Black wallpapers give your iPhone an elegant look. Some people prefer a black background for aesthetic reasons. Also, on an OLED screen, black wallpaper improves battery life and focus, reduces eye ...

Dark patterns are designed to manipulate users into actions that are not in their best interest. TECHBOOK delves deeper into this topic. Photo: Getty Images You encounter them constantly–even though ...

'Beware dark patterns for they lead you into temptation and maketh you spend money...' This sounds like a cheesy fantasy movie. But what it really is, is a cautionary tale for the cyber age, a warning ...

Dark patterns are design elements that deliberately obscure, mislead, coerce and/or deceive website visitors into making unintended and possibly harmful choices. Dark patterns can be found in many ...

That's exactly what New York City-based wallpaper company Chasing Paper decided to do. And not only is Chasing Paper's 2026 Pattern of the Year beautiful, but it was also chosen for a very important ...

Experts are warning consumers about shady online business practices that the Federal Trade Commission and tech insiders refer to as “dark patterns.” “By their very nature, dark patterns are subtle, ...

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