Today’s Solutions: August 14, 2026

Could this cure-all of the tech world provide more benefits to the humans using the tech than the devices themselves? Digital detox devotees think so, and they’ve started a movement that seems to grow louder and larger with every tech announcement or app update. The digital detox is, quite simply, taking a break from your devices. All of them. Yes, even your wearables. Ten years ago, that would have been called a Saturday. Today, in…

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