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If you feel like you're being controlled by your smartphone, don't feel alone — smartphone addiction is a real thing. So, let's talk about it, and how to deal with it. We've all done it — we've lost ...

Smartphones have become essential to daily life - but concerns about overuse are growing. Research has linked smartphone addiction to depression, anxiety, and loneliness.

Smartphone addiction has led to more than a dozen bills in the U.S. this year, as demands to address digital safety intensify, especially appropriate age verification. Social media addiction has ...

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Older adults with more smartphone usage had poorer sleep quality, according to a new study. Depression and loneliness played a significant role in making sleep quality even worse. Researchers surveyed ...

Last year I did a lot of back-to-back BBC radio interviews concerning my thoughts on a new study on smartphone use carried out by Opinium Research for Virgin Mobile and reported in a number of papers ...

A new ad for sportswear that doubles as a PSA for smartphone addiction among teens is resonating with worried parents. A poignant new ad spotlighting the tragic impact of phone addiction among teens ...

From everyday questions to more complex problems, we’re asking the experts to lend us a hand. Throughout the series "Professional Help," we’ll hear some direct advice, for us not-so-direct Minnesotans ...

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 ...

This is called the "methaphone," and it was designed to help curb smartphone use. (TikTok/AskCatGPT) Is that transparent “phone” you’ve spotted on TikTok legit? It may be, in the future — but at the ...

Smartphone addiction is on the rise worldwide. Google searches for the drug have increased exponentially. A survey has revealed that Gen Z individuals are more attached to their phones. Smartphone ...