The digital world is a constantly accessible gateway to millions of other people, information on every subject and breaking news from around the world. For some Gen Zers and millennials, using a "dumb phone" might be the ultimate way to disconnect. Curious about the hype around a smartphone detox, Megan Sauer was one of two CNBC Make It reporters who hid their iPhones from themselves and bought flip phones to use for a four-day experiment. Here's how it went for her.

A growing cohort of people are shunning new technologies in favour of the outdated or obsolete. Euronews Next spoke to four collectors about escaping digital fatigue with dumb…

The digital world is a constantly accessible gateway to millions of other people, information on every subject and breaking news from around the world. For some Gen Zers and…

Two CNBC Make It reporters used flip phones instead of smartphones for four days, as a digital detox experiment. Both say they'd do it again.

Instead of going cold turkey on technology, it is better to use it in a more conscious and deliberate way.