Neowin News Feed for: Addiction

Is binge watching actually bad or good? Science may finally settle the debate

Sayan Sen — Sun, 24 May 2026 08:56:01 +0000

Is binge-watching truly harmful or surprisingly beneficial? New scientific research may finally have a clearer answer to that. Read more...

Huge win for California parents as Judge allows ban on "addictive feeds"

David Uzondu — Wed, 01 Jan 2025 08:30:01 +0000

Federal Judge lets California's SB 976 ban on addictive social media feeds for minors move forward, despite tech industry pushback. Read more...

Chinese report says gaming addiction has been solved in the country

Paul Hill — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 20:36:19 +0000

A new report has found that gaming addiction in China has significantly fallen year-over-year after the country brought in measures to limit play time to just a few hours per week. Read more...

Instagram removes the lowest daily limit to boost user interaction with the app

Paul Hill — Tue, 22 Feb 2022 01:10:01 +0000

Instagram has increased the lowest daily limit to 30 minutes. Prior, you could set the app usage limit to 15 minutes but that option is no longer available. The move should help bolster revenues. Read more...

Ariana Grande fan goes viral after circumventing mother's Twitter ban with a fridge

Paul Hill — Wed, 14 Aug 2019 09:42:01 +0000

A Twitter user, known as Dorothy, has been providing comedy for users on Twitter this month after getting her phone confiscated by her mother. She used unlikely devices afterward to continue tweeting. Read more...

The video games industry asks WHO to reconsider "gaming disorder"

Faheemmuddeen Patel — Sat, 12 Jan 2019 10:08:01 +0000

The videos games industry has asked the World Health Organization to reconsider its addition of gaming addiction on to its list of mental health disorder. The addition came at the start of 2018. Read more...

China resumes game approvals after freeze over addiction fears

Paul Hill — Sun, 30 Dec 2018 10:42:01 +0000

China has resumed issuing licenses to game publishers after it spent the last nine months figuring out how to filter out extreme violence and how to limit games being too addictive for children. Read more...

Two Apple shareholders want to prevent addiction

Paul Hill — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 10:38:01 +0000

Two Apple shareholders have asked the company in a public letter to do more to research and tackle children's addiction to iPhones. One proposal it mentioned was a yearly report of progress made. Read more...

WHO has classified gaming addiction as a disorder

Paul Hill — Tue, 02 Jan 2018 16:08:01 +0000

The World Health Organisation has for the first time listed gaming addiction as a disorder. It'll be added to the International Classification of Diseases manual due to be published this year. Read more...

Bethesda being sued by a man who lost 'everything' due to his Fallout 4 addiction

Timi Cantisano — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 05:28:02 +0000

A man's recent addiction to Fallout 4 has left him without a job, wife, friends and in bad health. He is now suing the makers of the game for emotional distress. Read more...

Chinese lad cuts off his hand to 'cure' his internet addiction

Usama Jawad — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 14:46:01 +0000

Internet addiction is becoming a problem in Asian countries, especially China where a 19 year old has cut off his own hand in an effort to 'cure' himself of this problem. Read more...

Apple sued for causing a man's porn addiction (yes, really.)

Andrew Stevenson — Fri, 19 Jul 2013 10:49:40 +0000

While it's not uncommon for people with problems to blame others before accepting and dealing with their issues, who would have thought that Apple would be accused of making a person addicted to porn? Read more...

Thief caught after stopping to check Facebook

Andrew Fairbairn — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 19:30:17 +0000

A 19 year old Pennsylvanian man has been arrested after stopping to check his account on social networking website Facebook whilst burgling a house, and then forgetting to log out again. According to The... Read more...

Internet addiction is a disorder?

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:30:15 +0000

Well, at least it is in China. Recently China has had many instances, just like other parts of the world, where fights, even murders, have taken place over Internet occurrences. Online "relationships" are one of... Read more...

E-Mail Addiction: Five Signs You Need Help

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:37:04 +0000

Quick: When's the last time you checked your e-mail? If you're like most Americans, the answer is likely within the last 15 minutes -- even if you're not at work. And if you carry a... Read more...

Experts oppose video game addiction designation

Tom Warren — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:28:59 +0000

Doctors backed away on Sunday from a controversial proposal to designate video game addiction as a mental disorder akin to alcoholism, saying psychiatrists should study the issue more. Addiction experts also strongly opposed the... Read more...

Twelve-Steps to curing E-Mail Addiction

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 00:15:00 +0000

E-mail addicts can be placed in the same basket with alcoholics and drug abusers: a 12-step program designed to tackle their obsession is now available. Marsha Egan, an executive coach in Pennsylvania, has devised a... Read more...

Study from Japanese University Suggests Addiction is Genetic

Fri, 23 Jun 2006 14:41:27 +0000

If you love gadgets and computers and absolutely must have the latest device, then you may be a neophiliac. Neophiliacs, it seems, are people who are addicted to the new. "Some folks have an... Read more...

Chinese Government Details Plans to Curb MMORPG Addiction

Thu, 25 Aug 2005 16:26:14 +0000

The General Administration of Press and Publication in China reports that the Chinese government will begin taking action to curb the addition to many massive multiplayer online role playing games amongst young people in that... Read more...