Social Media Posting lots of selfies makes you more narcissistic, study suggests | Social Media Nov 10, 2018 Excessive use of social media, in particular by posting pictures and selfies, is linked to a subsequent increase in narcissism, according to a new…
Cyber Security Children’s apps contain an average of 7 third-party trackers, study finds | Cyber Security Nov 7, 2018 When it comes tracking mobile app users, internet advertising companies like to start them young, according to a new University of Oxford study.…
Innovation Study explores how robots in the operating room impact teamwork | Innovation Nov 6, 2018 In traditional surgery, doctors and nurses huddle closely around a patient, passing instruments, watching each other’s faces and often physically…
Computing Your ‘Do Not Track’ tool might be helping websites track you, study says | Computing Oct 16, 2018 Millions of people are using “Do Not Track” tools which do nothing, according to a recent study done by Forrester Research. The “Do Not Track”…
Tech and Gadget Facebook, Tinder Being Used by Human Traffickers to Hunt Underage Victims: Study | Apps Oct 11, 2018 Human traffickers are exploiting social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram or Snapchat, as well as dating apps such as Tinder, Blendr, and…
SEO Featured Snippet Study – September 2018 | SEO Oct 10, 2018 The Latest Data on Featured Snippets and the Knowledge Graph We’ve tracked over 1.4M queries since July 2015, charting how many of them return…
Tech and Gadget Traveling to Mars Could Cause Life-Threatening Damage to Astronauts’ Guts, Says Study | Tech Top Oct 3, 2018 DEADLY RAYS Getting humans to Mars could cost upwards of $1 trillion. But for the astronauts making the journey, the cost could be even higher —…
Innovation EPA’s weaker car rules would kill more, heat earth beyond catastrophic threshold, study finds |… Oct 3, 2018 The proposed change in standards, rolled out in August, would also cost Americans nearly 17,000 days of work a year, due to increased illnesses, the…
Innovation Should Pluto be a planet again? New study reignites contentious debate | Innovation Sep 25, 2018 The icy ball at the outer edge of the solar system was considered a planet from its discovery in 1930 until 2006, when a global astronomy…
Robotics Children Believe Robots More than Themselves, Study Suggests | Robotics Sep 24, 2018 A recent study led by Anna-Lisa Vollmer from the Bielefeld University in Germany suggests that children are prone to prioritising the answers given…