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Would You Let the Police Search Your Phone?
Law enforcement officers on the doorstep threatening to “come back with a warrant” is a cliché of police procedural dramas. Things are much less dramatic in real life: The officers ask if they can take
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Putting Down Your Phone May Help You Live Longer
If you’re like many people, you may have decided that you want to spend less time staring at your phone. It’s a good idea: an increasing body of evidence suggests that the time we spend
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Have smartphones really destroyed a generation? We don’t know.
Teens in the United States are coming of age at a time when digital technology is truly ubiquitous, where smartphones are our “constant companions.” These youth are also, according to national surveys, increasingly in crisis.
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I wrote the book on user-friendly design. What I see today horrifies me
More people than ever are living long, healthy lives. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the average life expectancy is 78.6 years for men and 81.1 for women. More relevant, however
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‘ScreenTime: Diane Sawyer Reporting,’ 2-hour ABC News special, challenges families to rethink technology consumption
How much time do you spend looking at your phone? If you’re like the average American, it adds up to about 49 days out of the year. ABC News’ Diane Sawyer spent six months traveling
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Facebook finally wants to help humans build meaningful connections
Facebook has just done an about-face. After turning the world into one big, aggressive, competitive, depressing, hyper-connected community that shares tons of information nobody needs to know about their personal lives, the social network is
