How technology affects our mental health?

How technology affects our mental health?

Ans :- It may seem a little odd from tech blogger to post this sort of article but being a sincere good wisher of my readers , I went looking for answers for such a crucial topic.

These days, it seems like we live our lives on the Internet, but can excessive Internet and social media use impact your mental health?  While it's a helpful tool for education, work, social interaction and entertainment, overuse can take a toll on your health!

It seems that we are addicted to our smart devices and are connected 24×7 , which leaves little room for other important things in life. Everyday, every where I look, everyone is busy on their phones or tablet or laptop which may cause loneliness, depression, anxiety.

• Now what is this addiction?

Internet Addiction is an increased amount of time spent online in order to induce feelings of pleasure.

Symptoms of Internet “addiction” range from decreased impulse control to an individual's inability to stop Internet usage.

Let’s take a look at what science tells us about the effects of technology on our mental health:

• A study done at Duke University found that, on days they use technology more, at-risk adolescents experienced more conduct problems and higher ADHD symptoms compared to days they used technology less. On the flip side, the study also found that those same adolescents experienced less depression and anxiety on days they used technology more.

• A University of Michigan study found that Facebook use led to a decrease in happiness and overall life satisfaction.

• Research coming out of the University of Gothenburg in Sweden found a link between heavy cell phone use in young adults and depressive symptoms.

• A team of Australian researchers conducted two studies and found that compulsive internet use by adolescents leads to poorer mental health.

• A Swansea University study found that heavy internet users experience psychological symptoms of withdrawal when they stop using.

Those studies raise some interesting points, but they also raise more questions. For example, does technology have the same impact on children, adolescents and adults? Or is it more detrimental to the developing brain? How much screen time is too much screen time? And are some forms of technology, like social media, worse than other kinds, like answering work emails?

The fact is technology has evolved so fast that we really don’t have it all figured out yet. To be sure, there will be many more studies done going forward that may help us better understand how technology affects mental health.

• Solution: -

At the end of the day, there has to be a line we draw when it comes to accessing social media.

Perhaps you set a limit on your screen time each day or turn off your devices at a certain time every night. Whatever you do, carve in plenty of time for "real life." You'll be happier and healthier for it.

I truly hope that this helps!

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How to stay safe online: https://subhajitsurai.blogspot.com/2019/04/how-to-stay-safe-online.html

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Octa Core vs Quad Core – Which is Better for You?

Octa Core vs Quad Core – Which is Better for You?


Ans :  Hello everyone! Here today, with yet another much-debated topic and would like to clear the clouds with this article.
Nowadays while searching for a new phone we always tend check out the phone with best specs ,such as, processor,ram,rom,camera etc. and it's this tendency that the smartphone manufacturing companies cash on. They play the number game. One such thing is marketing of octa-core processors over the dual or quad core processors.

The terms octa-core and quad-core denote the number of processor cores in a CPU. Octa is eight, quad is four. So far, so obvious.

But the key difference between the two – at least when talking about mobile chips in 2019 – is how these processor cores are set up.

In the case of quad-core chips, each core can be put to work simultaneously on a given task, enabling fast and fluid multitasking, smooth 3D gameplay, and super-speedy camera performance, among other things.

Modern octa-core chips, meanwhile, simply have two sets of quad-core processors, which split various tasks between them according to type. Most of the time, the lower-powered set of cores will be employed. When advanced tasks are needed, however, the faster set of four cores will kick in.

A more accurate term than octa-core, then, would be “dual quad-core”. But that just sounds confusing, and it’s not nearly so marketable. So, octa-core it is.

Octa-core vs Quad-core: Purpose

What’s the point of having two sets of quad-core processors handing off tasks to one another, then? It’s all about energy efficiency.

The more powerful a CPU is, the more power it has to draw from a device’s battery. This poses a problem, given that smartphone battery technology hasn’t advanced at anywhere near the rate of mobile processor technology.

The result: as smartphones have gotten more advanced, so battery life has plummeted.

The truth, however, is that you don’t really need that much processing power for the vast majority of smartphone tasks. Navigating through your home screens, checking messages, and even browsing the web aren’t particularly power-hungry tasks.

However, HD video, gaming, and photo manipulation most certainly are.

Combined with the fact that CPU manufacturing processes have gotten so precise now that you can squeeze much more onto a single chip, the octa-core concept seems to be a practical, if slightly inelegant, way to lengthen a modern phone’s battery life without compromising performance where it matters.

So, what’s the difference between octa-core and quad-core in the modern smartphone business? Very little, as it turns out.

That octa-core term is more than a little misleading, as it doesn’t mean the doubling of quad-core , multi-core performance that it suggests. Rather, it represents two independently operating quad-core set-ups squeezed together on one chip for the purpose of greater energy efficiency.

Is such an octa core setup superior to a quad-core one? No, not necessarily. Apple manages to get decent energy efficiency and performance out of a dual-core setup, after all.

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