What Is the Phone 'Brick'? Device Goes Viral as Social Media Users Resolve to Reduce Screen Time

The “Brick” is a device that locks chosen apps on your phone until you physically return to it, helping users curb mindless scrolling.
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Your iPhone has a hidden Netflix sleep timer. Here’s the shortcut

Apple quietly built a system-wide sleep timer into the iPhone years ago, and it works perfectly with Netflix even though the streaming app never mentions it. By leaning on the Clock app’s “Stop ...
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Time-Saving New Phone Features You May Have Missed

From photo timers to music identifiers, here are a few new iPhone and Android tools to make your life easier. By J. D. Biersdorfer J. D. Biersdorfer writes the monthly Tech Tip column and spends a lot ...
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How to Break Free From Your Phone

There’s that nagging voice again: “Put the phone away. No, really this time.” But we don’t; 84 percent of Americans say that they are online either several times a day or “almost constantly.” “On your ...