Can confirm 😬
has brought us many joyful things, like the ability to connect with people across the globe, pet videos and a platform to share what’s important to us.
According to a new study, more than half of young people are suffering from a phenomenon dubbed ‘technoference’, defined as ‘everyday intrusions and interruptions that people experience due to mobile phones and their usage’. One in five women and one in eight men also said their mobile phones are to blame for lack of sleep, figures that was compared to results from a similar survey in 2005.
And while most of us agree that technology has allowed us to be more productive, problematic phone usage can actually lead to the opposite.
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