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For years, screen time has been treated as the main culprit behind stress caused by smartphones. But new research suggests that we’ve been worrying about the wrong metric. A study from Aalto University found that frequent, fragmented phone use is the primary driver of information overload and not total screen time. So it’s not the hours that matter most, it’s how often you interrupt yourself. What’s the problem with checking your phone? The study tracked nearly 300 participants over several months, which combined usage data with self-reported mental strain. What stood out during this period wasn’t the heavy usage. Rather,…

Gaming on the go has always come with a compromise. You either carry a full-sized controller and accept the bulk, use a compromised controller that lacks features, or use your phone’s touchscreen and accept the frustration. The CRKD ATOM+ aims to address that problem. The ATOM+ is a palm-sized Bluetooth controller that works across Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch 1, PC, mobile devices, tablets, and select Smart TVs. At 90mm x 48mm, it’s small enough to fit even in your pocket, comes with an included wrist strap, and costs only $29.99. If you love gaming on the go, this gaming…

OpenAI introduced apps in ChatGPT last year, giving users a way to interact with services like Booking.com, Canva, Spotify, and more without leaving the chat interface. Since then, more developers have joined in, with apps from Peloton and Tripadvisor already available, while OpenAI has also opened a publishing pipeline to bring even more third-party apps into ChatGPT. Now, AccuWeather is joining that growing lineup, bringing real-time weather updates and forecasts to ChatGPT conversations. What can AccuWeather’s ChatGPT app do? The new AccuWeather app brings detailed, real-time weather data into ChatGPT. Instead of relying on general responses, users can now ask…

The Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra is one of the best smartphones to buy in 2026. The Privacy Display is genuinely impressive and one of the few true smartphone innovations we have seen in a while.  It brings top-notch performance, one of the best camera systems, and AI features that are quite useful. But iFixit just tore one apart, and the results are equal parts impressive and embarrassing for Samsung. What’s good about S26 Ultra repairability? Let’s start with the good things. The battery swap on the S26 Ultra is straightforward. Samsung has used a pull-tab adhesive system that comes away…

If you have ever spent more time scrolling through rows of content than actually watching one, Google has a fix. With the latest Gemini update for Google TV, you can talk to the assistant, ask questions, and get relevant information in one place. The update brings three Gemini features so you don’t have to grab your phone to check scores or figure out what to watch. Smarter answers and deep learning on your Google TV Gemini now responds with richer, more useful results depending on what you ask. If you ask for a recipe, you will get a video tutorial…

Just yesterday, we saw the Fold 8’s CAD renders, indicating that Samsung isn’t reimagining its most expensive foldable this year. Today, the same source (Android Headlines, in collaboration with OnLeaks) has published the CAD renders of yet another Samsung foldable, the Fold 8 Wide, or at least that’s what the outlet is calling it.  For those catching up, the Fold 8 Wide is a brand-new, wider foldable that the company is preparing to launch this summer, aiming to compete with Apple’s purported iPhone Fold. What does the Fold 8 Wide actually like? The Fold 8 Wide ditches the tall, narrow…

Intel has launched two new graphics cards aimed at professionals: the Arc Pro B70 and Arc Pro B65. These are not gaming cards. They are built for local AI inferencing, software development, and running multiple GPUs together in rack-scale AI setups. Is the Arc Pro B70 the card AI fans have been waiting for? For anyone who has been following Intel’s GPU journey, the Arc Pro B70 is a big deal. The Arc Pro B70 is the answer to anyone asking Intel to create an ultra-powerful GPU to power their workstation.  It comes with 32 Xe cores, a 256-bit memory…

The excitement is building with NASA now just a few days away from sending four astronauts on a voyage around the moon. On Wednesday, the space agency shared its schedule for coverage of the final buildup and main event, including a Q&A with the astronauts this Friday, blast off on Wednesday, April 1, and regular updates as the crew make their way to the moon. Americans Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, together with Canadian Jeremy Hansen, will leave the launchpad aboard an Orion spacecraft carried skyward by NASA’s massive Space Launch System (SLS) rocket. They’ll spend several days…

ASRock has unveiled a new lineup of gaming monitors under its Phantom Gaming and Challenger series, introducing high-refresh-rate displays aimed at both competitive gamers and budget-conscious users. The announcement includes multiple 27-inch monitors with 240Hz refresh rates, alongside more affordable 144Hz entry-level options, marking a broader push into the gaming display market. High Refresh Rates Meet Affordable Gaming At the center of the launch are three new Phantom Gaming models – PG27FFS2E, PG27FFS2E-W, and PG27FFS1A. These monitors feature 27-inch Full HD IPS panels with a 240Hz refresh rate and 1ms response time, designed to deliver smooth and responsive gameplay, particularly…

What if you could redesign your clothes, furniture, or even your walls as easily as changing wallpaper on your phone? Researchers at MIT have built exactly that kind of system, called ChromoLCD. It is a portable device that can “print” high resolution designs onto everyday objects using light and special invisible ink. Developed at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), the device works like a simple stamp. You upload an image, place the device on a surface, and it applies the design without complicated setup or modeling. How ChromoLCD uses light to redesign real world objects At the…