A new study shows that attention moves in fast repeating cycles in the brain, making us more open to distraction at certain moments.

This article is a preview of The Tech Friend newsletter. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Tuesday and Friday. The onslaught of new artificial-intelligence-integrated tools claiming to help ...

There’s a familiar scene in many homes. A student sits at a desk with a laptop open, books stacked nearby, tabs multiplying quietly at the top of the screen. One tab holds an online lecture, another a ...

How big of a problem is distractibility and loss of attention? Let me start with a somewhat surprising statistic about attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. According to the CDC, "The ...