None of these habits, on their own, waste much time. That’s why they don’t feel harmful to our overall productivity. But we ...

In a post on X right during Christmas Eve, Musk predicted that the U.S. economy could experience significant growth by ...

Most Excel users spend their time navigating ribbons, building formulas, and formatting cells, all while completely ignoring the status bar at the bottom of the window. It sits there quietly, doing ...

Last year, ‘brain rot’ was crowned Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year, a term which captured concerns about the impact of consuming “excessive amounts of low-quality online content, especially on ...

We live in a digital era. There's simply no way of ignoring it. Many of us sit on our phones for hours, scrolling through different social media apps. Whether we're watching our friends' stories on ...

We've all been there: you open a small, insignificant Short on YouTube and suddenly you have lost an hour scrolling through videos on topics you probably don't even want to see. To curb this behavior, ...

The TikTok algorithm, built by its Chinese parent ByteDance Ltd., is what has made the app so popular with half of America. The enormously powerful technology can master the intricacies of our ...

Do you use your smartphone while you sit on the toilet? If so, you are probably spending longer there than you would do otherwise – and that could be increasing your risk of haemorrhoids by nearly 50 ...

The cellphone provides an unlimited distraction of pleasure, something to which the cigarette can’t compare (“Will We Look Back on Chain-Scrolling Fondly?,” Letters, Aug. 22). The device has made us ...

A scroll bar is an important element in Microsoft Excel. Excel sheets have two types of scrolling, vertical scrolling and horizontal scrolling. For vertical scrolling, you can use either your mouse ...

GameSpot may get a commission from retail offers. Famed developer Ron Gilbert's new game, Death by Scrolling, was showcased in video form at the Gamescom 2025 Opening Night. It is a pixel-art, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jess Cording is a dietitian and health coach who covers wellness. Have you ever found your focus and your mood completely derailed ...