How Islam allow or disallow new innovation and technology?

Any our of our (Muslim) activities are referenced to Prophet's SAWW sunnah and Quran. I am curious to find out, **How Modern technology is supported or discouraged in Islam,** because it cannot be linked to prophet saww era directly. This question came out in a discussion with my friend, whose main argument was that **Islam is changing with modern technologies, by allowing them to use**. I argued by the comment that **Islam is the same, it tests and then approves/disapproves these technologies by comparing them to basic Islamic Principles.** I could not find any support to my argument. I would like an appropriate answer with reference.