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AI pop-ups can help you stop doomscrolling on your phone

An AI program can learn from smartphone users' behaviours in order to send timely pop-up reminders about when to close attention-grabbing apps. The system effectively reduced how often people opened apps such as TikTok

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Mind

Is anxiety rising in children and if so, why?

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US legislators vote to ban TikTok unless it severs ties with China

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How manners can be a weapon to divide and disempower

Society

How manners can be a weapon to divide and disempower

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Technology

YouTube has managed to stop its algorithm serving up extreme videos

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LGBTQ people seen as needing more protection online than Christians

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Society

The Taylor Swift 'psy op' conspiracy theory offers a troubling lesson

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Technology

ChatGPT can tailor political ads to match users' personalities

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Why fully remote workplaces mean more loneliness – and more sick days

Health

Why fully remote workplaces mean more loneliness – and more sick days

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The Chinese spy balloon that floated over Canada and the US in 2023 shortly before it was shot down over South Carolina

Technology

Armies of bots battled on Twitter over Chinese spy balloon incident

Large proportions of users posting on Twitter – now X – about the Chinese balloon that drifted over the US and Canada in 2023 were bots attempting to shape the debate

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US Congress grilled Big Tech leaders on child online safety

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Technology

We aren't addicted to our phones and we don't need a 'digital detox'

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Reddit mentions may help predict changes in cryptocurrency value

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Chinese social network fails to curb abuse by showing users' locations

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