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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

How some of the world’s most precise clocks missed a very small beat. By Mike Ives and Adeel Hassan Time appeared to skip a beat last week when some of the world’s most accurate clocks were affected ...

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 ...

A new minimalist trend called “analog bags” is spreading across social media. The idea is simple: carry only physical, non-digital essentials like a notebook, pen, or film camera—nothing that requires ...