The iPhone's Focus modes go beyond Do Not Disturb. You can create focus modes for work and personal time, too, and here's how.

Tips: Being able to change the focus point in a portrait photo and subtly blur the background isn't reserved for the iPhone 15. Here is how to do it on any device in iOS 17. "Focus and depth control ...

Do Not Disturb continues to get smarter in iOS 18. Image: D. Griffin Jones/Cult of Mac Reduce Interruptions is a new Focus in iOS 18 that judges on the fly which notifications seem important, using ...

iOS 16 gives you a lot more options to help tune out unwanted distractions and the terrible internet while having a bit of fun iOS 16 gives you a lot more options to help tune out unwanted ...

Apple in iOS 15 introduced Focus mode, an expansion of Do Not Disturb that allows you to set up different permissions for apps, contacts, and more depending on what you're doing. In iOS 16, Apple has ...

Focus is a problem. On average, people work for only three minutes before getting distracted or interrupted — and then it takes an average of 23 minutes to get back to that original task. Technology ...

Spend any time working and you're likely to get interrupted with notifications—whether it's incoming emails, system updates, new alerts, a pop-up about the next track on your playlist, or all of them ...

Seemingly everyone is concerned about concentration these days. Margaret Sibley, a professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at the University of Washington School of Medicine, specializes in ...

In the early 2000s, Gloria Mark noticed she was having trouble paying attention to any single screen. Anecdotally, she knew others were feeling the same way. As a psychologist and scientist, she ...

I have a modest dare for you, dear reader: Try to stay on this page for longer than 47 seconds. That may seem like a ridiculously short and easy period to focus on one task, but studies show that the ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Lucy Paulise is executive coach and author of Timebox, based in Texas. At the beginning of the year, you evaluate your performance ...