For many teenagers, a smartphone is essentially an extra limb. But new research suggests that spending too much time peering into that digital world might be altering how young people view their ...

The study finds that high smartphone use in school affects cognitive control in youths, indicating a need for policies to manage digital engagement effectively.

Scrolling on your smartphone while on the toilet may be doing more than passing the time. A new study has found it could raise your risk of hemorrhoids by nearly 50%, thanks to the extra minutes spent ...

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Problematic smartphone use (PSU) has substantially increased in the last seven years, negatively impacting children's overall quality of life, although the proportion of children with clinical-level ...

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Artificial intelligence has quietly become one of the most important technologies inside modern smartphones. Many features people use every day—such as camera enhancements, predictive typing, voice ...

The next time you feel the urge to scroll, click, or even glance at your phone, tamp down the urge even just to stave off boredom. Instead of keeping boredom at bay, your screen time intensifies ...

Smartphones allow us to have information available at our fingertips, in addition to offering portability, convenience, and a sense of privacy. However, overuse of such devices may create a sense of ...