These days, pedestrians tapping away while walking are hard to miss. Andreas Tittelbach/iStockphoto hide caption
Behavior : All Tech Considered Tracking how technology — from the simplest tools like pencils, to the most advanced artificial intelligence — is affecting and changing our individual habits, but also group behavior and society.
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Among families with children age 8 and under, ownership of tablet devices has jumped fivefold since 2011, reports the nonprofit Common Sense Media. Jeremy Hiebert/Flickr hide caption
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Eva Hu-Stiles virtually interacts with her grandmother. iPad assist by Elise Hu-Stiles. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption
What You Need To Know About Babies, Toddlers And Screen Time
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Some advocacy groups say credit card companies should stop doing business with websites that promote controversial views or policy positions. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Credit Cards Under Pressure To Police Online Expression
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Alyson Illich used technologies that tracked her son Colter's location while he was driving. "I think it made him more thoughtful," she said. Family photo hide caption
Hey, Why Did You Floor It? Tracking Junior Behind The Wheel
Thursday
You check your phone a lot, even when it's not ringing or buzzing. But just how much? New numbers say it's more than 100 times a day. Yunus Arakon/iStockphoto.com hide caption
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An expert FAA advisory committee has recommended that airline passengers be allowed to use most personal electronic devices below 10,000 feet. Leonardo Patrizi/iStockphoto.com hide caption
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Phantom Vibration Syndrome: That phenomenon where you think your phone is vibrating when it's not. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Phantom Phone Vibrations: So Common They've Changed Our Brains?
Tuesday
PopularScience.com says it will no longer accept comments on new stories because of the negative impact of "trolls and spambots." iStockphoto.com hide caption
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Cyberbullies can reach victims around the clock – before school, during school, even while lying in bed at night. And in public online spaces, everybody else finds out about it. iStockphoto.com hide caption
Students studying on their laptops in Berlin. Writer Clive Thompson says that actively engaging with computers is making students better writers. Sean Gallup/Getty Images hide caption
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Does Facebook make you sadder? It depends on how you use it. Facebook hide caption
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The new iPhone 5c is displayed during an Apple product announcement Tuesday in Cupertino, Calif. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption
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BlackBerry smartphones on a table during a "BlackBerry Brunch" in June in Berlin. Timur Emek/Getty Images hide caption
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Teenagers turn to their phones and social media to find rides. Tanggineka Hall/Youth Radio hide caption