If you want to stop using your phone at certain time and getting stuck into certain apps too much, Screen Time can help.

Android frames a middle ground between timers and bans with a brief hiccup that prompts reflection before opening distracting ...

As the U.S. Surgeon General is calling for a warning label on social media sites, similar to those found on tobacco products, one startup is launching a set of new tools that put the power to fight ...

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Addicted to your phone? A new app lets your friends stage an intervention. You and I are probably spending too much time on our phones. But how much time is too much? Ever since Apple rolled out the ...

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If you’ve ever spent way too long scrolling through endless feeds about nothing, you may have been advised to touch grass. It’s a tongue-in-cheek suggestion, basically telling you to log off and go ...

Switching a phone to grayscale made scrolling feel less rewarding, so mindless browsing dropped and weekly average screen time fell below 3 hours. Grayscale created real annoyances, especially for ...

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