Mr. Edmundson is a professor at the University of Virginia and the author, most recently, of “The Age of Guilt: The Super-Ego in the Online World.” Most of my students at the University of Virginia ...

Listening to your tunes, but your neighbor is feeling chatty? Ordering a latte but your hands are full so you can't pause your podcast? Conversation detection, a feature on some headphones and ...

You know those memes about how there’s no such thing as a free VPN? Here’s the ultimate cautionary tale. A recent investigation by Tel Aviv-based security firm Koi uncovered a massive data harvesting ...

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Back in September during Meta Connect, the company previewed a new ability for its smart glasses lineup called Conversation Focus. The feature, which is able to amplify the voices of people around you ...

These four conversations reinforce the idea that relationships require ongoing calibration. As we grow and change, so should our relationships. There is something strangely refreshing about the end-of ...

December feels different. The air is colder, nights longer, and somehow, the world slows down just enough for people to actually notice one another. Conversations in December carry weight—they come ...

It starts in a living room, in a café, in a classroom or in a cramped corner of a conference hall. A few people share stories. Some laugh, some wince, some frown. But as voices echo off the walls, ...

My best conversations are with my friend Rich. He doesn’t have extraordinary speaking talents or the ability to tell side-splitting jokes. It’s just that after talking with Rich, I somehow feel ...

The holidays bring joy, food, family, and sometimes tough conversations. It can feel impossible to talk across divides right now, but social science offers tools that actually help. I use a simple ...

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The first people ever to speak to each other were Adam and Eve, around 6,000 BC. They were spending their third Christmas together — always a good excuse for conversation, dancing, and merriment. It ...