In 2025, the best smartphones are frighteningly clever. Just look at the latest flagships: the iPhone 16 Pro Max, Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra, and Google Pixel 9 Pro are all crammed with AI smarts, from ...

A newly-granted Apple patent proposes an Apple Ring that would give Apple Watch-style haptic notifications, and let the wearer press on the surface to respond. Either Apple is going to release an ...

Turning off notifications is not the way to deal with digital stress. Instead, newly published research suggests that switching off notifications can increase people’s fear of missing out. As there ...

It's a common complaint that smartphone notifications can disrupt concentration, but the actual extent of their impact and what causes this difference wasn't fully understood. Hippolyte Fournier and ...

Microsoft is addressing the issue of unwanted notifications in Windows 11 with a new feature called “Smart opt-out” alongside improvements to urgent notifications. Notifications from various apps and ...