Tech expert shares the one message that actually convinces teens to reconsider their screentime

"Today, the average 18-year-old in the United States is on pace to spend 93% of their remaining free time looking at a screen,”

#screentime #socialmedia #teens #teenagers #technology #tech

https://www.upworthy.com/teens-and-screntime-ex1

Instead of spending my days online, I’m choosing to do what’s truly important first. I'm chasing the sun, leaving the screen for the evening.

#tabularasa #blog #blogger #unplug #chasingthesun #screentime

https://tabularasa.robsonrc.net/2025/05/31/chasing-the-sun/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Is it possible to reduce screen time by using greyscale on an Android phone?
Tech writer Chris Hall, bothered by how much time he was spending on his device, gave it a try. Read about what he discovered from @TechRadar:

https://flip.it/3dR9px

#Tech #Android #ScreenTime

How long did it take you to get the Family Controls & Personal Device Usage entitlement from Apple?

I heard it's an opaque process that can take some weeks... 🤞🏻

#IndieDev #iOSDev #ScreenTime

TIL about the Screen Time DeviceActivity monitoring restrictions: "The minimum interval length for monitoring device activity is fifteen minutes."

So it is not possible to monitor 5 or 10 minute long activities 🤔

#ScreenTime #iOSDev #IndieDev

The space above the expanded Social category is… surprising 😱

I must be doing something wrong with the familyActivityPicker, but what?! 🤔

#SwiftUI #FamilyControls #ScreenTime