There’s a new “it” bag — but it doesn’t come with a popular label. Dubbed “analog bags,” Gen Z is buying canvas totes and filling them with items to help them reduce their screen time. The term was ...

TikTok has dubbed 2026 the year of the 'analog lifestyle' as people seek to reduce screen time. Many are swapping digital devices for analog products like film cameras, physical journals and record ...

With our homes and lives swarming with AI-powered devices, assistants and chatbots, a backlash is brewing. Pitched as “analog lifestyles,” it’s different than a short-term digital detox. Instead, it’s ...

Consumer fatigue surrounding AI’s rapid rise has catalyzed a more analog 2026, course correcting a years-long pattern of glorifying efficiency and automation over creativity and community. ByElizabeth ...

Most people are chronically online. The morning starts with a scroll, the day is spent sending emails, and to wind down at night, it’s second nature to stream music, podcasts, or audiobooks. Screen ...

Time got away from them! New York City teachers have found that scores of teenagers can’t read traditional clocks after a cellphone ban in schools statewide — because students figured the skill would ...

Some New York City teachers say it’s high time for a refresher on old-fashioned clocks. Tiana Millen, an assistant principal at Cardozo High School in Queens, said this year’s ban on smartphones ...

New York City’s new cellphone ban in schools has helped increase focus and social engagement, but it has also revealed that some students struggle to read analog clocks. As one teacher lamented, "It ...

Abstract: Multimodal large language models (MLLMs), which can answer complex questions on an image struggle to tell the time on analog clocks. Reading the time on an analog clock requires identifying ...

If you can read a traditional analog clock then congratulations, you’re smarter than artificial intelligence. AI is proving to be good at a lot of things, but reading an old-fashioned clock is not one ...

For all of the new technology in cars, the lane-keeping and adaptive cruise, the autonomous driving modes, and the safety tech that's widely available in most makes and models, it's easy to forget the ...