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 ...

A major scientific review warns that excessive scrolling of short form videos on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube may be harming cognition and mental health. Analysing data from over 98,000 participants ...

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Git isn’t hard to learn. Moreover, with a Git GUI such as Atlassian’s Sourcetree, and a SaaS code repository such as Bitbucket, mastery of the industry’s most powerful version control tools is within ...

The cellphone provides an unlimited distraction of pleasure, something to which the cigarette can’t compare (“Will We Look Back on Chain-Scrolling Fondly?,” Letters, Aug. 22). The device has made us ...

To enhance user productivity, Microsoft implements a number of small features that make a difference in the overall experience & productivity of the user. But sometimes, these features get caught with ...

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 ...