Author Archives: Arielle Pardes

A new guidebook for tech companies helps them imagine future scenarios where their tech might end up causing societal harm. Continue reading Ethical OS Helps Tech Startups Avert Moral Disasters→

Because you spend too much time scrollin’ already. Continue reading Instagram and Facebook Add New Screen-Time Management Tools→

Reddit wants to bring its communities closer together. Its solution: throwing it back to real-time chatrooms. Continue reading Reddit Reinvents the Chat Room With Subreddit Chat→

Traumatized by the news? Enter the peaceful world of train rides, city walks, and hikes on YouTube. Continue reading In the Age of Despair, Find Comfort on the ‘Slow Web’→

As directors like Steven Soderbergh and Sean Baker have shown, you can conjure movie magic with an iPhone. Continue reading Gadgets for Shooting Movies on Your iPhone: DJI, Rode, Joby, Moment→

Linguists and data scientists see a new way to study language and communication in our little digital ideograms. Continue reading Researchers Gather for the International Workshop on Emoji Understanding→

The computer geeks in the Stanford Laptop Orchestra celebrate ten years of music-making with a concert this weekend. Continue reading Behind the Scenes With the Stanford Laptop Orchestra→

Apple, like much of Silicon Valley, wants to cure the disease it caused. But it could go further. Continue reading WWDC 2018: Tech Addiction and the Paradox of Apple’s ‘Screen Time’ Tools→

Apple’s yearly developer keynote was all about software. Continue reading WWDC 2018: Everything Apple Announced at the June 4 WWDC Keynote→

Building “digital wellness” apps for iOS is a lot harder than it is on Android. Continue reading Apple’s iOS Restrictions Aren’t Helping Tech Addiction→