Will we ever collectively return to a time when dinners around the table included little more than food, your friends or loved ones, and polite conversation?

Our mobile phones have more computing power than Neil Armstrong had when he landed on the moon - View columnist, Peter Lewis, reckons they are the ...

Mobile companies just can't stop talking about 5G. The next-generation technology is poised to connect devices like phones and driverless cars to wireless ...

Spare a thought for the poor souls running public relations for Chinese smartphone and telecom giant Huawei. Because the headlines just keep getting worse.

Saturday Kitchen host Matt Tebbutt was forced to apologise after one phone-in included a swear word.

Hi Tim, I've got a simple solution for the problem you seem to be having selling iPhones. Lower your prices. It would also be the right thing to do for your ...

Hi Tim, I've got a simple solution for the problem you seem to be having selling iPhones.

Curse words were flying as one of the women charged with killing and dismembering 10-year-old Victoria Martens in 2016 was in court Thursday. Prosecutor ...

Former President George H.W. Bush spoke his final words in a phone call with his son, former President George W. Bush, a source familiar with Bush's final ...

If you have an Amazon Echo device, then you've likely gotten pretty used to saying “Alexa” whenever you want it to do something.

There's a lot to like with the Google Pixel 3, but of all the features to whet this nerd's appetite, the ability to screen calls — and to read transcripts of the often ...

As new research looks at the impact of distracted parenting on child development, we talk to families about the battle with 'technoference'

CAMBRIDGE DICTIONARY recently selected “nomophobia” as its word of the year, via a poll of readers. Those lucky enough not to have heard of this condition ...

America is still in mourning for its former president George H.W. Bush, who died over the weekend at the age of 94. Mr Bush's body will lie in the Capitol Rotunda ...

This week's Android Circuit includes no notch in the Galaxy S10, a 5G S10 confirmed for America, the OnePlus 5G heading to the UK, three new Nokia handsets, ...

BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- Learning to read is hard work for any kid. For deaf and hard-of-hearing children, it is even more challenging. Chinese mobile giant ...

When George W. Bush was told his father George H.W. Bush "only had minutes to live" last week, the former president immediately called him.

A man was given one year in jail after he “body slammed” a flight attendant.

Having a child when you are still one yourself isn't easy, Kanani Davis says, but it's less difficult when you are surrounded by support.

As Qualcomm, Ericsson, Verizon, AT&T, and Samsung gather in Hawaii to show off 5G, the immaturity of this new networking standard is taking center stage.

OnePlus was thrust into the limelight earlier this week when CEO Pete Lau announced on-stage that one of its 2019 flagship phones would be the first device to l ...

A Utah man who helped a teenager kill herself and filmed the act to fulfill what prosecutors called a fascination with death was sentenced Friday to at least five ...

On-air challenge: Every answer today is a familiar three-word phrase or title in which the first and last words are the same. I'll give you the middle word (and a ...

Cuba is one of the last nations in the world to permit its citizens to have full internet access on their mobile phones.

The makers of Gorilla Glass gave us an exclusive look at the ultrathin bendable glass that could help protect the next wave of foldable phones.

It's an old scam with a new twist. Fraudsters are targeting small businesses pretending to be from BC Hydro and threatening to disconnect their power unless ...

My first solo biography was of the author JK Rowling. Back then in 2000, she wasn't yet one of the great icons of popular culture. All I knew about her was the ...

Google Fi has made headlines lately for expanding its *service* to cover more devices and users. But is it a good replacement for Verizon's reliability?

This year has been real hard yakka. I highly commend those who have struggled through political climate turbulence, saturated royal family presence, nuclear ...

After Sophos, a cyber security company that makes security apps wrote a blog post about it, Google has deleted 22 apps from the Play store. The apps were ...

Like a wounded bear, Thomas Markle lurches between pain and anger. His only balm the tender words he reads over and over again. The familiar voice of his ...

Lulu Garcia-Navarro and Will Shortz play the puzzle with WNYC listener Lucas Green of Brooklyn, N.Y..

The NFL games on TV today in week 14 of the 2018 season include exciting matchups like Patriots vs. Dolphins, Eagles vs. Cowboys, and Ravens vs. Chiefs ...

By Whitson Gordon Be sure to visit IGN Tech for all the latest comprehensive hands-on reviews and best-of roundups. Typing on phones is no fun. Screens are ...

The biggest roadblock to your productivity is the smartphone on your desk.

Did you ever want to see everything you ever posted on Facebook? You can download all that stuff and it comes in as folders. Double-click and they open up.

In an op-ed, Teen Vogue's Lucy Diavolo looks at the recent scandal surrounding Kevin Hart and her own painful history of homophobia.

In a very brief interview, Buffett shared words of wisdom for young workers.

This week's top Hip Hop Instagram posts from Q-Tip, Joyner Lucas, Cardi B and Wiz Khalifa.

What started as a trip into the mountains of eastern Bingham County to find a Christmas tree almost ended in tragedy.

In an interview with The Atlantic, the outgoing U.S. ambassador to the UN made the case for a values-driven foreign policy, and acknowledged daylight between ...

Airtel is now targeting users who look for value for money phone plans under Rs 50. The company is now offering Rs 23 and Rs 35 plans.

Pushing mobile devices to become ever-more reliant on Wi-Fi seemed like a good solution to the problem of mobile bandwidth, but now it's causing as many ...

Saturday Night Live came out swinging this weekend with a cold open about Eric Trump receiving an unexpected visit from Robert Mueller, portrayed by Robert ...

New Delhi: After pushing for smartphones made in Bhopal, Chitrakoot, Dholpur and Rajasthan's Dungarpur, now Congress President Rahul Gandhi wants ...

SINGAPORE — Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan on Wednesday (Dec 5) called on Putrajaya to cease its intrusions into Singapore's territorial waters ...

You can come from Nowhere, USA, and grow up to play on America's Team. On the opposite end of the spectrum from palatial Jerry World, with all its glitz and...

Microsoft is working on a secretive “Windows Core OS” project that will unify Windows across all devices and a “Polaris” desktop to go along with it. Here's what ...

President George H.W. Bush signed a copy of the issue of From Mary to You featuring his mother, Dorothy Walker Bush. (Photo courtesy Joni Albrecht). The first ...

There are dark crevices in the far corners of cyberspace that can pull us in and make us do mean and foolish things.

Editor's Note: The Tico Times does not regularly publish anonymous submissions but waived that requirement because of the security concerns for the writer ...

You have without a doubt heard about 5G and its world-changing (in theory) capabilities. Carriers like Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile will have you believe that a ...

Here's how I got to bottom of the ads-coinciding-with-conversations mystery.

Microsoft is throwing in the towel with Edge and is building a new web browser for Windows 10, this time powered by Chromium.

Tonight is the season 15 finale of "Keeping Up With the Kardashians". Get the info on the KUWTK episode and how to watch it online by cable-free live ...

The Blackkklansman star reveals where he was the moment he learned he was a first-time nominee.

SARGEANT Ron Helus was on the phone to his wife when reports of a shooting first came through.

Ravens fullback-defensive lineman Patrick Ricard on Sunday apologized for racist and homophobic tweets he sent over five years ago. The messages ...

If you sleep with your phone, a new study from Villanova University published in the Journal of American College Health might make you kick your digital BAE ...

Cory Monteith final words: Five years on from the Glee star's death, his mother has revealed the phone call she received from his girlfriend Lea Michele.

A senior track star at the University of Utah was killed by a registered sex offender with whom she had a previous relationship, police and university officials said.

Kanye West is humbly apologizing after being called out on Twitter for using his phone during a Broadway performance. The Cher Show, a Broadway musical ...

MOMENTS before United Airlines Flight 175 smashed into the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, a passenger left a voicemail for the wife he'd left ...

The scammers often pose as lonely and sad widowed men based on oil rigs or working for the United Nations in places such as Afghanistan or Syria.

Facebook did not apply for a patent on turning your phone microphone on when a hidden signal plays on a TV. I know this because I simply read the patent ...

Facebook has admitted that it uses the phone number provided by users for two-factor authentication (2FA) to target them with ads. Naturally, its repurposing of...

Mobile and landline telephone numbers are being hijacked by phone scammers, and it is taking a toll particularly on some victims in regional and rural Australia.

The Sydney Opera House / Racing NSW controversy continues to grow, with The Chaser team projecting Alan Jones' phone number onto the side of the ...

The quote has been an issue of debate as Bell's journal quotes something else and his assistant, Thomas' journal quotes another line!

By Mark Ellwood At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we're doing it right. So we're talking to globe-trotters in all of our ...

Reliance Industries' telecom arm, Reliance Jio, offers a range of options to its prepaid subscribers. Reliance Jio Infocomm, the telecom *service* provider under ...

CNBC walks you through how to stop your iPhone from automatically correcting your text to say something you didn't mean to.

People are increasingly receiving nuisance calls and texts to their mobiles. But how do telemarketers and charities get your phone number? We look at the Do ...

Apple and Samsung have been been fined millions for software upgrades that slowed phones.

Join me in a buzz-free, ping-free, vibration-free, light-up-free world.

British author and frequent flier Tilly Bagshawe, who lives with her family in California, offers her top tips to make your foreign travels more comfortable.

The key to any successful relationship is effective communication. In the business world, this means trying to understand what consumers and clients are saying, ...

Those oddly pertinent ads on your timeline aren't just a coincidence, your phone is listening to everything you say.

It may seem short and simple, but how to use and write “whose” confuses even native English speakers. This is partly because they mistake it with another word ...

For many millennials, talking on the phone is a lost art. Texting and email take precedence over actual conversations. In fact, one survey found that 74 percent of ...

Five years ago, in September 2013, Microsoft made one of the most ill-conceived acquisitions in tech history, purchasing Nokia for $7.9 billion. Having failed in ...

John Schnatter—the founder and public face of pizza chain Papa John's—used the N-word on a conference call in May. Schnatter confirmed the incident in an ...

At Bloomberg Pursuits, we love to travel. And we always want to make sure we're doing it right. So we're talking to globe-trotters in all of our luxury fields—food, ...

Amazing execution can make an ok idea great. A great idea with poor execution will go nowhere. Here are some tips for doing that. You may have a great idea, ...

There's a right way and a wrong way to use your phone's autocorrect, says the person who invented it. Ken Kocienda, former Principal Engineer of iPhone ...

Smartphone cameras let you take advantage of every available photo opportunity. But they can do more than snap pictures of partying friends and sweeping ...

Google's latest AI promises to help arrange your life by making appointment for you over the phone, but it's limited by its rote learning of the simple tasks of ...

When you're searching for a word on your desktop or laptop computer, the Command+F keystroke can pull up text search on almost any application, including ...

Predictive text is a common feature in most mobile keyboards these days. However, many times, its guesses are way off, sometimes hilariously so. As absurd as ...

Google has unveiled a new feature for its AI assistant that will make real phone calls for users, booking reservations at restaurants and hairdressers. But what ...

AS THE Liberal Party's hopes of a dramatic comeback win in Wentworth fade, it is turning on itself. The conservative side of politics is split between those who ...

The telephone swept into Americans' lives in the first decades of the 20th century. At first, no one knew exactly how to telephone. Alexander Graham Bell wanted ...

October 3rd at 2:18PM ET, FEMA will send out a "Presidential Alert" to nearly every single cellphone in the country to test its Integrated Public Alert and Warning ...

Ask a Tech Editor 'How do I stop my phone constantly autocorrecting words?'

It's a funny phone, the new BlackBerry KEY2. The things about it you think would be the most important, like the fact it's got a good old-fashioned physical ...

This fall — better known as “this holiday shopping season” — there are as many things to buy as ever, but newly, there are plenty of things to buy that have the ...

A YOUNG scientist found dead from a shotgun wound had just over an hour earlier made a chilling call to a colleague, blurting: I have found something I have to ...

Your text messages are full of misspelled words, random spaces, and hilarious autocorrect mistakes. Here's how to prevent these keyboard betrayals.

There have been a handful of dual-screen smartphones over the years. The ZTE Axon M is a dual-screen phone that gives you an almost tablet-sized screen ...

You may be part of the majority of Americans who don't use the "f word" in daily life. But the rest of us use profanity to emphasize what we're saying and typing, ...