2+ hour ago   (700+ words) LOS ANGELES " TikTok agreed to settle a landmark social media addiction lawsuit just before the trial kicked off, the plaintiff's attorneys confirmed. The social video platform was one of three companies " along with Meta's Instagram and Google's YouTube " facing claims…...

6+ hour, 30+ min ago   (259+ words) Jackson city officials are asking residents to be vigilant after scammers used the city's water department's phone number to make illegitimate calls. A news release from the city urged residents to "be cautious and never provide personal or financial information…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago   (748+ words) It finally dawned on me the connections we make on social media have absolutely nothing to do with reality. This is why I never tried online dating. I know people who found love that way, including a few "silver singles…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (930+ words) LONDON " Amazon says a massive outage of its cloud computing service has been resolved as of Monday evening, after a problem disrupted internet use around the world, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1123+ words) Going online in Russia can be frustrating, complicated and even dangerous. It's not a network glitch but a deliberate, multipronged and long-term effort by authorities to bring the internet under the Kremlin's full control. Authorities adopted restrictive laws and banned…...

6+ mon, 6+ day ago   (498+ words) I realized, wow, there's no cell service for 10 miles (16 kilometers) in either direction," he said. The community could really benefit from something like this." Everyone's pretty surprised, and they're like, "Is that a real payphone? Does that really work?' And…...

7+ mon, 1+ day ago   (771+ words) This article has been updated to correct details of USPS's voluntary early retirement (VER) program and agreement with DOGE. Repeated delays in delivery have led customers to file complaints with their local United States Postal Service representatives. "For weeks now,…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (245+ words) Southeast Missouri University Foundation received a $5,000 grant to support a student-led historic preservation project highlighting historic sites in Cape Girardeau and other Missouri communities. Southeast Missouri State University receives $5,000 grant for historic preservation project Southeast Missouri University Foundation received a…...

9+ mon, 1+ week ago   (607+ words) A clever senior outsmarts phone scammers by wasting their time, but new AI-powered schemes are making it harder for elders to spot fraud, fueling billions in losses among older Americans. A few years ago, my then 70-something mom was targeted…...

9+ mon, 3+ week ago   (214+ words) WASHINGTON (AP) " The Pentagon's acting inspector general announced Thursday that he would review Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's use of the Signal messaging app to convey plans for a military strike against Houthi militants in Yemen. Pentagon's watchdog to review Hegseth's…...