For households, digital spending often feels invisible. Subscriptions are typically spread across multiple platforms and paid automatically through bank cards or direct debits. Without a deliberate ...

When the education secretary writes to every head teacher in England insisting schools must be phone-free environments for the entire school day, I understand the impulse. When she says phones shouldn ...

Whether digital or analog, Texans will set their clocks forward in just a few weeks as daylight saving time returns. Despite years of debate in Congress and in Austin about ending the twice-yearly ...

You still see some people using point-and-shoot cameras, even though we live in a time when almost everyone carries a capable camera in their pocket or bag: their smartphone. Anyone buying a mid-range ...

“You probably looked like the little girl on the cover,” my husband commented. “I wasn’t alive in 1943, but she does look a little like me, I suppose,” I remarked as I looked at the pin-curled blonde ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

The days of carrying around a physical key to unlock and start your car may soon be behind us. Now, carmakers are switching to digital keys housed on smartphones. You can even store car keys on your ...

"I'm going to Disney World!" Football fans have been treated to this slogan for many a year now after the Super Bowl has been won. While Disney usually plays no part in the lead up to the Super Bowl ...

Digital transformation in the Middle East is reaching a critical turning point. After years of rapid experimentation with artificial intelligence (AI), cloud platforms and automation, organisations ...

The next time you're in a public space, take a look around. Is everyone paying attention, or are they staring at their devices? Public transportation used to be a way to meet people and engage with ...

For Gen Alpha, social girlhood no longer takes place only in school or on the playground. It plays out online, through social media and online trends that will be the topics of discussion with friends ...