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Many people have compared the addictive nature of social media to cigarettes. Checking your likes, they say, is the new smoke break. Others say the unease over social media is just the next round of moral panic about new technologies. We are a pair of researchers who investigate how social media affects the mental health of young people. More than 75% of teens check their phone hourly, and half say they feel like they’re addicted to their devices. Here are some of the things they’ve told us: “TikTok has me in a chokehold.” “I would 1,000% say I am addicted.” “I feel completely aware that it is hijacking my brain, but I can’t put it down. This leaves me feeling ashamed.” Maybe you’ve had similar feelings yourself, no matter your age. Although it’s true social technologies offer clear benefits – unlike smoking – many people still feel uncomfortable with how much time they spend online and often wonder if they’re addicted. Years of investigation have led our te...

Kansas City has been rocked after a series of shots were fired at the end of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade , with an estimated one million people in attendance as the NFL champions celebrated Sunday’s victory over the San Francisco 49ers. What happened at the Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory parade? Not long after the end of the parade at the city’s Union Station, there were reports of gunfire nearby, with Kansas City Police quickly confirming the shootings via a Twitter/X thread, in which they initially instructed people to leave the area, and revealed people inside Union Station were not allowed to leave until its surroundings had been cleared. Chief of Police Stacey Graves later explained that two people had been immediately taken into custody by officers, who had administered life-sustaining aid to a number of victims with the help of the fire department. Sadly, she also confirmed that one person had been mortally wounded , and that 10 to 15 people, none of whom were children, had su...

Social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, is launching an early version of video and audio calling for some users, according to chief technology officer and owner Elon Musk, as the billionaire pushes for X to become an "everything app". Musk described a post on the platform instructing users on enabling the feature as an "Early version of video & audio calling on X". The latest functionality comes amid a series of new features and changes to the platform 's core experience under Musk, who acquired the social media company nearly a year ago. After rebranding Twitter as X, Musk signaled he would turn the platform into a super-app, offering a range of services from messaging and social networking to peer-to-peer payments. Teasing the feature in August, Musk had said users would not need a phone number for the features, which will be available on Apple's iOS, Google's Android and personal computers. Source: https://thef...

Malaysia has condemned a Singapore-born comedian who made fun of the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 during a skit in the United States KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Malaysian officials on Thursday condemned a Singapore-born stand-up comedian who mocked Malaysia and made fun of the 2014 disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 during a skit in the United States. Jocelyn Chia posted her act on social media , sparking outrage in Malaysia and prompting Singapore officials to quickly apologize. Chia made crude remarks about Malaysia, which she said lagged far behind Singapore after the two separated in 1965. She joked about Malaysian airplanes not being able to fly, drawing gasps from the audience. Chia continued: “Why? Malaysian Airlines going missing not funny, huh? Some jokes don’t land." Flight MH370 was carrying 239 people from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing when it vanished on March 8, 2014, and is presumed to have crashed in the far southern Indian Ocean. Mal...

Something strange and unidentified is happening in the sky over many countries in South America, and no one seems to have an explanation for this … nor an assessment of whether and when these UFO events will stop. In late October 2022, commercial airline pilots began noticing unexplained lights over the state of Santa Catarina in the far southeast of Brazil. In early November 2022, pilots from other airlines confirmed that they had also seen the lights and reported maneuvers that are physically impossible for any known aircraft. This week it seems that UFOs have moved to Argentina and Bolivia. Numerous witnesses in the province of Entre Rios in east-central Argentina have reported seeing hundreds of unexplained lights in the sky, and a video has surfaced in Bolivia of what is being called a “flying saucer” seen on the surface of Lake Titicaca before submerging into the water. then take off from the water into space. Have aliens discovered the many wonders...