Adults who find themselves on the receiving end of abuse on the internet have a simple but often overlooked strategy at their disposal, writes Greg Stevens. More »

Verizon's latest patent application has produced another privacy storm in the blogosphere. But rational people might well choose to give up their 'privacy' for economic convenience, writes Greg Stevens. More »

Does relying on Google all the time make your memory worse? No, and possibly the opposite. Greg Stevens exposes woolly thinking about what technology is doing to our relationships and our brains. More »

Greg Stevens finally lays a crucial piece of social media etiquette to rest. More »

Greg Stevens dives into the feculent bowels of the internet to reveal the tactics and software used by comment spammers. Can this form of marketing be neatly divided into good and evil? More »

Greg Stevens discovers a company developing sophisticated virtual assistant technology that is keen to distance itself from the plethora of 'chat bots' elsewhere on the internet. More »

Greg Stevens thinks the most common complaints about privacy are unjustified. More »

Greg Stevens examines whether the Kred online influence scoring system is as credible as it seems. More »

American idealists have a bad habit of hobbling technological innovation, writes Greg Stevens. More »

Greg Stevens discovers a start-up using crowdsourcing to change the way complex problems are solved. More »

Twitter, Facebook and Google+ are making a strategic mistake trying to compete with one another, writes Greg Stevens. More »

Greg Stevens tells the story of a little-known scientific movement called artificial life, reminding us that big-picture philosophical thinking can lead to incredible breakthroughs in science and technology. More »

Greg Stevens is looking forward to the day when using a television, car, or even a washing machine will feel more like a social interaction than the use of a tool. More »

Nothing captures the imagination of philosophers, entrepreneurs and technophiles more than the idea of accelerating progress. But what is progress? Can it be measured? And is the pace of technological change accelerating as fast as we think? Greg Stevens looks back over 200 years of our obsession with progress and concludes that we need to fundamentally reimagine our understanding of the concept. More »

Don't listen to the naysayers, says Greg Stevens. Facebook's new Timeline feature is great for those concerned about their privacy. More »