Text has always been one of humanity’s most enduring tools for thinking and connection. Whether carved in stone, printed on ...

EUGENE, Ore. — A new University of Oregon study found that the language teen girls use in text messages and social media apps, like TikTok and Snapchat, is linked to day-to-day changes in their moods.

Regular readers of this column will know that I am suspicious of cyberspace innovations — from Facebook to MySpace to Second Life — that substitute the accumulation of “friends” for actual friendship, ...

I think we’d all be better off without emojis. I know, I can’t control what you send from your mobile devices, and you should be glad I can’t. If it were up to me, I’d throw the whole dictionary of ...

From a friend on Facebook: Me: Alexa please remind me my morning yoga sculpt class is at 5:30am. Alexa: I have added Tequila to your shopping list. We talk to our devices, and sometimes they recognize ...