras and CDs are staging a comeback, so a growing number of young people are rejecting doom scroll inducing smartphones for simpler devices which remove the temptation and help them reconnect with real life.

Your phone, your emotions and you

Although digital technology helps us manage emotions, we need better education on its overuse and healthier ways of dealing with challenging feelings.

Banning phones in school might boost performance

The effects of mobiles phones and other technology at school is a hotly debated topic in many countries, but new Australian research favours a ban to improve children’s attention.

“Nomophobia” prompts motorists illegal use of mobile phones

Some people’s obsessive attachment to their phones still prompt them to use them while driving, placing themselves and other road users at risk.

Are 1 in 4 young people ‘addicted’ to smartphones?

A metastudy by researchers at King’s College London has estimated that one in four young people have a “behavioural addiction” to smartphones, but doubts have been raised over the validity of this interpretation.

Should mobile phones be banned in schools?

Banning mobile phones in school may seem sensible, but research and similar moves elsewhere suggest a blanket ban may introduce some problems.

The 5G trap

Australia may have banned Huawei and ZTE from building the next generation of telecommunications infrastructure in the country, but will this actually defend a future Australian 5G network from foreign interference?