Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified that 16 hours of daily scrolling isn’t “addiction” during a Los Angeles trial where Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face lawsuits over allegedly addictive algorithms.

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and push notifications, as well as its ...

Macworld reveals hidden Safari settings that can improve performance by disabling the ‘Prefer Page Rendering Updates near 60fps’ feature flag. This adjustment matters for users experiencing battery ...

Matt Ferrante used to pull into his driveway after work and scroll on his phone for a few minutes before going inside. That stopped when his wife caught him on their Ring camera.

“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 ...

New research suggests passive phone scrolling late at night may be an early warning sign of worsening mental health. Passively watching videos is linked to higher suicidal thoughts, while actively ...

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YouTube will now let parents limit the amount of time their teens can spend scrolling through its short-form video feature, Shorts, or block them all together. The option is part of a group of new ...

DEAR ANNIE: I am starting to feel like my whole life is lived through a screen, and I am ashamed to admit how much control my phone seems to have over me. I am 42 and married, with two kids in middle ...

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