addiction

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A recent Education Select Committee report revealed that one in four children now used their phones in a manner resembling behavioural addiction.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

When activated, it reduces pain over a sustained period without interfering with normal sensations or activating reward pathways associated with addiction.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

The top concerns in a survey of residents were homelessness and addiction, Horton said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 2026

The immediate trigger for Thursday’s fall was fear of a wave of legal judgments against the company after a jury found Meta liable in a social-media addiction case.

From Barron's • Mar. 27, 2026

In the case of technology, phone use or Internet addiction, he says he hears lots of versions of a story in which someone loses the phone for a day, or the power goes out.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel