Bird BrainedTwitter as a Teaching Tool Hampers Critical Thinking Skills Study finds using Twitter to understand a complex subject gives students a false sense of smartness. By Rajvi Desai
Lean Mean Sexist MachineHow Our Digital Spaces Came To Be Unequal and Unsafe For Women What early disenfranchisement does is impede women’s growth to the higher echelons of technological innovation that can change the reality on the ground. By Rajvi Desai
A Boy's ClubDespite Education Gains, STEM Women in India Still Face Unequal Field "In India, we don't doubt that women can study science. What we doubt is whether they can have a career in science because of family commitments." By Reshmi Chakraborty
Caught Off GuardApps Like TikTok Need Parental, Not Governmental, Supervision Blanket bans disenfranchize communities, says free speech advocate Apar Gupta. By Rajvi Desai
Private EyeWhatsApp Compromised by Hack That Transfers Spyware by Missed Calls It's the latest in a growing trend of cyberwarfare that threatens personal data privacy. By Liesl Goecker
Unregulated Promises‘Silicon States’ Author Lucie Greene on the Gendered Dangers of Big Tech "Siri, Alexa, and all the verbal subservient assistants are women. Isn’t this normalizing sexism?" By Nadia Nooreyezdan
BreakthroughsWoman First to Give Birth After Using ‘Three‑Parent IVF’ to Treat Infertility The success of the trial could revolutionize options for women struggling to get pregnant. By Liesl Goecker
TB TechFrom AI to Immunotherapy, Scientists Are Innovating to Eliminate TB Where there's a high burden of TB, there is scope for creative solutions. By Liesl Goecker
Millennial SnubHave You Been Phubbing People? The trend of ignoring people for your phone is an annoying, and damaging, part of the 21st century. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Blood MoneyPeriod Tracker Flo Has Been Sharing Users’ Health Data with Facebook, Reports WSJ Just when you thought the social media platform couldn't get any more creepy. By Liesl Goecker
Scam AlertIndia Is One of the Worst Countries For Cyber Security; Here’s How It Affects Women Women are the main targets for revenge porn and credit card fraud. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Big SpenderFacebook Knowingly Tricked Kids Into Spending Money on Online Games Released documents show employees referring to 13-year-olds as ‘whales.’ By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Digital BluesOnly 12% of Mental Health Apps Offer Adequate Support for Suicidal Crises A NIMHANS study of 278 apps to combat depression found shortcomings in the tech. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Dr RobotArtificial Intelligence Is Poised to Take Control of Delivery Rooms Alexa, how far apart are contractions? By Anastasia Topalidou & Soo Downe, The Conversation
Closing The Gender GapThe Advent of AI Might Make ‘Women’s Work’ More Valuable As AI takes over task-based jobs, real people will turn to jobs that require empathy, care. By Katharine McKinnon, The Conversation
Swipe Left ForeverWant a Divorce? Tech Makes It Easier Technology won't judge your choices. By Anubhuti Matta
False AlarmsLeading Wearable Baby Monitors Offer Parents Unreliable Readings Is modern baby tech making babies safer, or parents more stressed? By Anubhuti Matta
Cut And PasteFor the First Time, Scientists Edit Embryos Free of Disease, Keep Them Viable CRISPR technology advances once more ... for now. By The Swaddle Team
