Maintaining focus has become increasingly difficult due to constant notifications, social media distractions, and the temptation of YouTube rabbit holes. That’s where the Pomodoro Technique comes in.

"Coronasomnia," or pandemic-stress-induced insomnia, can make it even harder to sleep than usual. Julie Peck, a self-described insomniac, swears by meditation app Insight Timer. She's used Jennifer ...

Mary-Elisabeth is an associate writer on CNET's How-To team. She's a recent graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill's English Department, and resides in Charlotte, North Carolina. On the How-To team, she covers a ...

Falling asleep to podcasts has become the geeky equivalent of a glass of warm milk before bed. It’s so popular, in fact, that there’s an entire podcasting genre dedicated to dry topics and gentle ...

Everyone has their own night time wind-down rituals before hitting the bed. For some, that means queuing up an audiobook, podcast or favorite TV show to help lull them to sleep. Me? I put on my ...

The CEO of meditation app Insight Timer, Christopher Plowman, is frustrated. He doesn’t think the teachers who leverage his app’s marketplace to reach their students should have to share 30% of their ...

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With previous versions of the Hue app, you could set a timer that would trigger a light scene when the time expired. For example, a 10-minute timer might end with the lights turning on at full ...

This year's finalists made for an interesting roster, but I had my eyes on the productivity app that won this particular ...

Apple has separated its three time-based categories into separate apps on Apple Watch. This allows you to quickly access the specific feature of the timer, alarm, and stopwatch you want with just a ...