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"Big Brother is a motorist wanting to cut the cost of their insurance premiums by installing a dashcam" Photo: Getty Images

We're all Big Brother now

technology / 14 Feb

"Our attempts to our professional network are most effective when we supplement online activities with face-to-face interactions"

How to use LinkedIn more effectively

Networking / 30 Jan

"A hacker could gain access to your smartphone through your smart salt dispenser because they are connected" Photo: Getty Images

Do you know what your fridge is doing?

technology / 22 Jan

"Contrary to how things were 30 years ago, open source software is today as user-friendly and good-looking as any other proprietary and close-source counterpart"

Is open source culture the answer to our technology woes?

technology / 14 Jan

"Toys such as Smart Toy Bear using voice or image recognition connect to the cloud which allows children's conversations and images to be analysed, processed and acted on"

The bear is listening: the high cost of smart toys

Children / 17 Dec 19

"The lives of those living today and those living 50 or even 500 years ago share the same struggles, dilemmas and anthropological unique inner structure"

What are Industry 4.0's ethical challenges?

Ethics / 09 Dec 19

Distant reading allows us to analyse hundreds or thousands of texts that no individual could read within the span of a lifetime Photo: Getty Images

What is distant reading?

Literature / 14 Nov 19

"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?

Media / 05 Nov 19

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 19

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 19

"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 19

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

Can we trust Facebook to behave responsibly with our privacy?

Privacy / 12 Sep 19

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 19

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 19

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 19

"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 19

'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 19

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

The second coming of the electric car

Electric Cars / 13 Aug 19

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 19

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 19

"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 19

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 19

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

Just why is it so hard to predict the future?

Society / 16 Jul 19

"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 19

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