Disconnecting from the digital realm from time to time is good for your well-being, but doing so can be difficult. There are steps you can take, however, to get in the habit of putting your phone down.

Healthy smartphone use depends as much on the way you use it as how much you use it. The key is paying attention to your phone behavior.

Phones that transmit odors sound like science fiction, but researchers are working on making them real.

Knowing you should set your apps’ privacy permissions might not be enough to protect you. A cybersecurity expert explains how complicated privacy settings can trip you up.

Up to 50% of US teens feel they are addicted to their devices. But help is out there.

Even a burner phone paid for with cash can reveal your identity and where you’ve been. A data privacy expert explains.

How do mental health apps compare to in-person therapy? A social worker and expert on technology and human services explains.

Even a burner phone paid for with cash can reveal your identity and where you’ve been. A data privacy expert explains.

Here’s what happens when you scan one of those ubiquitous two-dimensional black-and-white patterns.

As the wireless telecommunications companies ramp up their 5G rollouts, they are beginning to pull the plug on their 3G networks. 2022 is the end of the line for the venerable cellphone service.