The end of doomscrolling is nigh. Or at least, for the first time in a long time, it feels like someone in power has actually looked at our collective glazed eyes, and our reduced attention spans and ...

The big thinkers at Aperture examine how infinite scrolling affects behavior and society at large. Trump insults Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, threatens new tariffs against country Scientists ...

“Brain rot” culture isn’t just a joke anymore. Constant short videos, rapid memes, and endless scrolling are changing how people think, focus, and communicate. This video explains what brain rot ...

Television screens and smartphone displays have become constant companions in daily life. From the moment many people wake up until late at night, they are drawn to stories and feeds that keep them ...

Ministers are exploring the possibility of introducing an Australian-style social media ban for youngsters under 16 across the UK. The consultation will examine various measures, including raising the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. About one in five teens say they are on platforms like YouTube and TikTok almost “constantly,” a Pew Research Center Survey found ...

Endless scrolling on platforms like Meta’s (META) Instagram and ByteDance’s (BDNCE) TikTok can quietly stretch a few minutes into half an hour. Occasionally, that trance is broken by so-called ...

“Brain rot” was Oxford’s word of the year in 2024 and has become the internet’s favourite way to describe that numb, foggy feeling after hours of scrolling - but is it just a meme, or is something ...

Solving a jigsaw puzzle is a fun activity that you can do by yourself, or with a group of friends or your family. (Picture Credit: Pexels) A digital detox is advised to reduce phone dependency and ...

YouTube is rolling out stronger parental controls, including the power to cap or even switch off Shorts entirely for kids’ accounts. Will new reminders and centralised settings really curb ...

You grab your phone, thinking it’ll just be for a minute. But that minute quickly turns into an hour of scrolling through headlines, TikToks, and Instagram reels. Before you know it, you feel drained, ...