SEGARRA: The goal with urge surfing is to learn to get on board, stand up and ride that thing out. Another tip is to increase friction. Make it harder to use your phone. Jose Briones is the author of ...

"I should stop." Have you ever said those words to yourself as you scrolled through one disheartening online post after another? This phenomenon is popularly known as doomscrolling. You may wonder: ...

Now a tiny script turns them into clean, shareable error reports in seconds.

Spending too much time on social media and doomscrolling is bad for your brain. We all know it instinctively, and research has proven it time and again. But the fear of missing out keeps us glued to ...

From the moment I was handed a phone, I was hooked. If I wanted to know what my peers were up to, it was now just a click away. I spent my days scrolling, constantly seeking whatever bits of ...

Per Moskvitch, Aaronson later watched the episode with his own two children, who kept asking follow-up questions. “This is the intended audience,” Moskvitch told Ars. “It’s parents watching, ideally ...

LONDON, April 13 (Reuters) - Social media platforms such as Instagram and TikTok need to take action to stop young users wasting hours mindlessly scrolling never-ending videos, British Prime Minister ...

You might not know this, but one of the most underused productivity tools on your desk is already sitting right under your nose—technically, your hand, but you get the point. The middle mouse button ...

Let’s be honest, the modern web is… a mess. Pop-ups, autoplay videos, cookie banners, ads everywhere. In fact, sometimes it feels like actually reading something online is the hardest part. And that’s ...

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It's called the infinite scroll—a design feature on social media, shopping, video and many other apps that continuously loads content as you reach the bottom of the page. Handy? Yes. Clever? Also yes.