An increasing number of users are forming deep emotional bonds with AI chatbots, leading to a new form of addiction - AI ...

From digital detox bootcamps to 12-step programs, a range of treatments exist for problematic internet use. So why is internet addiction disorder not yet an official psychological diagnosis?

When things go quiet, you panic. You reach for your phone, snack out of habit, start scrolling, or text someone you shouldn’t ...

The ARPANET was a project started by the Defense Department’s Advanced Research Project Agency in 1969 to network different mainframe computers together across the country. Later, it evolved into the ...

What happens in the minds of people who use the internet addictively? Prof. Dr. Matthias Brand from the University of Duisburg-Essen and his team want to find out. Since 2020, the scientists have ...

A recent study found that teens with internet addiction have disrupted signaling between brain regions that control attention and working memory.

Some research suggests that having severe ADHD is linked to higher odds of being addicted to the internet and to your addiction being worse.

A new study finds teenagers are at the highest risk of the startling effects of internet addiction.