I found that changing my web browser home over from MSN or whatever to our company page keeps me from getting a distracting blast of news everytime that I open a new window... Works well...
Thankfully, work is all locked down and we don't get the news pushes on our browser unless we actively look for it.
Our phones are all android and I use a Chromebook at home, so I get the Google feeds at the bottom. But, since my searches and Web usage are usually auto related, I normally get Nascar news or diesel topics.
The only news I actually normally look at is our local newspaper. Funny side story, as you guys know, we have my parents living with us due to health issues and also my aunt (my dad's sister). She will be 91 in February. Anyway, we have 5 TV's in the house. When we would get home from work, 2 would be on Fox News, 1 on CNN, 1 on MSNBC, and one on the EWTN Catholic network. None of them can hear, so it would be blasting from every room in the house. My poor father would be standing in the doorway between the family room and living room watching Fox on one and CNN on the other.......swearing constantly at whatever he didn't agree with while my aunt would be blasting the Rosary on EWTN. It would have been frustrating if it wasn't so darn funny to see.
Anyway, my wife ended up putting parental controls on the cable, blocking the news channels so dad wouldn't have another stroke. Now he watches the Weather Channel 24/7. The Catholic channel is still on, but isn't countered by the swearing.
Oh the joys of caring for the elderly.
