A friend of mine once told me, "I always keep my phone on silent mode… which doesn't matter because I compulsively look at it every three minutes anyway." He's not the only one. From becoming a text ...

The Investigatory Powers Act (IPA 2016), at 10 years old, is now becoming seriously out of date. It provides the main legal framework within which the police, the intelligence and security services, ...

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A woman who was glued to her phone for eight hours a day has revealed the simple hack that helped her drastically cut down her screen time. Caitlin Begg, 31, a sociologist from New York, US, didn't ...

If you deleted photos and think they are gone forever, they usually are not. Most “deleted” photos still exist somewhere on your phone, cloud account, or backups for weeks, months, or even years.

Cell phones have come a long way since they first made their public debut. From calling functionality to SMS to smartphone apps, your phone can now do almost everything a larger PC might. You can use ...

If you're into computers, especially if you've been considering purchasing a new hard drive for bulk storage or what have you, you've probably encountered the term "NAS" at some point. No, it's not a ...

Perhaps some of the worst people to explain the real meaning of Christmas are those who claim to believe in its central message, but have trouble communicating it. Like the secularists, they try to ...

Webcams in laptops aren’t great, and even external webcams struggle unless you pay for a high-end model. Before you look for an upgrade, think about the much better camera that’s already in your ...

The Urban Prepper shares two simple phone privacy tips for everyday security. Farm-state Republicans finally reach their breaking point Boyfriend’s dying words lead to vehicular homicide charge for ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...