Focus is a problem. On average, people work for only three minutes before getting distracted or interrupted — and then it takes an average of 23 minutes to get back to that original task. Technology ...

How attentive are you? One way to check is to run this little thought experiment: Sit quietly in a chair, with a second-hand watch or clock nearby, close your eyes, and check to see how long you can ...

Keep your distractions at bay with Focus modes — easier to set up than ever now. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Apple’s Focus modes are a powerful way to change how your iPhone, iPad and Mac look ...

In this guide, we will show you how to setup and use the Focus Mode features on the iPhone. In today’s digital era, achieving the perfect equilibrium between productivity and relaxation is a challenge ...

Spend any time working and you're likely to get interrupted with notifications—whether it's incoming emails, system updates, new alerts, a pop-up about the next track on your playlist, or all of them ...

Arkansas and Utah have recently taken steps to tighten regulations on various forms of social media, and the state of Montana has banned TikTok completely. While the motivations for these moves are ...

On a recent morning, I had the chance to read poems my ninth-grade English students had written about encounters with racism. I was struck by the beauty and poignance of many of their lines. Yet I ...

The thing that keeps me up at night is trying to understand Apple’s updated Sleep options that interact with Health and Focus in iOS/iPadOS 16 and watchOS 9, with some elements affecting macOS as well ...

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