“ Turn off the “ding” sound when you get a text message so that instead of your phone saying, “Hey, check me now,” you decide ...

Maybe you are. How exactly would you know? The digital police aren’t going to flag you when you’ve met your technology threshold. On the other hand, constant use has become normalized. The toddler ...

Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular when a person cannot stop these behaviors despite experiencing negative ...

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Currently, the internet has become a mode for communication, work and even entertainment. It has drastically changed the way people think, research and work . But over decades of its use, some harmful ...

This week, a major trial kicked off in Los Angeles in which hundreds of families sued Meta, TikTok, Snap, and YouTube, accusing the companies of intentionally designing their products to be addictive ...

I write quite a lot about the interaction of technology and addiction. Typically, I’m focused on the ways in which technology serves as a driver for addiction. For instance, digital technologies are ...

Ian Anderson is a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology. Wendy Wood is professor emerita of psychology and business at the University of Southern California.

Like food, technology is a crucial part of our daily lives. Texting during the day and watching TV at night doesn't mean a person has an addiction, but it is important to evaluate how often and to ...

If one accepts proclamations by plaintiffs’ attorneys in today’s consolidated social media addiction cases in Los Angeles, the companies behind online applications such as Instagram (Meta) and YouTube ...

The past decade has witnessed the advancement in technology to make lives easier in every way. New applications, innovative gadgets or electronic devices are emerging every day to addresses different ...