Saying “please” to AI may waste energy and money, but experts argue it fosters human courtesy, affects behavior, and reflects cultural valu...

The search landscape is evolving rapidly, with Google facing challenges from specialized platforms and AI-driven search experiences. Users ...

For several hours Friday evening, I ignored my husband and dog and allowed a chatbot named Pi to validate the heck out of me.

Fans are increasingly demanding a return for the precious resource of their attention, their clicks and eyeballs and adulation.

In fact, our phones disconnect us even when we are not using them. A study from Virginia Tech looked at conversations among 100 pairs of pe...

If there is one cause for sleep disorders that has seen a sharp rise in recent years, according to doctors, it is the use of electronics.

In this digitally ruled world, it is now quite common for people to go through an entire day without actually talking to a single person or...

Loneliness and lack of social connection can cause anxiety, depression, slower recovery from disease.

Research tells us it is not efficient to multi-task and that it takes substantially longer to learn anything or complete tasks without a si...

20 years from now, studies will be published about how teenagers of today have trouble relating to one another.

Sherry Turkle, a professor of social studies of science and technology at the MIT and a clinical psychologist, is an expert on mobile techn...

Sherry Turkle's warnings follow the death of Simone Back, a woman in Brighton who posted a suicide note on Facebook that was seen by more t...