The rise of “dumb phones”
Chunky bricks and Noughties flip phones are creeping back into the mainstream, as an antidote to smartphone addiction.
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We are all prisoners of WhatsApp
There’s something terrifying and oppressive about the idea that off-hand comments could be recorded forever.
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Twitter is dead
In the Elon Musk era, we have lost everything that once made this platform special.
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Social media is taking a dangerous toll on teenage girls
The evidence is now clear: smartphones are the major cause of the mental illness epidemic among young women.
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We are all spending too much time online
Why the normalisation of endless screen time has to stop.
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Dating apps are ruining everything fun about romance
Whose idea was it to recreate the experience of online job hunting?
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“Influencer boxing” and the rise of content as culture
The huge spectacle around Jake Paul vs Tommy Fury shows the influencer economy’s outsized impact on our entertainment.
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“I know when people are lying”: The disturbing rise of TikTok sleuths
On social media, speculative content has increased thanks to amateur detectives who believe their true crime obsession “helps me see…
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