I downloaded a new app for my trusty Samsung Galaxy phone after checking out a recommended list. The one that I liked using was StayFree. StayFree is a screen time control app that works on Android, ...

The inventor of the infinite scroll, Aza Raskin, testified in New Mexico, expressing regret over his creation.

BRUSSELS — Doom scrolling is doomed, if the EU gets its way. The European Commission is for the first time tackling the addictiveness of social media in a fight against TikTok that may set new design ...

The European Commission on Friday accused TikTok of purposefully designing its app to be “addictive,” calling out features such as infinite scroll, autoplay, and push notifications, as well as its ...

European Union (EU) regulators are seeking to ban the most addictive features of the TikTok video platform, pushing the company to clamp down on “infinite scrolling” keeping people hooked on the app ...

European Union regulators said the app’s infinite scroll and personalized algorithm led to “compulsive” behavior, especially among children. By Adam Satariano Reporting from London TikTok’s endless ...

The European Commission, the EU's executive body, has made a preliminary ruling that TikTok's algorithms, infinite scrolling, autoplay, and other features have a negative impact on the mental and ...

"At this stage, the Commission considers that TikTok needs to change the basic design of its service." When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it ...

Thirty years ago, living in Cambridge, England, I wandered into Heffers Bookshop and picked up a monstrous new novel on the display table. It had a title out of Hamlet, a Simpsons-sky dustjacket, ...

The big thinkers at Aperture examine how infinite scrolling affects behavior and society at large. Trump insults Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, threatens new tariffs against country Scientists ...

The end of doomscrolling is nigh. Or at least, for the first time in a long time, it feels like someone in power has actually looked at our collective glazed eyes, and our reduced attention spans and ...