The so-called desktop first appeared on a home computer in 1981, with the release of the Xerox 8010 Star Information System. That device pioneered the graphical-user interface, or G.U.I., a convenient ...

I’ve spent most of my eight years covering technology trying to win back my off-hours time and attention from my smartphone. Despite how indispensable our phones have become (for much more than making ...

London (CNN) — Workers are struggling to cope with a “seemingly infinite workday,” involving an increasing load of meetings scheduled at 8 p.m. or later and a near-constant stream of interruptions, ...

The curious minds at Aperture explain how the addictive design of infinite scrolling is subtly damaging our mental health. MAGA divided as Trump turns on Putin Some degrees don’t guarantee a return on ...

The scroll previously known only as PHerc. 172 was written by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus. Vesuvius Challenge / Bodleian Libraries, Oxford University In the 1750s, an Italian farmer digging a ...

Google is rolling out a redesign of the Gemini web app’s side panel with some nice quality-of-life improvements. Starting at the top, Google has removed the pill around the “New chat” button so it’s ...

In the modern digital landscape, the habit of endless scrolling has become a pervasive challenge. It consumes time, diminishes focus, and often leaves you feeling unfulfilled. We’ve all been there: a ...

On Wednesday, a New York-based app developer named Isaac Gemal debuted a new site called WikiTok, where users can vertically swipe through an endless stream of Wikipedia article stubs in a manner ...

For this week’s Infinite Scroll column, Cal Newport is filling in for Kyle Chayka. In 2013, I wrote a blog post titled “Why I Never Joined Facebook.” Social media had grown so ubiquitous that I felt ...

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Augmented reality-focused startup Infinite Reality said on Wednesday it had achieved a valuation of $12.25 billion after raising $3 billion in a new funding round, without disclosing ...