“Boredom is necessary,” says a random user on Reddit when I ask for advice on how to disconnect and find myself, but how is it necessary when it is so difficult to endure? I think my brain is completely rotted and decayed. It can’t process things that take too much attention. Bright lights and noise ...

There are Gen Z’ers who live without a smartphone by choice. Shocked? I listened to a podcast on the effects of social media and doom scrolling, a topic that fascinates me for several reasons. Being attached to our phones is so normalized that we don’t notice the abnormalities and negative patterns of this behavior. No ...

Safer Internet Day aims to create both a safer and a better internet, where everyone is empowered to use technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. The campaign aims to reach out to children and young people, parents and carers, teachers, educators and social workers, as well as industry, decision makers and politicians, to encourage everyone ...