Technologies, including chatbots, promise to make life easier. But removing the friction, or effort involved in thinking, has ...

Invisible drag often looks like this: a consent prompt that resets, a region selector that should have been automatic, a link ...

Have you ever experienced a little shock on your fingers or ear when taking your AirPods out of the case? Here's what's going ...

We’re being sold a world where there’s no room for reflection or spontaneity. This is the Black Mirror stage of capitalism How fast do you have to strike a match to get it to light? Not the chemistry ...

Thanks to modern technology, drafting an email, ordering a meal or looking up that random actor’s name you can’t remember has never been easier. But some are starting to wonder whether the quicker, ...

Earlier this year, columnist and sociologist Kathryn Jezer-Morton coined the term "friction-maxxing." It was her attempt to describe the importance of doing hard things in order to reclaim our ...

Researchers at the University of Konstanz have uncovered a new mechanism of sliding friction: resistance to motion that arises without any mechanical contact, driven purely by collective magnetic ...

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This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Friction maxxing is the practice of intentionally choosing small, safe inconveniences that ...

Parts of devices that are perfectly smooth can still experience friction because of the electrons within them, but a new method may enable researchers to turn it down or fully turn it off. Controlling ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Are you “friction-maxxing” in your life and work? Friction in this context is the antidote to ultra-convenient ...