Traditional meteorologists speak in potentialities and probabilities. A new type of social-media influencer takes a different approach, exaggerating possibilities and fomenting hype in the lead-up to ...

Endless scrolling on platforms like Meta’s (META) Instagram and ByteDance’s (BDNCE) TikTok can quietly stretch a few minutes into half an hour. Occasionally, that trance is broken by so-called ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. YouTube just added a new parental control that lets you put a hard limit on how long a supervised teen account can scroll Shorts.

Many years ago, before a lethal combination of TikTok, Reels, and X rotted my brain, I was at a party. At one point, the man deejaying handed me his phone to add a song to the queue. I looked at it ...

KIDS face sweeping social media clampdowns after the PM caved in to a growing Labour revolt. Sir Keir Starmer has unveiled plans for an Australia-style ban, app curfews plus curbs to stop ...

For many people, smartphones feel like a second limb, and scrolling has become second nature. Flipping through funny tweets or skimming headlines may seem harmless, but the impact depends on what ...

It’s simple to accidentally become entranced by an endless loop of videos on Instagram or TikTok. But sometimes, that mindless scroll is interrupted by a reminder that what you thought was a 10-minute ...

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It’s simple to accidentally become entranced by an endless loop of videos on Instagram or TikTok. But sometimes, that mindless scroll is interrupted by a reminder that what you thought was a 10-minute ...

YouTube has announced it will expand its protection settings for child and teen accounts with new tools to help parents manage their children’s viewing and restrict content by age, including new ...