Apple’s long-rumored iPhone Fold could finally bring a feature Android phones have had for years: split-screen multitasking. A recent report suggested that Apple may opt for a more iPad-like software ...

Apple's first foldable phone, popularly but unofficially known as the iPhone Fold, is reportedly expected to debut new app features should it arrive later this year. One of its new app features ...

Does this describe you? You're responding to emails while on a Zoom call, at the same time you’re checking text messages, and somehow you’re also trying to finish a report due in two hours. For years, ...

Even with highly extensive training, the human brain is not really capable of performing two tasks simultaneously. Moreover, even the smallest deviations from trained routines can have a significant ...

Fault-tolerant quantum computers are expected to be offered as cloud services due to their significant resource and infrastructure requirements. Quantum multiprogramming, which runs multiple quantum ...

Abstract: Fault-tolerant quantum computers are expected to be offered as cloud services due to their significant resource and infrastructure requirements. Quantum multiprogramming, which runs multiple ...

Our capacity to juggle several tasks at once is among the most important capabilities of the human cognitive system. Just consider a typical day in the life of a modern human: you glance at your phone ...

Walk through any modern workplace—physical or virtual—and you’ll see the same pattern everywhere: email open, messaging apps blinking, meetings half-attended while documents are edited in the ...

We live in an era when endless switching from one type of activity to another has become a necessity of life. Throughout the day, our focus on specific tasks gets disrupted by various emails, texts, ...

iPadOS 26 introduces a robust multitasking framework designed to cater to a diverse range of user preferences and workflows. Whether you thrive in a multitasking-heavy environment or prefer a focused, ...

Editor's Note: "Pause: fact-check" is a weekly column that aims to address misconceptions in science. In this edition, columnist Gideon Hall examines whether multitasking makes students more ...