Technology

uv light coronavirus

Can ultraviolet light be safely used to kill the coronavirus? Some are giving it a try

New Apple Watch features include hand-washing timer, sleep tracking

hand washing apple update

Children's Health

Gaming now a valid treatment option for children with ADHD

FDA approves first prescription video game

Electronic health records miss 33% of medical errors, study finds

Electronic health records

How to watch historic SpaceX, NASA rocket launch of the Falcon 9

space x nasa rocket launch

Increasing screen time during COVID-19 crisis could harm kids' eyesight

Screen Time COVID-19

As Philly coronavirus cases start to decline, city readies plan for contact tracing

Contact Tracing COVID-19

Health Hero Match app co-developed by Penn student wins international hackathon

Hackathon Penn Spagnola

Drone light show in West Philly honors COVID-19 front-line workers

Drone Light Philly

COVID-19 crisis creates ironic path for men to bolster social relationships

COVID-19 social relationships

Financial hardships abound amid the COVID-19 crisis – but it's important to remember the most vulnerable

Nonprofit ParentChild+ Coronavirus

Philly school year could end with an 'asterisk' if coronavirus pandemic persists, Superintendent Hite says

Coronavirus Philly Schools Chromebooks Internet

Israel uses controversial surveillance tool to track people with coronavirus, text alert others

Israel Coronavirus

Amazon's Alexa can now answer common medication questions

Amazon's Alexa can now answer common medication questions

La Colombe's new self-heating coffee can takes page from 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

La Colombe Self Heating

Looking to begin tracking your physical activity? Choose a smartphone over a wearable, Penn researcher says

Smartphone Wearable Fitness Tracker

Virtual reality offers women a new pain relief option during childbirth

VR in childbirth

New Yorker describes Waze trip from hell on way to Borgata casino

Waze Borgata gps glitch

Cooper becomes world's first hospital to use new virtual reality system for stroke patients

Cooper Virtual Reality

Why teen depression rates are rising faster for girls than boys

Teen Depression Rates

Philly airport testing biometric face scanners at international gates

PHL Biometric

Dock Street Brewery makes world's first drone-assisted beer in Philly

Dock Street Drone Beer

Google's artificial intelligence detects breast cancer more accurately than doctors, study finds

AI breast cancer study

A reality check on artificial intelligence: Can it match the hype?

Artificial Intelligence Health Care

The biggest health trends of 2020 – from sweet potatoes to road races

Biggest health trends for 2020

Mandy Moore loses iPad during holiday travel, recovers it from Philadelphia International Airport

Mandy Moore ipad philadelphia

Wawa suffers massive data breach, potentially compromising customers' credit, debit card data

Wawa data breach

GLAAD calls for Facebook to remove misleading ads about HIV prevention drug PrEP

Truvada PrEP Facebook ads

Self-driving truck completes first cross-country freight delivery, drops off butter in Quakertown

Self-driving truck quakertown delivery

Bucks County 21-year-old arrested for sending anti-semitic texts to Jewish man on Thanksgiving

Bucks County anti-semitism

Nearly 1 in 4 young adults have 'smartphone addiction,' study says

Smartphone addiction kids

Most young kids – including infants – are getting way too much screen time

Screen Time Babies

Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules police can't force you to disclose your passwords

Cell phones police court passwords

Instagram expands its test hiding 'like' counts on posts to United States users

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Apple launches new 'Apple Research' app, allowing you to sign up for its newest health studies

Apple research health app

Uber reportedly owes New Jersey $650 million in employment and disability taxes

Uber new jersey taxes

Sending too many DMs can leave you with 'texting thumb'

Lots of people received nine-month-old Valentine's Day texts overnight. Did you?

Valentine's Day texts 2019

Retired Air Force General, Iraq veteran charged with possession of child pornography

Gen. Frank Sullivan child pornography

Airbnb to verify its listings, with help from former Philly police commissioner Charles Ramsey

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Chester County teen wins $25,000 prize for vehicle blindspot technology

Alaina Gassler Blindspot

Cherry Hill school district's computer network suffers possible ransomware attack

Cherry Hill ransomware

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