Instagram head Adam Mosseri testified that 16 hours of daily scrolling isn’t “addiction” during a Los Angeles trial where Meta, TikTok, and YouTube face lawsuits over allegedly addictive algorithms.

Matt Ferrante used to pull into his driveway after work and scroll on his phone for a few minutes before going inside. That stopped when his wife caught him on their Ring camera.

Freecash will actually pay money out to users but not for watching videos. This misleading marketing coincides with the app’s rising popularity. When I tapped the link to “order now,” it sent me to a ...

In the 2010s, news publishers couldn’t shut their comment sections fast enough. The space “below the line” had become a noisy, thankless place to spend your time, where bile and bad-faith arguments ...

YouTube will now let parents limit the amount of time their teens can spend scrolling through its short-form video feature, Shorts, or block them all together. The option is part of a group of new ...

STURGIS, Mich. (WKRC) - A mother was sentenced to decades in prison after she allegedly drugged her 2-year-old child with melatonin and smothered her in the couch so she could text her boyfriend and ...

Hair by Chrissy’s Chrissy Rasmussen rose to online fame before viral TikTok drama took the app by storm. The hairstylist — who has more than 27 years of experience — owns Habit Salon, which has ...

Oh, how the tables turn—and not gently, either. House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries just had what can only be described as a painfully awkward moment that should’ve sent shockwaves through the media ...

Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine (D) called Democratic state attorney general nominee Jay Jones’s recently unearthed violent text messages about former state House Speaker Todd Gilbert (R) “indefensible” but ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

Google's Circle to Search tool just got a bit more useful, as it can now continuously translate text while scrolling. Until now, people had to restart the process every time the content on the screen ...