Split-flap displays are a great, low-power way to display text to a wide audience. Compared to other display technologies ...

If you've ever winced at your daily phone screen time, you might want to look away now. Research into how long people in the UK will spend scrolling through their mobile aimlessly over an average ...

You pick up your phone to do one quick task, and suddenly 20 minutes have flown by without you even noticing. How do apps do ...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since generative AI exploded onto the scene. In this past year, progress has continued its relentless pace: Vibe coding took off, companies embraced agentic workflows, ...

It's something many of us have experienced: You go on your phone to check something and - in the blink of an eye - you've been scrolling for an hour. People estimate more than a third of time on their ...

One in 10 adults have missed key moments in their lives, as well as others, because of mindless scrolling. A survey of 2,000 smartphone users revealed that 66% pick up their device without any ...

After dinner, when you head to bed, bedtime may not actually begin when you lie down. For many, they may sleep well after one or two hours, after they are done with doomscrolling, and even their feed ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

While computer monitors seem to be more or less the same once you get past the size and the ports, that’s not really true. Even the most common type, the humble LCD, has a lot of sub-types. And while ...

Following a landmark US court ruling in March that ordered Meta Platforms and YouTube to pay US$3 million (A$4.2 million) in damages to a young woman harmed by intentionally addictive features, the ...