TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday
TikTok plans on shutting down its app for American users on Sunday, Jan. 19, the same day a law banning the app in the United States goes into effect, according to multiple reports. The move would see...
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Snap, Meta Stocks Jump as TikTok Ban Approaches
The stock price for Snap Inc., the parent company of Snapchat, jumped 8.3% on Wednesday morning, while Meta’s share price increased 3.7% as both companies look set to benefit from TikTok’s looming ban...
View ArticleLawyer Drops Meta Over Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Toxic Masculinity’
Lawyer and Stanford professor Mark Lemley said he’s dropping Meta as a client over what he said was the company and CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s “descent into toxic masculinity and Neo-Nazi madness.” Lemley...
View ArticleGoogle and YouTube Donate $15 Million to LA Fire Relief Efforts
Google and YouTube have donated $15 million towards relief and rebuilding efforts as wildfires continue to ravage the Los Angeles area. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan shared the news on Wednesday in a blog...
View ArticleFallon Jokes Bernie Sanders Will Be Made ‘Miserable’ by Billionaire Tech CEOs...
Jimmy Fallon joked that Bernie Sanders is going to be even more “miserable” than he was at the last presidential inauguration once he sees that billionaire tech CEOs Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg and...
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RedNote Blocks Posts on Tiananmen Square, Uyghurs as Migrating TikTok Users...
Xiaohongshu, the popular Chinese app many users have dubbed “Red Note,” has jumped to the top of the Apple App Store as TikTok races towards a Jan. 19 ban. But there are some topics that are off...
View ArticleBiden Administration ‘Exploring Options’ to Keep TikTok Around, Despite Ban
The Biden Administration is “exploring options” to keep TikTok around in the U.S., even as the popular app races towards a ban that will go into effect on Jan. 19, NBC News reported on Thursday....
View ArticleTikTok CEO to Attend Trump Inauguration
TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew is expected to attend president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Jan. 20 — one day after his app is set to be banned from the U.S., according to multiple reports. The New...
View ArticleNintendo Unveils First Look at Switch 2, Coming in 2025 | Video
Nearly eight years after the first Nintendo Switch console was released, the iconic video game company is finally ready to follow it up with the Nintendo Switch 2. Nintendo of America shared a teaser...
View ArticleGoogle Tells EU Fact Checking ‘Simply Isn’t Appropriate’
Google will not be adding fact checks to its search results or YouTube videos in Europe — a decision that flouts an EU law that requires tech giants to use fact checkers. Kent Walker, Google’s global...
View ArticleBiden Will Leave TikTok Ban to Trump Administration
Will TikTok be banned or not? That answer seemingly changes by the minute. The Biden Administration on Thursday afternoon signaled it will leave enforcing the looming TikTok ban up to the incoming...
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TikTok in Limbo: What Happens to Creators – and Can Trump Save Them?
TikTok’s future in the U.S. appears to change by the minute, even as the popular app is hurtling towards a hard ban date and a promised shutdown on Sunday. Despite that, TikTok — which has 170 million...
View ArticleSupreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Paving Way for Sunday Shutdown
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday morning upheld the law banning TikTok that is set to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19. TikTok, which has 170 million monthly American users, had argued the ban...
View ArticleTrump Talks TikTok Deal With China’s President Xi Jinping: ‘We Will Solve...
President-elect Donald Trump said he had a “very good” call with China’s President Xi Jinping on Friday that touched on a number of topics, including TikTok. The popular app is set to be banned from...
View ArticleWill Your AI Agent Be Your Friend or Lover Too? | Commentary
You may soon have an AI agent helping you navigate the world. That agent will know lots about you — things like where you travel, what you buy, when you’re stressed — and its only objective will be to...
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Bill Gates Says Trump ‘Impressed’ Him Over 3-Hour Dinner in Push to End HIV,...
Bill Gates — a prominent donor for Kamala Harris’ election campaign last year — recently detailed a three-hour dinner he had with Donald Trump. Sitting with The Washington Post in an interview...
View ArticleTikTok Shuts Down — For Now
TikTok is shut down. The app went dark on Saturday evening as users were greeted with a message that says, “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use...
View ArticleTrump Promises to Save TikTok With Executive Order, Asks Tech Companies to...
President-elect Donald Trump has asked Google and Apple to keep TikTok in their app stores and pledged to “issue an executive order on Monday to extend the period of time before the law’s prohibitions...
View ArticleWhat Ban? TikTok Creators and Users Party in DC as Trump Looks to ‘Save’ App
TikTok’s future in the U.S. seemed to be the last thing most attendees were worried about at the “Power 30” awards on Sunday night in Washington., D.C, as partygoers danced, donned Make America Great...
View ArticleTrump Signs Executive Order to Block TikTok Ban
President Trump, in one of his first moves after reentering the White House on Monday, signed an executive order postponing the ban on TikTok for 75 days. Trump said the extension will give his...
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