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"Communicating and connecting with others through face-to-face discussion is valuable because it is not something that can be edited, paused or replayed."

Has technology killed our ability to talk face-to-face?

VAR says no

How technology like VAR is changing sport

All of the lights: "it seems that people aren't asking whether or not social network use actually makes us any happier - and that is the point of socialising, isn't it?"

Why social media is depressing the rich

Social Media / 17 Oct

How many weeks does Dr Google say you have to live? Photo: Getty Images

How the internet can help us to stay healthy

Health / 04 Oct

"Awareness is only part of the equation and the other issue is ensuring that these tools are actually helpful"

Can social media tools be used to stop cyberbullying?

Bullying / 03 Oct

Facing the cameras: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg in Dublin in 2019

Can we trust Facebook to behave responsibly with our privacy?

Privacy / 12 Sep

Players at the 2019 Fortnite World Cup in New York. Photo: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

More than a game: the unstoppable growth of esports

Esports / 11 Sep

TV show the Big Bang Theory devoted an episode to Bitcoin in November 2017

Can anyone predict if Bitcoin mania is going to happen again?

Finance / 05 Sep

A self-driving car can deliver you in your pyjamas to your desk and then roll onto some other job

Here's one way a blockchain could deliver a smarter city

Cities / 02 Sep

"To what extent are influencers signalling the existence and nature of sponsored content in social media posts?"

Social media influencers and the issue of full disclosure

Social Media / 23 Aug

'Today's state-of-the-art is simply not powerful and effective enough"

How AI could unlock super-fast broadband speeds

Artificial Intelligence / 22 Aug

"This second coming of the electric car will be evolutionary and not revolutionary"

The second coming of the electric car

Electric Cars / 13 Aug

The robots are coming - and that may not necessarily be a bad thing. Photo: Getty Images

Why AI is an opportunity rather than a danger

Artificial Intelligence / 01 Aug

Do you have a reservation? The robot check-in at the Henn-na Hotel in Japan

Are you being served? The rise of robots in the services sector

Business / 25 Jul

"The more complex "Roach Motel" model makes it effortless for a user to sign up for a subscription, but the details on cancelling and unsubscribing are hidden"

How dark patterns influence how you behave online

Design / 23 Jul

Can you get 4G on the moon? Apollo 15 commander David R. Scott on the moon in 1971. Photo: NASA

Is your mobile phone powerful enough to get you to the moon?

Moon landing / 18 Jul

"Humans are irrational and emotional, making us hard to predict"

Just why is it so hard to predict the future?

Society / 16 Jul

"New forms of spirituality might appear to be untethered to established religious traditions, but these beliefs never go away, but simply change form"

The surprising ways spirituality informs how we think about work

Work & careers / 11 Jul

"Ideally, we should evaluate new information objectively. But in reality, we tend to be biased towards our existing beliefs"

Why do we continually fall for fake stories and false claims?

"The same computer model can not only mimic brain activity observed in humans and some animals, but also replicate change-of-mind and error correction behaviour"

Could machines become self-aware?

Artificial Intelligence / 04 Jul

AI research has been mostly focused on imitating human behaviour and playing games like Go

How AI can now do more than just copy what humans do

Artificial Intelligence / 27 Jun

Virtual reality can be one way to help stroke patients recover.

The role technology can play in the future of stroke recovery

Health / 12 Jun

"The prevalence of hazardous substances with in our TVs is significant when considering the 250 million TVs that are sold every year globally"

Is TV cutting your life short?

technology / 15 Aug

"Cyborgs are perhaps the clearest example of how technology can challenge traditional ideas of what it means to be human"

'Where exactly does the human begin and the machine end?'

Science Fiction / 31 May

"Shoppers who look at their phones spend more time in the store, look at more products, and buy more things" Photo: Shutterstock/Rocketclips Inc

Using your smartphone at the supermarket can add 41% to your bill

Retail / 27 May

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