Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ever spend a little too much time scrolling through social media or binge-watching shows and end up feeling…fuzzy? The phrase ...

A.I. search tools, chatbots and social media are associated with lower cognitive performance, studies say. What to do? Credit...Derek Abella Supported by By Brian X. Chen Brian X. Chen is The Times’s ...

You grab your phone and in that first swipe, you see someone traveling the world. Why aren’t you on vacation? Swipe again, and someone is living off the grid. Wow, shouldn’t you get rid of your laptop ...

Click-bait and other attention-grabbing online content can cause brain rot in large language models, a new study finds. Brain rot isn’t just for humans anymore. The thoroughly modern affliction also ...

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Source: Walther/Gemini, 2025 Brain rot symbolizes the erosion of our attention spans, creativity, and critical thinking as we get drawn ever deeper into the expanding vortex of our online space, ...

Imagine a time traveler from the quaint, analog world of the 1990s arriving in 2025. They wouldn’t just be shocked by our technology; they’d be utterly baffled by our behavior. The subtle, pervasive ...