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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

It's hardly a revelation that we're living in an era of distraction and smartphone addiction. Our phones interrupt us, hijack ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smartphone addiction is referred to by various terms, such as "smartphone dependence", "problematic smartphone use,” and “nomophobia” (no mobile phone phobia). Problematic smartphone use is marked by ...

According to analysis from Reviews.org, on average in 2025 Americans checked their smartphones nearly 186 times day — or ...