It doesn't quite read your mind, but the experimental Brainput device tracks brain activity to recognize when users are multitasking to offload work. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green ...

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Many people believe they are good at multitasking. Modern life often requires people to switch between several activities, such as answering messages while working, listening to music while studying, ...

We’d like to think that we can multitask — respond to emails, text messages, toggle between multiple tabs on a browser, and scroll through social media feeds, whilst working on important tasks — but, ...

It's homework time and 17-year-old Megan Casady of Silver Spring is ready to study. She heads down to the basement, turns on MTV and boots up her computer. Over the next half hour, Megan will send ...

TV consumers that don’t multitask while watching TV are now a tiny minority. More than 90% of U.S. consumers are now multitasking while watching TV, according to a study from Deloitte, the audit, ...