Technology

Studies link social media to aspects of America's mental health crisis in adolescents. A handful of bipartisan members of the Senate hope to change that.

The county sheriff's department demonstrated to the Board of Supervisors how drone cameras have enhanced its work.

Matt Verich Sr. noticed his teens were consuming a large amount of content on social media during the pandemic.

The Virginia Center for Housing Research at Virginia Tech received a $500,000 grant to fund a 3D home building printer. Dr. Andrew McCoy, director at VCHR, says they’re using the innovation grant to transform affordable housing options in Virginia.

NASA launches its most ambitious hunt for traces of life on Mars, landing a car-sized rover in a rocky, ancient river delta. The rover will stow samples for possible return to Earth and test technology that may pave the way for human travel to Mars.

From speakers embedded in the mural “Freedom Constellations: Dreaming of a World Without Youth Prisons,” voices of teenagers describe their hopes for the future without youth incarceration in Virginia. Learn more about these young artists and coders who brought this mural and important message to life.

Siva Vaidhynathan, Director of the Center for Media and Citizenship at UVA joins Full Disclosure to discuss the spread of disinformation on social media. Call us Friday at 2 pm with your questions.

Need to refresh your LinkenIn page? Professor and digital mentor, Sreenath Sreenivasan share's industry advice on updating your professional online network.

Virginia Tech researchers are collaborating with NASA to test a system for commercial drones to detect and avoid mid-air collisions.

European regulators are taking on American technology companies, including Apple, Facebook, and Google, in a big way. Is Brussels waging war against Silicon Valley? Is Europe right to wield a regulatory sword at American tech companies? The debaters are Roslyn Layton, Marietje Schaake, Berin Szóka, and Ramesh Srinivasan.