Did you know that a neuroscientist has developed a 6lb phone case to help limit screen time and doomscrolling ‘addiction’ – and it actually works? It’s not an app or a new mindfulness trick, it’s literally just a really heavy phone case – it’s pure physical resistance. The idea is simple: if your phone’s heavy enough to hurt or strain …
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Zehra Naqvi recalls the magical days of the early social internet. She grew up in the One Direction and Marvel fandoms in the early 2010s. This was back when people posted photos of lattes using the Valencia filter on Instagram, and Twitter was still Twitter, a place where people came together to exchange jokes and cultural analysis. But now Instagram is full of influencers, and Twitter is …
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Lenovo has made laptop screens that roll, flip, and go transparent, and now for IFA 2025 it’s announcing a new concept with a screen that can rotate into portrait mode. The Lenovo ThinkBook VertiFlex Concept is a pretty standard-looking 14-inch productivity laptop, but if you nudge the screen’s edge from its top-right corner, the whole display rotates 90 degrees within …
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The bean just wants to knit. With their back to me, Poe, the name I gave the animated brown bean in the Focus Friend app, is stitching up a little storm that will eventually become socks—if I can leave them alone. Unfortunately, I need to check my texts. I cancel the timer after six minutes, which warns me that Poe’s …
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