I tried Brick, the $59 gadget that blocks phone apps. It's the only thing that has helped cut down my screen time.

Tech Insider : Business
The Brick gadget
Brick is a $59 gadget designed to help cut down on phone screen time.

Anneta Konstantinides/Business Insider

I deleted Instagram from my phone for a year. Being desktop-only connected me to friends without the drawbacks.

Tech Insider : Business
Woman with drinks
In: film cameras. Out: documenting everything on our phones.

Julia Pugachevsky

I download dozens of new apps every year. Here are my favorite social media alternatives to TikTok and Instagram.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Phoen with apps

sankai/Getty Images

Instagram's head says the aesthetic that helped the app become popular is dead — and AI helped kill it

Tech Insider : Business, Style, Technology
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri
Instagram boss Adam Mosseri

Drew Angerer/Getty Images

New research reveals the top 10 US cities for social-media creators

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Sports
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS - NOVEMBER 30: Entertainer Tyler Toney of Dude Perfect shakes hands with fans prior to a game between the Texas Longhorns and Texas A&M Aggies at Kyle Field on November 30, 2024 in College Station, Texas. (Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images)
Tyler Toney of Dude Perfect at an event in College Station, Texas.

Alex Slitz/Getty Images

Lightspeed Ventures partner says Sora will make social media creators 'far, far, far less valuable'

Tech Insider : Business, Economy, Technology
Lightspeed Ventures partner Michael Mignano is pictured.
AI-generated video marks a "whole new chapter for the internet," Lightspeed Ventures partner Michael Mignano said.

Lightspeed

Instagram is coming to bigger screens with Reels for TV

Tech Insider : Business, Sports, Travel
Screenshot of a Reel on Instagram for TV.
Instagram for TV allows you to watch Reels with friends the bigger screen.

Instagram

Australia is booting kids under 16 off social media. Some senators hope the US is next: 'Our lack of action is inexcusable.'

Tech Insider : Business
Teens on smartphones
Australia has barred children under 16 from creating social media accounts.

FG Trade Latin/Getty Images

Instagram's Adam Mosseri is getting rid of a part of work that many employees dread

Tech Insider : Business
Adam Mosseri leaning over chair
Adam Mosseri announced Instagram would be rethinking standing meetings in his latest memo.

Emma McIntyre/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images

'Rage bait' is the word of the year. My fellow rage-baiters: This is a bad sign.

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Style
rage bait oxfdord word of the year
"Rage bait" is the Oxford Word of the Year.

Dilara Irem Sancar/Anadolu via Getty Images

Subscribe to Instagram