Another shot of smartphone

What makes our smartphones, tablets, and smartwatches so irresistible? It’s not just the apps. Hardware features such as face recognition, awareness sensors, and touchscreens play on the senses, tap into our emotions, and develop affective dependence.

Put down the phone girls

Very frequent use of social media could be harming teenage girls’ mental health through exposure to cyberbullying as well as reducing the amount of sleep or physical exercise they have.

Using AI to make your cellphone smarter

Our smartphones are actually not very intelligent when it comes to energy use, but Artificial Intelligence can predict when you will reach for your mobile and make the most of your battery life.

Are smartphones just a pain in the neck?

Many of the world’s 3.4 billion smartphone users are putting their necks at risk every time they send a text, according to new research involving the University of South Australia.