Why Amazon Is Mad About AI Shoppers
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Amazon Right now, if you want, you can download a web browser called Comet, made…
Experts say screen time is taking a toll on sleep and mental health
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Children of all ages are spending more hours than ever in front of…
Too much screen time can damage your heart
Checking a smartphone. — Image by © Tim Sandle More time using electronic devices or watching TV among…
Artificial light is drowning out the Moon: here is what city bright lights are doing to humans and other species
Many city slickers may find it hard to comprehend, but the moon used to be the brightest source…
Wikipedia Contributors Are Worried About AI Scraping
Over at the official blog of the Wikipedia community, Marshall Miller untangled a recent mystery. “Around May 2025,…
Japan’s 2-hour phone limit: New approach to screen time
Police won’t be rounding up people glued to phones in Japan’s Toyoake, but the mayor believes his two-hour…
AI Investment Is Starting to Look Like a Slush Fund
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images No two companies are as important to the recent AI boom as OpenAI…
AI-Scraping Free-for-All by OpenAI, Google, and Meta Is Over
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images You can divide the recent history of LLM data scraping into a few…
Happiness researcher explains why we need to be bored more
It’s no secret that spending too much time on our screens isn’t good, but most of us have…
What it feels like to be trapped in apps—and how to break free
Ohri is experiencing the “30-minute ick factor”. Coined by Alexis Hiniker, a computer researcher at the University of…
This Japanese town wants residents to limit smartphone use to two hours a day, faces backlash
A town in Japan is asking residents to drastically cut back on their smartphone use in a bid…
Why Is Apple Planning to Make a Robot?
Photo-Illustration: Intelligencer; Photo: Getty Images There are two main stories people are telling about Apple these days. One,…