Even a casual follower of the news over the last few years is likely to have encountered stories about research showing that digital technologies like social media and smartphones areharming young people’s mental health. Rates ofdepressionandsuicideamong young people have risen steadily since the mid-2000s, around the time that the first smartphones and social media platforms were being released. These technologies havebecome ubiquitous, and young people’s distress has continued to increase since then....

After a year in the making, the Remember The Milk team has finally released itsiPad application, allowing users of the service to sync their tasks, notes and lists on the go. The team explains in itsblog postthat it had rebuilt the app from scratch and thrown out four different designs concepts to get the app just as they wanted it, making sure the experience was natural and intuitive on the iPad....

When’s the last time you used Windows Media Player? What about Microsoft’s Groove Music app? If you’re anything like me, it was probably right after getting a new computer or completing a fresh install, when you tried to play some music or videos only to remember you haven’t installed foobar2000 or VLC yet. Needless to say, the antiquated Windows Media Player looks completely outdated with Windows 11’s modern UI, and Groove has been lackluster since Microsoftgave upon its streaming service, so it’s about time they got a replacement....

Remembering Raven Thorogood III: The chimp that smoked Wall Street … and other unusual stock market success stories Turns out a camel once beat Wall Street, too Ultimately, Raven the stock-picking chimp serves as a fun morale booster for amateur investors: if a chimp can do it, surely anyone can. [Read: The stock market crashes every time Lil Yachty releases music, a theory] And, if that doesn’t satisfy, the tale alsoillustrates the importanceof active portfolio management....

Today,FastCoDesign posteda series of animated GIFs, which capture Manhattan born Director Stanley Kubrick’s most epic scenes. We’re big fans of Kubrick’s here at The Next Web so we couldn’t help reposting a few of them. For a walk down memory lane of his disturbing cult films such as Dr. Strangelove, The Shining and A Clockwork Orange enjoy these wicked animated GIFs dubbed “cinematographs,” created byGustaf Mantel. Having literally just finished Lolita, one of his films from the 1960s, I’m disappointed there are no GIFs of that sordid love affair....