Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidance News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out. The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer…

Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidance News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out. The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer…

Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidance News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out. The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer…

Emotional toll of constant negative news and unlimited access to ‘doomscrolling’ has led to record-high news avoidance News has never been more accessible – but for some, that’s exactly the problem. Flooded with information and relentless updates, more and more people around the world are tuning out. The reasons vary: for some it’s the sheer…

I almost admire the confidence it must take to tell people what to do online. But I long for the days when the internet wasn’t just lists of bossy self-optimisation plans I may have found what will finally wean me off social media. It’s this “things I’ve learned” trend. Take, for example, advice that will…

I’ve examined how commercial technologies reshape education – often in ways parents instinctively resist, but are told to ignore Dr Velislava Hillman is an academic, teacher, writer and consultant on educational technology and policy. A quiet transformation is unfolding in schools: commercial technology is rapidly reshaping how children learn, often without much public debate or…

Substack’s bet that writers want the platform to provide a community just as much as distribution appears to be paying off in 2025. Five newsletter creators who moved their operations over to Substack from other platforms such as Patreon and Beehiiv in the past year told Digiday that their following — and revenue — had grown since…

This week’s Media Briefing looks at Perplexity’s latest publisher revenue share model, and why despite the opportunity the AI startup company has to being the publisher-friendly LLM, concerns remain over low adoption, vague payment terms and transparency issues. Perplexity has an opportunity — and plenty of reason — to be the publisher-friendly LLM. But it…

New lawsuit aimed at Amazon questions the legitimacy of the word ‘buy’ when it comes to owning a movie on your devices A possible class-action lawsuit against Amazon Prime, one of the world’s biggest platforms for streaming film and television, has raised an odd question: what does it mean to buy something? The proposed lawsuit,…

New lawsuit aimed at Amazon questions the legitimacy of the word ‘buy’ when it comes to owning a movie on your devices A possible class-action lawsuit against Amazon Prime, one of the world’s biggest platforms for streaming film and television, has raised an odd question: what does it mean to buy something? The proposed lawsuit,…