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- Shilling: Addicted to your phone? Invest that screen time in the stock market https://www.shillingapp.com 7 comments
- Fortnite addiction and parenting in the age of screens https://twitter.com/PlayNiceInst/status/1070750717671919616 114 comments
- For kids, addictiveness of screens can rivals heroin http://nypost.com/2016/08/27/its-digital-heroin-how-screens-turn-kids-into-psychotic-junkies/ 3 comments
- British Police to screen suspects for signs gambling addiction is driving crime https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/jan/01/police-in-england-and-wales-to-screen-suspects-for-signs-gambling-addiction-is-driving 13 comments
- Screen-addicted South Koreans compete in 'space out' contest http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/22/screen-addicted-south-koreans-compete-in-space-out-contest 5 comments nottheonion
- Living with Addiction: On screen... and off (2023) [00:25:41] https://youtu.be/gb14mLpdhL8 5 comments documentaries
- Screen Addiction Is Taking a Toll on Children http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/07/06/screen-addiction-is-taking-a-toll-on-children/ 36 comments technology
- Addicted to Screens? That’s Really a You Problem https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/06/technology/phone-screen-addiction-tech-nir-eyal.html?partner=ifttt 7 comments technology
- Children to be screened for smartphone addiction once a year in Spain under new plans https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/06/04/children-screened-smartphone-addiction-spain-online-harms/ 38 comments europe
- Tech Savvy or Tech Addicted? Older Adults Are Stuck on Screens, Too https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-is-more-glued-to-screens-grandkids-or-grandparents-11657976401 9 comments technology
- Gorilla addicted to smartphones is having his screen time cut so he can spend more time with his fellow gorillas and learn to adapt https://zambianobserver.com/gorilla-addicted-to-smartphones-is-having-his-screen-time-cut-so-he-can-spend-more-time-with-his-fellow-gorillas-and-learn-to-adapt/ 61 comments nottheonion
- Screen time addiction linked to borderline personality traits and psychological distress https://www.psypost.org/2023/10/screen-time-addiction-linked-to-borderline-personality-traits-and-psychological-distress-214037 22 comments science
- Gorilla addicted to smartphones is having his screen time cut so he can spend more time with his fellow gorillas and learn to adapt (Photos) https://updatesplug.com/gorilla-addicted-to-smartphones-is-having-his-screen-time-cut-so-he-can-spend-more-time-with-his-fellow-gorillas-and-learn-to-adapt-photos/ 40 comments nottheonion
- Chicago zoo concerned that exposure to phone screens has teen gorilla addicted https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/06/gorilla-chicago-zoo-screen-time 27 comments nottheonion
- Light introduces its latest minimalist phone, now with an OLED screen but still no addictive apps | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/11/light-introduces-its-latest-minimalist-phone-now-with-an-oled-screen-but-still-no-addictive-apps/ 32 comments technews
- Kids in Japan sent to internet 'fasting camps' to cure screen addiction http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2013/08/27/kids-in-japan-sent-to-internet-fasting-camps-to-cure-screen-addiction/ 8 comments nottheonion
- The addiction to our screens brings questions on the effect this may have on our health and wellbeing. The blue light our screens emit can harm our sleep by suppressing our melatonin levels. https://lockabox.com/can-our-phone-lock-box-help-to-reduce-screen-time-and-the-damaging-effects-of-blue-light/?utm_source=offpage-lb&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=reducing-screen-time-with-a-phone-lock-box&utm_channel=reddit 6 comments science
- French cinema is still addicted to showing smoking on screen, as a new study reveals the practice features in nearly all the country's films. Smoking gets 2.6 minutes of screen time on average per film - the equivalent of six adverts, the French League Against Cancer found. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-57246206 9 comments worldnews
- The White House is considering cutting critical funding for COVID-19 aid, screenings for infants, and addiction treatment in Democrat-run cities https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-considering-cutting-healthcare-funding-for-democratic-cities-2020-10 15 comments politics
- [Self Promotion Saturday] Just released a new digital detox app that gives you more natural insights on your phone usage than iOS Screen Time, also provides a focus mode to help you break phone addiction by just place the phone face down. https://apps.apple.com/us/app/offscreen:%20screen%20time%20tracker/id1474340105 23 comments apple
- What Happened When I Tried To Solve My Screen Addiction By Buying A Flip-Phone -- Smartphones may make our lives easier, and some may have their usage under control, but mine was destroying my attention span and ability to focus. http://thefederalist.com/2018/04/30/happened-tried-solve-screen-addiction-buying-flip-phone/ 3 comments technology
- Parents worry how much screen time is too much - But study finds that may be the wrong question. Results suggest that HOW children use the devices, not how much time they spend on them, is the strongest predictor of emotional or social problems connected with screen addiction. http://ns.umich.edu/new/releases/25302-kids-and-screen-time-signs-your-child-might-be-addicted 28 comments science
- "Overstimulation of newborn mice leads to behavioral differences and deficits in cognitive performance" Mouse brain development harmed by screen addiction http://www.nature.com/articles/srep00546#discussion 5 comments cogsci