I Quit Doomscrolling for 50 Days—Here’s What It Did to My Brain

Burciaga's screen time was "pretty unrestrained" in the past and she could spend 8 hours scrolling social media before ...
DMNews

A behavioral scientist says the real reason people can’t stop doomscrolling isn’t boredom or addiction. It’s an unmet need for controllable uncertainty.

The dominant narrative frames doomscrolling as a dopamine addiction or a willpower failure. Behavioral science suggests something more honest: your brain is seeking low-stakes unpredictability because ...
CNET

How to Disable Apple Intelligence: The Fastest Way to Turn Off AI on Your iPhone

If you're not interested in using Apple's AI features, here's the good news: You don't have to. Jeff Carlson writes about mobile technology for CNET. He is also the author of dozens of how-to books ...
Harvard Business Review

AI Doesn’t Reduce Work—It Intensifies It

Right now, many companies are worried about how to get more employees to use AI. After all, the promise of AI reducing the burden of some work—drafting routine documents, summarizing information, and ...
Game Rant

Yokai Soul Core Guide In Nioh 3 (How To Get And Use)

Nahda Nabiilah is a writer and editor from Indonesia. She has always loved writing and playing games, so one day she decided to combine the two. Most of the time, writing gaming guides is a blast for ...
Popular Science

How to stop annoying spam calls

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Spam calls are the word, a waste of your time and a threat to your ...
Fast Company

Don’t reply ‘STOP’ to unsolicited text messages. Do this instead

Spammers and malicious actors inundate us with a steady stream of text messages—often purporting to be from legitimate institutions or companies. Stanching this flow isn’t easy. Just as the unwanted ...
New York Post

Chris Cuomo warns CNN’s Scott Jennings over his refusal to stop using the term ‘illegals’: ‘Don’t be a tough guy’

NewsNation host Chris Cuomo warned CNN analyst Scott Jennings on Wednesday that if he keeps using the term “illegal aliens,” somebody might beat him up. Cuomo accused Jennings of acting like a “bully” ...
ZDNet

7 deprecated Linux commands you need to stop using - and what to use instead

Some Linux commands are no longer in use. These commands may still be available, but it's best to avoid them. Each of these commands has a newer replacement. Over the decades that I've been using ...
Oregonian

Dear Annie: I spend more time scrolling my phone than actually living my life, and I need it to stop

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 ...
AOL

Australia PM tells teens to ‘read a book and stop scrolling’ as social media ban comes into effect

Prime minister Anthony Albanese urged Australia’s teenagers on Tuesday to view the upcoming social media restriction as a safeguard rather than a punishment. From midnight on 9 December, major ...