Switching a phone to grayscale made scrolling feel less rewarding, so mindless browsing dropped and weekly average screen time fell below 3 hours. Grayscale created real annoyances, especially for ...

There aren't many ways a smartphone can tell you that its screen is damaged. Of course, obvious cracks running across the screen are telltale pointers, but screens aren't made up of only glass. There ...

I’ve tried everything short of hypnosis to spend less time on my phone — grayscale mode, app limits, leaving it in a different room like it’s a cursed object. But inevitably, I get sucked into a ...