Technology & Innovation

Facebook and Instagram are introducing new tools that let mobile users track and manage how they spend time on their apps, like a timer that reminds you when you’ve hit a self-imposed app use time limit, and an option to limit notifications.

Huawei sold about 54 million smartphones last quarter, achieving a record-high global market share of 15.8 percent.

How is a smartphone made? Nearly every stage in the smartphone life cycle involves something ethically questionable.

A comprehensive energy efficiency infographic that lays out the ways you can make a home energy efficient, from smart window treatments and roofing to walls and doors.

Traditional buildings were designed to provide protection against a savage world. But the world has changed. We need to develop a more sustainable relationship with the environment, and semi-permeable architecture allows us to do that.

It’s no small secret that we are addicted to our phones. This so-called ‘dumb watch’ can help you check it less… and looks great, too.

The announcement is a major victory for Impossible Foods, the San Francisco-based startup that makes Silicon Valley’s favorite veggie burger.

Visiting scholar James Timbie says that the artificial intelligence revolution will involve humans and machines working together, with the best results coming from humans supported by intelligent machines.

A New Zealand study shows a 24% increase in productivity… by working less.

Unless we take action, climate change will have a major, far-reaching impact on the internet.

Samsung is planning to unveil a new type of bendable, foldable smartphone that could sell for more than $1,500, according to the Wall Street Journal.

A new medical imaging device uses technology developed by particle physicists to produce full-color, 3D images of the human body.

One of the leading countries in the world in getting off coal and ramping up renewables.

Blockchain technology could help alleviate the struggles of asylum seekers who are many times left in the wake of political fights.

When asked if she’ll be ready for the 2033 mission, she replied, “Definitely.”

The only downside is they make you look like “Harry Potter in Space”.

Researchers at Princeton engineer a new type of diamond with silicon and boron that solves past issues with quantum data storage and retrieval.

Aura will attempt to become a frequent flyer’s go-to airline.

By 2020, recyclable lids that look like sippy-cups will be de rigueur.

Tech inventor Elon Musk has developed a “tiny, kid-size submarine” that could help rescue the four boys and their soccer coach who remain trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand.

Many tech companies are introducing student-loan repayment assistance, in order to entice the best talent.

The fear of robots taking over our economy is unfounded. After all, this kind of disruption happens a lot more often, in the historical sense, than you might think.

A phrase buried deep in the Declaration of Independence set off alarms in Silicon Valley, and outrage in Texas.

The new AI droid just sent to space by Elon Musk’s SpaceX can assist astronauts in many tasks.

It looks like a medieval torture device when sprung open. But it might prevent any more smashed screens.

Machine learning has developed awareness of consequences for its actions. Oh, boy.

Amazon announced on Thursday it had signed a deal to acquire PillPack, an online pharmacy that organizes prescription medication by the dose and delivers it to customers.

Maybe everything we do is bad. But it’s not all bad to the same extent. Writer Jonathan Safran Foer on factory farming and free-range parenting in 2018.

A primer on the amazing possibilities of mixed reality, augmented reality, and virtual reality technology.

Astronaut Buzz Aldrin captured the first selfie in space, and he doesn’t want kids these days to forget it.