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Mental Health
The real reason you can’t stop tagging everyone in memes right now
Psychologists have revealed what your newfound love of memes actually says about you.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
WhatsApp is making this change to messaging, and we have questions
The “disappearing messages” feature is coming.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Health
Why this post about the NHS Covid-19 tracing app is going viral
This Oxford researcher’s post has been shared over by thousands of Facebook users.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Long Reads
“Stop calling me!” Confessions of people who hate answering the phone
This one goes out to anyone who has ever pretended they can’t hear their ringing phone…
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- Kayleigh Dray
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- Kayleigh Dray
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“I fell hook, line and sinker for this mobile game, and lost £100 in the process”
“Bored under lockdown, I found myself utterly addicted to mobile gaming – and wound up getting my account blocked as a result.”
Life
7 genius ways to end an awkward Zoom call
Anyone else ever frozen silently in place, hoping against hope they’ll think your signal has dropped? Just me, then…
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
How to say no to phone calls when you have nowhere else to be
Because sometimes, just sometimes, we don’t want to join yet another Zoom chat.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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Life
Hate making phone calls? That’s probably about to change
Here's why you should pick up the phone and call you friends, family and colleagues today.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Health
WhatsApp dark mode is finally upon us
It’s the most requested feature from WhatsApp users everywhere.
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- Kayleigh Dray
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People
Florence Pugh gets real about the problem with filtering photos
“Some of you were saying that even your freckles have been blurred out…”
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- Hollie Richardson
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Sleep
This is how your late-night online shopping habit messes with your sleep
It’s time to ditch the phone for good.
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- Lauren Geall
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- Lauren Geall
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A sleep expert explains how our mobile phone addiction is disrupting our sleep cycle
Sleep psychology and mindfulness expert Hope Bastine took to the stage at Stylist's Restival to explain why we need to ditch our phones at bedtime.
Life
Dopamine fasting is the buzzy new way to clear your mind – but does it really work?
The latest wellness trend to emerge from Silicon Valley.
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- Jessica Rapana
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Life
Instagram is launching a new “intimate” app, and we’re intrigued
They're calling it Thread.
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- Hollie Richardson
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Sleep
Make this one change and you could improve your sleep in a week
New research shows just how easy it can be
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- Hollie Richardson
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Life
WhatsApp are urging you to update their app following a cyber-attack
But what’s actually happened?
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- Hollie Richardson
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Money
Credit Score Surgery: Will my credit score affect my plans to buy a house?
Answering big money questions in a digestible way
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Long Reads
Why 2018 will be the year we discover the luxury of waiting
This is why patience is the hottest new trend going
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- Moya Lothian-McLean
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How 90s technology is making an incredible comeback
Did someone say flip phone?
Life
Facebook denies listening to your real-life conversations
Many people report seeing ads on Facebook related to conversations they’ve had in real life
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- Moya Crockett
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