By : Peter Weber Source : The Week A Wall Street Journal/NORC poll released Monday found that "patriotism, religious faith, having children, and other priorities that helped define the national character for generations" have fallen steadily since 1998 and even 2019, the Journal reports. About 38 percent of respondents in the new poll said patriotism is "very important" to them, versus 70 percent in the Journal's 1998 poll, while 39 percent said religion is very important, from 62 percent in 1998. The only tested...
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By : Common Sense Media Source : Common Sense media ChatGPT is a computer program that uses artificial intelligence (AI) to generate text. Launched by research company OpenAI, it gathers large amounts of data from the internet to create responses on demand. ChatGPT is unique because its answers are in conversational format, similar to how people write and speak. It can write essays and computer code, solve math problems, and much more.  read more...
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By : Wyatte Grantham-Phillips Source : USA Today TikTok is rolling out a new screen time limit for users under 18. On Wednesday, the social media platform announced "changes to help teens manage their time on TikTok." Every account belonging to TikTok users under 18 years old will soon automatically set to a 60-minute daily screen limit, the company said. The default time limit for eligible accounts is expected to arrive in the coming weeks.  read more...
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By : Alexis Jones Source : Pop Sugar Ed Sheeran is getting vulnerable ahead of the release of his new album, "Subtract." In a handwritten journal entry posted to Twitter and photographed by Annie Leibovitz, the singer-songwriter opened up about his tumultuous past year and mental health struggles, both of which influenced his latest album. "I had been working on Subtract for a decade, trying to sculpt the perfect acoustic album, writing and recording hundreds of songs with a clear vision of what I thought it should be....
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By : Roger Friedman Source : Showbiz 411 Well, that’s it. There will be no more “Justice” for Justin Bieber. The balance of his 2023 tour has been cancelled. Previously, Bieber had cancelled the bulk of his 2022 dates after being diagnosed with Ramsay Hunt Syndrome, partial paralysis of his face. In September 2022, he cancelled the rest of the year through this month. Now the rest of it is all gone. Fans will be sent their money back to credit cards, etc. Many will complain about lost money on travel reservations,...
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