Ever played a competitive game of Starcraft? You’ve got to think incredibly fast to really excel at it. Dozens of…
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If you ever find yourself looking forward to a holiday because you’ll be able to switch off your smartphone then perhaps you’re suffering from social media “technostress”. The constant stream of messages, updates and content that social media apps deliver right to our pockets can sometimes feel like a social overload, invading your personal space and obliging you to reply in order to maintain friendships.
How will climate change remake our world in the 21st century? Will we be able to adapt and survive? As with many things, the past is a good guide for the future. Humans have experienced climate changes in the past that have transformed their environment – studying their response could tell us something about our own fate.
In the Game of Thrones universe, confusing a photograph of actor Jack Gleeson, who played the popular HBO TV show’s despised sadist Joffrey Baratheon, for one of Maisie Williams, the beloved Arya Stark, is an egregious case of mistaken identity.
Most of us will have entered into consumer contracts with large companies and ticked a box to confirm we understand…
Augmented reality game Pokémon Go has been downloaded more than 800m times, making it one of the most successful examples of…
There are more mobile phones in the world than there are people. Nearly all of them are powered by rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, which…
More than 20 years after democracy it seems incredible that a leading South African insurance company, Outsurance would put out…
How many times a day do you check your smartphone? According to a recent survey, the typical American checks once…
The way children and young people use social media is often portrayed in the mainstream media via stereotypes in a…