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Parents Warn of 'Dusting' Dangers After Teen's Death

Arizona's Renna O'Rourke, 19, died after inhaling keyboard cleaner

(Newser) - An Arizona couple is mourning the loss of their 19-year-old daughter, and warning other parents about the dangers of how she died. AZFamily and News 3 Las Vegas report that Renna O'Rourke died of sudden sniffing death syndrome after taking part in a social media challenge known as "...

Host of Sport Science Dies at 54
Sport Science Host
John Brenkus Dies at 54
obituary
Jun 2, 2025 11:00 AM CDT

Sport Science Host John Brenkus Dies at 54

Family urges those suffering from depression to seek help

(Newser) - John Brenkus, best known for making science approachable for sports fans as the host and creator of the show Sport Science, has died at age 54, reports USA Today . In a statement posted online, Brenkus' family says he died after a years-long battle with depression, and the family urged...

Comey Grilled by Secret Service Over &#39;86 47&#39; Post
Comey Grilled
by Secret
Service Over
'86 47' Post
THE RUNDOWN
May 17, 2025 9:00 AM CDT

Comey Grilled by Secret Service Over '86 47' Post

But there's a lot of debate over what the term actually means, whether hubbub is overhyped

(Newser) - James Comey remains under the microscope for his online post this week showing a photo of seashells on the beach spelling out the phrase "86 47." Critics say the former FBI director and vocal critic of President Trump, the 47th president, was calling for the commander in chief...

Florida Panthers Exec Suspended Over X Posts

Douglas Cifu reportedly engaged with a Maple Leafs fan

(Newser) - A postgame social media exchange with an opposing NHL team's fan has led to the suspension of Florida Panthers minority owner Douglas Cifu. The Washington Post reports that after besting the Maple Leafs in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup playoffs on Sunday, the Toronto fan "opened the...

Meta Unveils ChatGPT Rival
Meta Unveils
ChatGPT Rival
Apr 30, 2025 1:30 AM CDT

Meta Unveils ChatGPT Rival

App links Facebook and Instagram accounts for personalized AI experience

(Newser) - Meta is making its move in artificial intelligence with a new standalone app that blends AI with the familiar feel of social media in the company's bid to compete with OpenAI's ChatGPT. The app uses Meta's Llama 4 AI system and includes a "discover" feed...

He Taunted Cops Online to Come Find Him. They Did

Tennessee's Devon Bart has been arrested over domestic assault warrant after online dare

(Newser) - When a Tennessee man brazenly taunted law enforcement on social media to come find him, he might not have anticipated that they'd take the challenge seriously—resulting in an arrest that proves the reach of both digital footprints and the law. Fox News reports that 25-year-old Devon Bart...

Elon Musk Sells X to Another Musk Company

Billionaire says his xAI artificial intelligence firm is social media site's new owner

(Newser) - Elon Musk has sold social media site X to his own xAI artificial intelligence company in a $33 billion all-stock deal, the billionaire announced on Friday. Both companies are privately held, which means they aren't required to disclose their finances to the public. Musk said in a post on...

Musk Scrubs Post Offering $2M to Wisconsin Voters

It's not clear if billionaire will still pay two people who've voted in state Supreme Court race

(Newser) - Billionaire Elon Musk on Friday deleted a social media post in which he'd announced plans to hold a rally in Wisconsin to "personally hand over" $2 million to a pair of voters who've already cast their ballots in the state's hotly contested Supreme Court race. Musk...

Napster Just Sold for $207M
Napster Just Sold for $207M
Mar 26, 2025 11:10 AM CDT

Napster Just Sold for $207M

Tech startup hopes to transform the service once known for music piracy into a social music platform

(Newser) - A brand that was notoriously connected to music piracy before reemerging as a subscription music service has been sold to Infinite Reality for $207 million. The tech startup announced Tuesday it had bought Napster in hopes of transforming the streaming service into a social music platform where artists can connect...

That 'Tradwife' Account Folks Couldn't Stop Reading? Fake

'Patriarchy Hannah' apologizes for impersonating conservative mom with 14 kids

(Newser) - For the past few years, the "tradwife" (short for "traditional wife") phenomenon has been taking off online, drawing gawkers intrigued by an ultraconservative lifestyle in which women and men adhere to old-school gender roles, with the woman in the relationship cheerfully tending house, cooking, and raising their...

To Feel Better, Take the Smart Out of Smartphone
To Feel Better, Take the
Smart Out of Smartphone
NEW STUDY
Feb 25, 2025 11:55 AM CST

To Feel Better, Take the Smart Out of Smartphone

2-week break from mobile internet boosts well-being, mental health, researchers say

(Newser) - Researchers say you can improve your mental health, well-being, and attention span in just two weeks. All you have to do is get off mobile internet. Adrian Ward, a 38-year-old psychologist at the University of Texas at Austin, decided to study what it would be like to return to the...

Saudis Free Student Sentenced to 34 Years for Her Tweets

Doctoral student Salma al-Shehab was accused in 2022 of 'destabilizing the social fabric'

(Newser) - A Saudi doctoral student at Leeds University in Britain has been freed after seeing her 34-year sentence for her activity on Twitter in Saudi Arabia drastically reduced, a rights group said Monday. Salma al-Shehab, a mother of two, had been sentenced to 34 years in prison back in 2022 over...

DOGE Staffer: 'I Was Racist Before It Was Cool'

25-year-old Marko Elez, who gained access to Treasury's payments systems, resigns

(Newser) - A staffer at Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has resigned after racist X posts came to light. Marko Elez, 25, who was reportedly granted administrator-level privileges to read and write code in the Treasury Department's payments systems , resigned Thursday after the Wall Street Journal asked the White...

Pope Warns Against Dangers of 'Brain Rot'

He speaks out on 'the addiction to continuous scrolling on social media'

(Newser) - Pope Francis, noting that the term "brain rot" was the Oxford dictionary's word of the year for 2024, urged people to rediscover the "courage to free the heart from what corrupts it" in a speech Saturday. "The choices of each of us count, for example, in...

Farmers Worry About the Fate of 'FarmTok'

Farmers use social media as vital tool to engage the public, advertise, share information

(Newser) - Zoe Kent hopes people get a little joy out of her talking about farming on the Internet. In one of her latest videos, she compares pesticide application to dry shampoo. "Farming is for the girls," she quips. On Instagram and TikTok, as "farmwithzoe," Kent films herself...

Meteorologist Fired for Calling Musk's Gesture a 'Nazi Salute'

Sam Kuffel is out at WDJT, though some suggest she should sue

(Newser) - A Milwaukee TV station has fired a meteorologist who accused Elon Musk of making a Nazi salute at the inauguration . "Dude Nazi saluted twice. TWICE," WDJT-TV weather forecaster Sam Kuffel wrote on her Instagram account Tuesday alongside a picture of Musk, per the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel . "You...

Suddenly Following Trump on Social Media? Here's Why

White House-controlled accounts were automatically transferred, along with followers

(Newser) - Social media is full of claims that Meta forced Facebook and Instagram users to follow President Trump. "Full dictatorship incoming," one Reddit user warned, per USA Today . But these claims are false, according to fact-checking site Snopes and other media outlets. The social media accounts for the US...

Where Things Stand on TikTok After Supreme Court Ruling

'Stay tuned!' writes President-elect Trump, who says platform's fate is in his hands

(Newser) - The Supreme Court opted on Friday to uphold the ban on TikTok in the name of national security, meaning if parent company ByteDance, which is based in China, doesn't find a US buyer to take over the company before Sunday, the app will essentially die a slow death in...

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on TikTok
Supreme Court
Upholds Ban on TikTok
Jan 17, 2025 9:33 AM CST

Supreme Court Upholds Ban on TikTok

New users won't be able to download it come Sunday unless a US buyer emerges

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overrides concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in...

Aubrey Plaza Shuts Down Her Instagram

It's not clear if the Parks and Rec star will return to social media following death of husband Jeff Baena

(Newser) - Aubrey Plaza has addressed the "unimaginable tragedy" of her husband Jeff Baena's death , but it looks like she doesn't want to address much else in the near future. People reports that the 40-year-old Parks and Rec and White Lotus star has deleted her Instagram account for now;...

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