Yeah, totally get that. I’ve tried going on dnd, and it worked pretty well for me, until I had to turn it off. Between Slack for work, big group chats, and random alerts, I'm left with all of the notifications I missed just piled up, and then I don't know where to start. This app is kind of meant as an in-between zone, so a step down from just turning off all notifications. It learns your habits and priorities, then sorts and summarizes everything, so catching up doesn’t feel so chaotic and time-consuming. Maybe I'm solving a problem too specific to me, but well see. As for news, I totally agree with you, information is just so spread throughout right now.
I've found I just have to really try to keep myself busy and do things that will get me in a state of flow. I usually go on my phone because of boredom. I don't know if this would help you, but along with some friends we are creating an AI notification summarizing app. The whole point is to allow us to be off our phones and be fully present, without feeling like we might be missing important things. It's still in early stages, but it works! If you're interested, let me know! I can send the link and you can try it out. Hopefully it will help :)