If you're a parent, you may have felt somewhat validated by the US court ruling that Meta and Google intentionally built addictive social media platforms that harmed the mental health of a young woman ...

Doomscrolling was ruining my life. Since the pandemic, I spent much of my free time scrolling online. And the more stressful the news was, the more addicted I got. In August 2025, I noticed I was ...

Freecash will actually pay money out to users but not for watching videos. This misleading marketing coincides with the app’s rising popularity. When I tapped the link to “order now,” it sent me to a ...

YouTube just added a new parental control that lets you put a hard limit on how long a supervised teen account can scroll Shorts. If you’re trying to rein in swipe fatigue without banning the app, ...

YouTube will now let parents limit the amount of time their teens can spend scrolling through its short-form video feature, Shorts, or block them all together. The option is part of a group of new ...

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Android is preparing to update scrolling screenshots so the system automatically deletes the original image after you save the expanded version. This change prevents gallery clutter by removing the ...

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Temple chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus. There is a word that has been adopted for this practice, now known as ...

Ron Gilbert is back! The adventure game mastermind has returned after several years away from the gaming director’s chair. Death by Scrolling is his latest fare, and rather than going for the ...

YouTube has introduced a new feature to its Shorts platform, aiming to curb the addictive habit of endless scrolling through short-form videos. This optional timer allows users to set daily viewing ...