In an era of shrinking attention spans fuelled by the emergence of short-form video platforms like TikTok, Instagram Reels, and YouTube Shorts, a Reddit user has revealed how a simple change in their ...
The European Commission says TikTok may need ‘to change the basic design’ of its app to comply with the law. The European Commission says TikTok may need ‘to change the basic design’ of its app to ...
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 ...
As a teacher librarian, I am alarmed by record-low reading scores across the country. I’m also challenged to find ways to engage a generation of students accustomed to nonstop entertainment beaming ...
Maybe it’s through word of mouth or (ironically) through your regularly scheduled online scrolling, but chances are high that you’ve heard of Brick or seen somebody say they locked out of social media ...
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 ...
The act of scrolling is generally associated these days with the concept of doomscrolling: the hollow-eyed, passive trawl through a constant barrage of content that serves to reinforce the fact that ...
Ninja Scroll has a new lease on life thanks to a full 4K restoration of the influential 1993 feature by AMC Networks’ Sentai Filmworks. The remastered version of Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s timeless classic ...
Simply sign up to the Technology sector myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The tech world has this week been double screening between two engrossing product launches: the release of ...
Do you catch yourself opening Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts for a few minutes, only to realise much later that you are still scrolling? As short-form video platforms increasingly shape daily ...
The original scroll of Jack Kerouac's On the Road, up for auction in March, is 121 feet long. Christie's Images Ltd. 2026 The draft of one of the Beat Generation’s most defining works is heading to ...