Constantly find yourself doomscrolling on social media? You may just be doing so out of habit, not addiction. That’s according to research conducted on 1,204 US adults, which found excessive social ...

Last year, ‘brain rot’ was crowned Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year, a term which captured concerns about the impact of consuming “excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on ...

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We live in a digital era. There's simply no way of ignoring it. Many of us sit on our phones for hours, scrolling through different social media apps. Whether we're watching our friends' stories on ...

Welcome to Death by Scrolling, a roguelike vertically scrolling RPG set in the chaotic depths of Purgatory, now under new management! Choose your character—each with unique perks and abilities, and ...

More than 800 U.S. TikTok users shared their data with The Washington Post. We used it to find out why some people become power users, spending hours per day scrolling. Each circle in the chart ...

While that message has been spread on social media, researchers are just beginning to understand how the devices affect the mind Amber X. Chen - AAAS Mass Media Fellow Research on how smartphone use ...

Do you use your smartphone while you sit on the toilet? If so, you are probably spending longer there than you would do otherwise – and that could be increasing your risk of haemorrhoids by nearly 50 ...

Of all the crappy ways smartphones have affected our health, this one is a real kick in the pants. A first-of-its-kind study links excessive scrolling on the phone while sitting on the toilet with ...

In the Windows accessibility settings, you will find a switch that lets you make Windows display the scrollbars consistently. However, if you work intensively with the operating system, the constantly ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Famed developer Ron Gilbert's new game, Death by Scrolling, was showcased in video form at the Gamescom 2025 Opening Night. It is a pixel-art, ...

When social media first emerged, we approached it with a mix of suspicion and nervous excitement. Carefully, we dipped our toes in, then our feet, and before long, we were diving in headfirst. Being ...