The creator of infinite vertical scrolling in social media, [Aza Raskin], infamously regrets his creation that has helped to waste a tremendous amount of human attention and time on the Internet.

An online joke reflects a sincere fear about how A.I. automation will upend the labor market and create a new norm of inequality. In a new book, the technology critic Cory Doctorow expands on a ...

I’ve spent most of my eight years covering technology trying to win back my off-hours time and attention from my smartphone. Despite how indispensable our phones have become (for much more than making ...

There’s an old business maxim dating to the California gold rush: it’s easier to make money selling picks and shovels to aspiring miners than to strike it rich finding gold. Artificial intelligence is ...

Dr. Saurabh Sethi highlights a concerning link between smartphone use during toilet visits and an increased risk of haemorrhoids. Prolonged sitting, poor posture, and distraction from phones ...

Welcome to the final article in our three-part series on the history of the Internet. If you haven’t already, catch up with part one and part two. As a refresher, here’s the story so far: The ARPANET ...

I'm serializing my forthcoming Emory Law Journal article titled Addiction to Constitutionally Protected Activity: Speech, Press, and Religion. In my earlier posts, I argued that concerns about ...

Like a lot of people, I have a sedentary office job, which means I spend most of my day sitting down and remaining stationary at my desk. This also means that I spend nearly eight hours, five days a ...

Stress creeps in from every corner. The honk of a car, the ping of a phone, one task piling on another. Calmness feels like something rare, almost like a reward people don’t have time for. But it ...