‘I might delete it’: Facebook’s problem with younger users
According to leaked research, the firm has found engagement among a key demographic is in decline
As a whistleblower prepares to speak out, what can be done to rein in Facebook?
Pressure grows on social network after US senators challenge Instagram over impact of app on children’s mental health
Facebook pauses work on Instagram Kids after teen mental health concerns
Move follows WSJ revelations that Facebook-commissioned research showed Instagram could affect girls’ mental health
Constant craving: how digital media turned us all into dopamine addicts
According to addiction expert Dr Anna Lembke, our smartphones are making us dopamine junkies, with each swipe, like and tweet feeding our habit. So how do we beat our digital dependency, asks Jamie Waters
The secret of happiness? Be more like Ted Lasso
I love the comedy show about a goodhearted football manager so much I decided to emulate him. Then Private Eye, the satirical news magazine, took a swipe at me
Bye bye BMI: Pinterest bans weight loss ads in first for major social networks
Advertisements promoting diets or slimming products and that idealise certain body types will be removed from the platform
ENO calls on world’s worst warblers to prove anyone can sing
Voice coaches at English National Opera want applicants who ‘cannot sing for toffee’ for new TV series
The social biome: how to build nourishing friendships – and banish loneliness
All your daily interactions with others, big and small, make up your social biome, and the pandemic has severely damaged most of ours. Here’s how to reinvigorate it
Headspace Guide to Meditation: can Netflix deliver enlightenment in 20 minutes?
The streaming service and the mindfulness app have joined forces to inject some calm into our tech diet. Elle Hunt tries to switch off, while switching on
Locked In: Breaking the Silence review – life-affirming story of a devastating illness
Xavier Alford’s striking documentary explores the lives of people at different stages of coping with ‘locked-in’ syndrome – including himself