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Friday, August 28, 2026

By Public News Service Friday, August 28, 2026

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Researchers find negative link between some young users and social media

Entertainment/Social Media— By Freda Ross, producer, Texas News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Excessive social media use could be harmful for people in their late teens and early 20s. A report from a team at the University of Texas Health-Houston School of Behavioral Health Sciences found higher social media use is associated with increased levels of anxiety, […]

Friday, March 13, 2026

By Public News Service Friday, March 13, 2026

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Cyberscams cost Americans billions of dollars each year

USA/Cyberscams— Suzanne Potter, producer, California News Service, a bureau of Public News Service. Online scams cost American consumers an estimated $119 billion each year, and took more than $18 billion from Californians. Those are just two of the scary findings in “The Scam Economy,” a new report from a coalition of nonprofit groups called Consumer Federation of America. The […]

Sunday, May 4, 2025

By Fronnie Lewis Sunday, May 4, 2025

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May the 4th be with you!

“Rebellions are built on hope. May the 4th be with you.”#SundayMorning #StarWars #StarWarsDay pic.twitter.com/WLfgvmH1jL — Jeffrey Ⓥ (@LiftForever67) May 4, 2025 May the 4th be with you. Watch the entire #StarWars catalog streaming on @DisneyPlus. pic.twitter.com/fXcunGFfek — Star Wars (@starwars) May 4, 2025 May the 4th be with you, California! pic.twitter.com/qdNWYkynPH — Governor Gavin […]

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

By Guest Contributor Tuesday, March 25, 2025

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Southland authorities arrest suspect for allegedly preying on minors

Saturday, May 4, 2024

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, May 4, 2024

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President Joe Biden and Actor Mark Hamill celebrate Star Wars Day

President Joe Biden and actor Mark Hamill joined forces to honor the Star Wars Holiday. For more than 20 years, Star Wars fans and others have adopted May 4th as “May The Fourth Be With You” day. It is a pun on one of the most famous lines from the “Star Wars” movie franchise, which says, “May the Force be […]

Thursday, July 24, 2014

By Fronnie Lewis Thursday, July 24, 2014

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Facebook delivers a smackdown on its critics

Naysayers heaped a lot of criticism on the social media giant Facebook when it went public in May of 2012 with an initial public offering of $38 a share. The stock fluctuated and that open the door for critics to slam the decision to go public and doubt the value of the number one social network. Now Facebook has smackdown […]

Friday, March 21, 2014

By Fronnie Lewis Friday, March 21, 2014

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Twitter celebrates 8th birthday — who has the most followers?

Twitter is singing a birthday song today. In 2006, on this day the first tweet was sent out using 140 characters or less. Eight years later, millions of tweets, sometimes with images, photos, and videos, are sent out daily. Twitter has become a juggernaut — difficult to control — hard to ban. Turkey Prime Minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, became irate at the […]

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, February 25, 2014

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Facebook is dumping its email service

More developments for Facebook. The world’s largest social network has more than a billion monthly users, however, not many of them bothered to use Facebook email. After pushing it for several year, the company has decided to retire @facebook.com. “We’re making this change because most people haven’t been using their Facebook e-mail address, and we can focus on improving our […]

Saturday, February 22, 2014

By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, February 22, 2014

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Rewind: Facebook, WhatsApp, and that $19 billion deal

A lot of chatter on the Internet and elsewhere about the amazing deal Facebook put together to buy mobile messaging service, WhatsApp, for $19 billion. The social media network announced its newest acquisition last Wednesday. Immediately, there were questions about WhatsApp. Oh, and the money deal made plenty of folks utter: “Say what?” Here’s how it works. WhatsApp uses the […]