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Dominic Cummings, advisor to British prime minister Boris Johnson. "Humans are not good at judging their risk of experiencing things that can damage their health so we underestimate the likelihood of common health conditions and risks"

How technology can help reduce risky behaviour around the virus

Coronavirus / 29 May

"Musicians of all types have reported that platforms like Zoom and Skype simply do not provide suitable substitutes to playing together live"

Why learning to play music needs more than screentime

You on your fourth video call today with that lad from accounts who thinks he's Connell from Normal People

Are you suffering from Zoom fatigue?

Video calls / 14 May

Researchers at the Pitie Salpetriere hospital in Paris, France using the Magnetoencephalography (MEG) platform to detch variations in the brain's magnetic field during various types of activity. Photo: BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Can technology find an effective cure for dementia?

Dementia / 05 May

"Robots will get into trouble"

Can you sue your robot?

technology / 01 May

"While access to information is critical and important and many governments have lifted all internet shutdowns, some have broadened the restrictions on access to information online"

Coronavirus, inequality and the digital divide

Coronavirus / 30 Apr

The Australian government's COVIDSafe app has been downloaded by more than one million Australians already. Photo: Saeed KHAN / AFP via Getty Images

How contact tracing apps work in the fight against the pandemic

technology / 28 Apr

"Governments and companies are making a better job of responding to the pandemic because they have learned from past crises"

What would have happened if the coronavirus had struck in 1999?

Coronavirus / 28 Apr

A self-driving robot makes a home delivery in Milton Keynes. Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images

Meet the coronavirus drones and robots

Coronavirus / 17 Apr

"There are tens of thousands of people who know how to "hack" into your secure transaction, and basically do whatever they want once they have that info"

Are your online credit card transactions really safe?

Mathematics / 20 Apr

"The increased risk due to remote working is that employees may be using non-standard email or messaging systems which fail to properly filter out emails which carry threats"

The risks of working from home during the coronavirus

technology / 17 Apr

Widespread demand to watch the exploits of Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen in The Last Dance is one of the reasons why your internet speeds are slowing down. Photo: Vincent LaForest/AFP

Here's why your internet speeds might have slowed down lately

technology / 25 May

"Despite the common misconception that video games are for kids, video games have been shown to benefit people of all ages" Photo: Getty Images

How video games can beat social isolation during the lockdown

Mental Health / 08 Apr

Some of the Irish TikTokers who took part in a Dublin Rape Crisis Centre campaign to raise awareness around sexual consent

How TikTok became the world's favourite new social media app

TikTok / 06 Apr

Moville Clothing in Co Donegal has completely turned production over to making scrubs for front-line healthcare workers. Photo: Eileen Magnier

What COVID-19 tells us about technology and human behaviour

technology / 26 Mar

Do you know who's listening? Photo: Stephen Brashear/Getty Images

Alexa, play Daniel O'Donnell: the rise of the all-hearing Alexa

technology / 20 Mar

"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

Brainstorm / 23 Mar

"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?

VAR says no

How technology like VAR is changing sport

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