Last week, the nonprofit Common Sense Media released the findings of a new poll on mobile device usage and family conflict. Of more than 1,200 parents and teenagers surveyed, 50 percent of teens said ...

Quitting smartphone addiction is good for mental and physical health. But how do you do it? Here are some of the best science-based methods.

When the Trump-affiliated firm Cambridge Analytica obtained data on tens of millions of Facebook users, it used the "Big 5" or "Five Factor Model" personality test to target them with ads designed to ...

It hit me in the middle of a grocery store aisle in Los Angeles. I was standing there, frozen in front of the shelves, phone in hand, scrolling through food lists that led to recipes that sucked me ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital addiction is a broad term for unhealthy behaviors related to spending too much time on the internet, in particular when a ...

We have a serious addiction problem. You see it everywhere. In fact, it may be staring you in the face right now. It’s good some are addressing the issue — as The Baltimore Sun recently pointed out ...

As courts and psychologists grapple with screen addiction, an AA-style group convenes twice a week in Cambridge to confront the screens they say have taken over their lives They gathered one recent ...

Do you think you’re addicted to your smartphone? Most of us probably wouldn’t care to admit that. We probably think that we can easily put our phones down anytime we want. But according to a survey ...

Kids today are addicted to gaming. Recently there are many games which have gained popularity and kids and even young adults are hooked to these games. Games on mobile phones or video games can never ...