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Privation de smartphone et activité cérébrale : une étude révèle des marqueurs d'addiction

Smartphone Deprivation and Brain Activity: A Study Reveals Markers of Addiction

A study analyzes brain changes in 25 young adults deprived of their smartphones for 72 hours, revealing neurological reactions similar to those observed in other forms of addiction.

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Digital detox en 2026 : les chiffres de la déconnexion

Digital detox in 2026: disconnection figures

Screen time will reach 7 hours per day in 2025, while 67% of users now monitor their consumption. A factual overview of screen time and digital detox initiatives in 2026.

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Vivre sans smartphone en 2024 : portrait d'un enseignant qui a fait ce choix

Vivre sans smartphone en 2024 : portrait d'un enseignant qui a fait ce choix

Louis, 62 ans, professeur de géographie, a choisi de vivre sans smartphone. Entre organisation alternative et contraintes quotidiennes, portrait d'un mode de vie à contre-courant.

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L'impact du smartphone sur les relations familiales et conjugales

The Impact of Smartphones on Family and Marital Relationships

A France Inter broadcast explores how smartphones disrupt family and marital relationships, and suggests ways to ritualize and discipline their use.

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Le phubbing dans le couple : quand le téléphone érode la relation

Relationship phubbing: when your phone erodes your relationship

Psychoanalyst Christian Richomme analyzes phubbing, the behavior of ignoring one's partner for one's phone, and identifies four major consequences for a couple's life.

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Une étude révèle que 70% des personnes interrogées ne peuvent se passer de leur smartphone

A study reveals that 70% of respondents cannot do without their smartphone

A study of 20,000 people reveals that 70% of respondents cannot do without their smartphone, with impacts on physical and mental health.

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La condamnation inédite de Meta et Google fait trembler la Silicon Valley

Meta and Google’s unprecedented conviction sends shivers through Silicon Valley

A Los Angeles court has found Meta and Google liable for a teenager's social media addiction, a first in the United States that could pave the way for thousands of other lawsuits.

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La sédentarité, quatrième facteur de mortalité mondiale selon l'OMS

Sedentary lifestyle, fourth leading cause of death worldwide according to WHO

Alexandre Dana and Victor Fersing analyze the effects of a sedentary lifestyle in La chaise tue (The Chair Kills). The WHO ranks it as the fourth leading cause of global mortality and the primary preventable factor.

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Pause numérique : une notoriété forte en France, mais une pratique encore marginale

Digital break: a well-known concept in France, but still a marginal practice.

A study reveals that 76% of French people are familiar with the digital break, but only 19% have actually taken it, despite perceived benefits on well-being and sleep.

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