By Study Finds For years, parents and health experts have warned teens about the dangers of using screens before bedtime. The common wisdom has been that scrolling through social media or watching videos late at night disrupts sleep and leads to tired, cranky kids the…
By Jason Erickson Biosurveillance is beginning to enter the mainstream lexicon as the terrified public continues to seek solutions to stay virus-free, presumably forever. It’s also the new cash cow for companies seeking to capitalize on all things COVID-19. Our colleagues in the independent media…
By GMI Reporter Do your eyes frequently ache after staring at your tablet or smartphone? It’s not just the strain of looking at a small screen. It may be a sign of irreversible damage being done to your eyes—cellular damage that can lead to blindness…
By Adam Taylor, Lancaster University We use our phones three hours and 15 minutes a day on average. So perhaps it’s hardly surprising people are reporting a “new” injury on social media and in the news – “smartphone pinky”. People claiming to have the condition…
By Emma Fiala All across the United States people are spending a lot more time in their homes and will be there for the foreseeable future. As such, many people are looking for new activities to occupy their time, including ways of staying fit. Thankfully…
By Monideepa Tarafdar, Lancaster University; Christian Maier, University of Bamberg, and Sven Laumer, Friedrich–Alexander University Erlangen–Nürnberg (FAU) If you ever find yourself looking forward to a holiday because you’ll be able to switch off your smartphone then perhaps you’re suffering from social media “technostress”. The…
By Elias Marat It may come as little surprise, but as it turns out, smartphones aren’t actually making our lives easier. Whether it’s the constant pinging of notifications vying for our attention, the temptation of playing around on our phones at all hours of the…
