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Gen Z folk are showing off their deformed ‘smartphone pinkies’ — and the images are horrifying
Many people are flaunting their bent pinkies online, a modern issue that is the direct result of ex…
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I'm a child psychologist and my son was addicted to screens. I locked up computers at night and made a 'family media plan.'
A child psychologist helped his son make progress with his screen addiction. They created a family …
Kelly Burch
5 mins read
Gen Z's love affair with tech jobs is over
A new survey reveals the 100 companies where high school students most want to work
Aki Ito
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The newest weight-loss hack has people turning to a highly addictive drug
A new weight-loss quick fix is making the rounds just in time for summer's unofficial start, but th…
Dan DeFrancesco
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Sweaty, desperate, and sad: Big Tech is giving off divorced dad energy
Big Tech companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, and Amazon are clinging to a bygone era, failing …
Ed Zitron
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The end of Big Tech's subscription addiction
Industry experts say usage-based pricing, or paying for only what you use, has gained ground. The m…
Diamond Naga Siu,Paayal Zaver…
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Masayoshi Son is the $100 billion gambler who went from dirt track to tech titan — and he isn't done betting yet
Masayoshi Son's bold bets on tech defined an era. A new book asks if the SoftBank boss is a visiona…
Hasan Chowdhury
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The market crash could finally break Big Tech's addiction to subscriptions
With a recession looming, experts say usage-based models will become standard as cloud companies ha…
Paayal Zaveri
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The biggest stories from the year in tech
In today's big story, we're looking at some of Business Insider's best tech stories from the past y…
Dan DeFrancesco
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She spent her inheritance sending money to TikTok Livestreamers. What started as a game turned into addiction.
Cindi White spent more than $25,000 on TikTok Influencers. TikTok's Live Matches have a dark side.
Jessica Lucas
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Want to break your addiction to your phone? It's too late.
From concert tickets to hotel reservations, everything requires an app download, making it nearly i…
Paris Marx
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I work at Microsoft and didn't realize how evil tech can be until I had kids. Here's how I limit their screen use to 1 hour a day.
A Big Tech employee said even he's worried about how technology is impacting his children. Here's h…
Charissa Cheong
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The hidden addiction behind America's housing shortage
The US has more than 2 billion parking spots. All that wasted space is bankrupting cities, slowing …
Jeral Poskey
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Facebook and Snap sued by the family of teenager who says he became addicted to the apps and killed himself
The family of Christopher Dawley, who died at 17, alleges the social-media platforms are responsibl…
Kali Hays
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How to use Instagram's new 'Take a Break' feature and have the app remind you to stop scrolling
You can set your Instagram account to remind you to take breaks from the app after you hit a daily …
William Antonelli
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Meta is facing 8 lawsuits that claim Facebook and Instagram lure young people into addiction for profit
The lawsuits come after a leak of internal documents last year showed Meta knew how harmful Faceboo…
Weilun Soon
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A California bill could allow parents to sue social-media companies for up to $25,000 if their children become addicted to the platforms
The bill's co-sponsor and author, state Assembly member Jordan Cunningham, said it aims to stop chi…
Beatrice Nolan
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A woman who stopped using all social media to seek out real connections shares how she did it
"The whole point of it for me is to show that no, we don't need it," Xandra Robinson-Burns said abo…
Alyse Kalish
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We found tax records showing 'Hillbilly Elegy' author JD Vance's anti-opioid nonprofit faltered
Tax filings show 'Hillbilly Elegy" author JD Vance's Ohio non-profit spent more on management servi…
Adam Wren,Meghan Morris
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Chrissy Teigen is back on Twitter, proving how difficult it is to quit the platform
Chrissy Teigen quit Twitter in March. Her return is a signal of how difficult it is for moguls and …