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Your phone is constantly buzzing, your computer screen keeps showing new email notifications and that coworker stopped by yet again to ask for a project update. Distractions live everywhere. If you’re ...

Distraction contributes to reduced work output, reduced work quality, and increased danger on the job. Here’s how to stop it.

I don't need to convince you that distraction is a problem in today's workplace. Stats like this, however, are woefully incomplete. There's no way we're accomplishing 3.1 hours worth of actual goals ...

Distraction is a curse of modern life. Between our cell phones and computer screens, not to mention our kids and coworkers, our attention is constantly being diverted. It can become difficult to focus ...

Using hands-free devices to talk on the phone, text or send emails or give some voice-activated commands while driving is distracting, and can "overload" a driver's attention span, hurting their ...

Digital distraction is a major source of frustration for professors. They’re split, however, on whether to do anything about it. Some believe the onus is on students to change their habits, while ...

A funny thing happened when I recently upgraded my iPhone to iOS 12: The Settings menu items got rearranged, and it completely changed my relationship to my smartphone. Sometime in the last six months ...

Distraction Control is accessible via the same Page Menu interface in Safari as Reader and Viewer. Here, users will find a new “Hide Distracting Items” option to enable Distraction Control. Users will ...