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Nov 8, 2013

Some Americans Log More than 24 Hours Daily on Devices

Editor's Note: This story was updated at 2:30 p.m. PT: The average person in the United States will access 15.5 hours' worth of media a day by 2015, a new report suggests. But that doesn't mean people are sitting in front of screens for all of their waking hours. Much...

Dec 30, 2013

How Safe are Your Online Memories? (Op-Ed)

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. How many of your cherished memories, and even important work documents, only exist online? Taken together, photo and video sharing sites, blogging and microblogging sites, as well as social media,...

Jan 15, 2014

Who Invented the Internet?

The Internet: You love it; you need it; you can't live without it. But who invented it? No single person invented the Internet. It was the result of years of collaboration during the long history of computers, and included engineers, researchers and scientists. Technology experts cite various government agencies —...

Feb 3, 2014

The Next Pandemic Could Be Downloaded From The Internet (Op-Ed)

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to LiveScience's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Last October, scientists in California sequenced the DNA for the “type H” botulinum toxin. One gram of this toxin would be sufficient to kill half a billion people, making it...

Feb 18, 2014

23% in US Use Online Doctor Ratings, Others Don't Trust Them

About a quarter of Americans have used websites that rate physicians, and although some people said the sites helped them pick a doctor, others said they distrust the ratings, according to a new study. Researchers surveyed more than 2,000 U.S. adults in 2012 about their knowledge and use of online...

Mar 6, 2014

Facebook to Purchase Solar-Powered Drone Company

Facebook is in talks to buy a drone company that manufactures ultra-lightweight, solar-powered planes that are designed to fly high above commercial air traffic and can impressively remain aloft for up to five years, according to news reports. The social media site's interest in Titan Aerospace, first reported by TechCrunch,...

Mar 11, 2014

The Future of the Internet: Dark and Ubiquitous

In the future, the Internet will be like electricity coursing through our everyday lives — more ubiquitous but also more invisible. At least, that's the vision many experts gave to researchers in a recent survey by the Pew Research Center Internet Project. The survey, done on the 25th anniversary of...

Mar 12, 2014

World Wide Web is Going Strong After 25 years, but the Internet isn't Holding Up (Op-Ed)

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Most people would agree with the principle that good foundations are essential to any structure that is intended to last. But what if when you started building, you didn’t...

Mar 18, 2014

Surfing the Web: Protecting Identities Online

This ScienceLives article was provided to LiveScience in partnership with the National Science Foundation. By some accounts, communication through social media and the Internet played a key role in organizing the Arab Spring of early 2011. Authoritarian rulers in Egypt, Libya, and Syria considered the technology so empowering to protestors,...

Mar 19, 2014

In the Digital Age, the Humanities Can Afford to Go On the Offensive

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Humans, as a species, are around 200,000 years old. Compared to the age of the universe we’re clearly infants but compared to the internet, we’re pretty old and compared...

May 14, 2014

Experts Predict the Future of the 'Internet of Things' (Infographic)

In 2014, the 25th anniversary of the invention of the World Wide Web, a new type of interconnectedness is being created. The proponents of the so-called “Internet of things” envision a world with billions of devices, products, body implants and accessories that communicate with each other and to advertisers, health...

May 14, 2014

Internet of Things Will Bring Promise and Challenges by 2025

By the year 2025, the Internet of Things will bring improvements in convenience and efficiency, but at the expense of privacy, social divisions and complex problems, experts predict. Wearable devices that track health and activity will become more widespread, smart homes will enable people to control appliances remotely and sensors...

May 27, 2014

Apple to Unveil 'Smart Home' Software Next Week, Rumors Say

Rumors are circulating that Apple is poised to introduce a new software platform next week that will enable people to use their iPhones or iPads to control lights, appliances, thermostats and other devices in their homes. Apple could present the smart home technologies at the company's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC),...

Jun 4, 2014

Google Invests Billions on Satellites to Expand Internet Access

Google is planning to invest more than $1 billion in a new fleet of satellites that will expand Internet access to unconnected regions of the world. The company's decision to purchase 180 small, high-capacity satellites is just the first step in a project that could cost the search giant over...

Jul 21, 2014

Integrating Into the 'Internet of Things' (Op-Ed)

Kevin Curran is a reader in Computer Science at the University of Ulster and an IEEE Senior Member. He contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Within the next five years, using mobile devices simply for communication will seem outdated. The Internet of Things (IoT) will...