The magazine you are holding is, in many ways, a disruptive technology. From the introduction of the printing press to the launch of the internet, human inventions have always altered how humans live, ...

In this piece, Javier Francisco talks about technology and some of its implications. He moves beyond questions of whether technologies shape social institutions or social institutions shape ...

Since humanity has existed, it has always tried to improve its life. This is what it has done since it first created fire and the wheel centuries ago. Fast forward to modern times, and you can see how ...

2019 was a year of triumphs and challenges for the smartphone industry. It was a time when manufacturers encountered an almost continual decline of global shipments—but it also marked the introduction ...

Rebecca Torchia is a web editor for EdTech: Focus on K–12. Previously, she has produced podcasts and written for several publications in Maryland, Washington, D.C., and her hometown of Pittsburgh.

People are growing increasingly reliant on large language model (LLM) AI as a source of information, including summarizing available data, as a study aid, to help solve academic and social problems, ...