WIRED senior writer Robbie Gonzalez joins us this week to discuss addictive smartphone apps and the science behind technology addiction. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a7012999b89d12ece267f2d/master/pass/FEATURED-WIRED-Gear-logo-NEW.jpg
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‘We’re designing minds’: App maker reveals secrets that keep us addicted to smartphones
The average Canadian teenager is on track to spend nearly a decade of their life staring at a smartphone, and that’s no accident, according to an industry insider who shared time-sucking secrets of the app design trade. CBC | Health News
Small victims in a big crisis: More babies being born addicted to opioids
Between April, 2016 and March 31, 2017, the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) identified 1,846 babies admitted to hospital after being exposed to opioids during pregnancy. CBC | Health News
Health minister says Canadians need to avoid judging those addicted to opioids
As the opioid epidemic continues to march across the country, destroying an ever increasing number of lives, the federal health minister says people have fallen into the habit of passing judgment on those addicted to the drug. CBC | Health News
If You've Done 35/47 Of These Things You're Addicted To Your Phone
You’re super addicted to your phone! Your phone is like an extra limb, an encyclopedia, and what helps you maintain a social life! You need your phone to show your friends the latest memes after all, right? You’ve probably sat on a dirty grubby floor to charge your phone when you’ve been at 2% and […]
Addicted Parents: Viewers HORRIFIED as mothers appear to take drugs in front of kids on TV
The “uncomfortable” programme followed families at Phoenix Futures’ Specialist Family Service, the UK’s only family rehab and focuses on four mothers who are addicted to drugs that must get clean or face losing their kids. During the episode, one mother was allowed out of the rehab on an unsupervised trip with her children. However, a […]
This Morning meets Martina Big – German glamour model addicted to tanning with 32S boobs
Martina, 28, started having tanning injections in January 2017 and has had three since then. The injections are illegal in the UK, but not in her native Germany, where Martina has undergone the transformation. Responding to Eamonn’s suggestion that her doctor had given her too much, Martina said: “No! I like this colour. For a […]
Being addicted to technology is not the same as being literate in it
The truth is, we can’t keep kids from being enamoured by the allure of technology. But we can make sure we’re equipping them with the right skills if they’re going to be glued to their devices. CBC | Health News
Unhealthy and overpriced: Meet the family addicted to buying BRANDS
MEET the family who eat half their daily allowance of saturated fat in just ONE slice of cake every day. Daily Express :: Life & Style Feed
