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Want to use your phone less? I tested 5 minimalist Android launchers that could really help (androidauthority.com)

2026-09-17 | get Light Phone II minimalist phone → | tags: android launchers, minimalist launcher, smartphone addiction

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At Restaurants, Phones Are Becoming the New Cigarettes (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-09-13 | get phone lock box timer for dining → | tags: restaurants, smartphones, screen time

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You’re Addicted to Your Phone. Admitting That Is the First Step (cnet.com)

2026-09-02 | by Alex Valdes | get kSafe time locking container phone → | tags: smartphones, pew research center, semrush

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After Meta's landmark settlement with state AGs, legal headaches remain (cnbc.com)

2026-08-27 | by Jonathan Vanian | get The Anxious Generation Jonathan Haidt book → | tags: meta platforms, instagram, adam mosseri

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Meta Settles ‘Trillion Dollar’ Teen Addiction Case for Significantly Less Than a Trillion Dollars (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-26 | get parental control app kids phone screen time → | tags: meta, facebook, instagram

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Instagram chief Mosseri says in social media addiction trial he doesn't tell team to 'hide anything' (cnbc.com)

2026-08-25 | by Jonathan Vanian | tags: instagram, meta platforms, social media addiction

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This popular supplement could turn you into an unwitting opioid addict (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: kratom, opioid, convenience stores

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Meta Faces $1.4 Trillion Reckoning In Latest Trial Over Social Media Addiction (slashdot.org)

2026-08-17 | tags: meta, facebook, mark zuckerberg

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Will you have spent more of your life with computers than your family? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | tags: computer, screen time, family

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WSJ Readers Weigh In: You Don’t Need to Go to Prison to Turn Off Your Phone (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-13 | tags: wsj, smartphone addiction, prison

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Social media platforms still facing thousands of user addiction lawsuits after failed appeals (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-10 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: meta, tiktok, snapchat

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Trump Speaks Repeatedly With Warsh, Departing From Precedent (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-06 | tags: addiction, airlines, airlines pushing

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TikTok settles three addiction lawsuits as new case blames social media for teen suicides (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: tiktok, meta, social media

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Meet Buddy, the viral device helping kids (and parents) with routines (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | tags: buddy, kids routines, screen addiction

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Light’s new flip phone is stylish, dumb, and perfect for our screen-addled brains (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-07-21 | tags: light flip, motorola razr, dumb phone

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Grim New Details From the Life of the Plaintiff in Social Media’s ‘Big Tobacco’ Case (gizmodo.com)

2026-07-05 | tags: addiction, addiction lawsuit, anonymous

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Meta Reportedly Got Too Addicted to Google AI Tokens and Had to Be Cut Off (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-29 | get Google AI Token Developer Kit → | tags: meta, google ai, ai tokens

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Non-Invasive Stimulation of the Brain Ended Opioid Addiction, Cigarette Craving (slashdot.org)

2026-06-27 | by Posted | get Transcranial Magnetic Stimulator → | tags: brain stimulation, opioid addiction, cigarette craving

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Palantir CEO Alex Karp Says Tokkenmaxxing Is Like Having a Porn Addiction (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-05 | tags: addiction, alex, alex karp

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Toy Story 5 shows 'terror' of children's screen addiction, says Tom Hanks (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-01 | get Toy Story Screen Time Puzzle → | tags: toy story, tom hanks, cell animation

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Addiction, anxiety, and the attention economy (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-26 | get Mindfulness Meditation App → | tags: nicotine, youth mental health, attention economy

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The Dreamie alarm clock got me to stop using my phone in bed (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-24 | by Amanda Silberling | get Dreamie Alarm Clock → | tags: dreamie alarm clock, sleep habits, bed electronics

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Meta settles a lawsuit that said it addicted students and left schools to deal with the damage (techspot.com)

2026-05-22 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, breathitt county school district, lawsuit

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Meta settles lawsuit claiming its platforms addicted students and left schools to deal with the damage (techspot.com)

2026-05-22 | get Meta Digital Wellbeing Toolkit → | tags: meta, breathitt county school district, lawsuit

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Meta Settles Lawsuit That Claimed Social Media Addiction Screwed Up Schools (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-21 | get Meta Quest 2 VR Headset → | tags: meta, social media, lawsuit

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Meta settles social media addiction case with US school district (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-05-21 | get Digital Wellbeing Smartphone App → | tags: meta, social media, arturo béjar

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This CEO Says Screen Addiction Is ‘the New Tobacco.’ Here’s What His Company Is Doing to Fight Back (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-21 | by Jon Bier | tags: meta, outside inc., social media addiction

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Social-Media Companies Settle Youth-Harm Case Ahead of Wave of Trials (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-21 | get Parental Control Smartphone App → | tags: social media, kentucky, youth harm

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Scientists Say Test Subjects Were Able to Quit Smoking After They Blasted Their Brains With a Huge Magnet (futurism.com)

2026-05-16 | by Krystle Vermes | get Magnetic Brain Stimulation Device → | tags: rtms, nicotine addiction, medical university of south carolina

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Huge Analysis Finds That the Average Person Is Getting Absolutely Hosed on Polymarket (futurism.com)

2026-05-07 | by Victor Tangermann | get Polymarket Prediction Market Platform → | tags: polymarket, prediction markets, wall street journal