Technology Archives - Positive News Good journalism about good things Fri, 19 Jul 2024 12:01:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.positive.news/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-P.N_Icon_Navy-150x150.png Technology Archives - Positive News 32 32 What went right this week: shielding children from social media, plus more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-13-of-2024/ Fri, 29 Mar 2024 05:00:37 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=475421 Florida shielded children from social media, Scotland passed a ‘momentous’ wildlife bill, and a diet offered climate hope, plus more

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‘I am not a typo’ campaign urges tech giants to correct their autocorrect systems in the name of inclusivity https://www.positive.news/society/i-am-not-a-typo-campaign-autocorrect-inclusivity/ Mon, 11 Mar 2024 11:43:42 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=472878 The I Am Not A Typo campaign is calling on tech giants to ‘correct autocorrect’ in the name of equality

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Becoming less visible online: five ways to shrink your digital footprint https://www.positive.news/lifestyle/how-to-reduce-your-digital-footprint/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 11:45:47 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=472405 As California’s pioneering ‘delete act’ progresses, here are five steps you can take today to become less visible online

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‘Our kitchen has become the hub of an exploding movement of parents’ https://www.positive.news/society/smartphones-free-childhood/ Wed, 28 Feb 2024 12:22:51 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=471722 Meet the parents who accidentally kicked off a grassroots movement to protect childhood from smartphones

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Three good things: longlife tech to inspire us beyond our throwaway culture https://www.positive.news/science/innovation/longlife-tech-to-inspire-us-beyond-our-throwaway-culture/ Fri, 24 Nov 2023 11:17:36 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=458931 We take a closer look at a laptop, phone and a vacuum cleaner that have been designed with a longer life in mind

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As Ireland’s smartphone school ban is approved, the town where it all began https://www.positive.news/society/the-town-where-irelands-smartphone-school-ban-began/ Fri, 17 Nov 2023 11:40:39 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=458012 Fearing the impact of phone use on their children, one town came up with a solution. Now the Irish government is following suit

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What went right this week: surging solar, a medical milestone, and more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-21-of-2023/ Thu, 25 May 2023 16:51:09 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=434948 Solar eclipsed fossil fuels, a paralysed man walked again, and there was good news for veggies, plus more

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What went right this week: medical breakthroughs, restored species, and more https://www.positive.news/society/good-news-stories-from-week-18-of-2023/ Thu, 04 May 2023 17:02:46 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=432714 There was an Alzheimer’s breakthrough, the ‘biggest ever’ species reintroduction, and good news for a giant fish

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Talking robots, urban bogs and free bikes: inside Europe’s ‘green capital’ https://www.positive.news/science/tallinn-green-capital-europe/ Tue, 02 May 2023 14:07:30 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=432675 In the Baltic states, one city is pioneering the clean technologies of the future – and past. Just watch out for talking robots

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Electric vehicles have a dirty secret. The race is on to clean it up https://www.positive.news/environment/electric-vehicles-have-a-dirty-secret-the-race-is-on-to-clean-it-up/ Mon, 01 May 2023 10:30:34 +0000 https://www.positive.news/?p=432523 The rollout of EVs is solving one environmental problem and creating another one, but solutions are on the horizon

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