Clock Ticks on TikTok Deal as Ban Deadline Looms
The clock is ticking for TikTok, with the popular video app facing a ban on Saturday unless its parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, strikes a last-minute deal to remain active in the U.S. By...
View ArticleTrump Gives TikTok Another 75-Day Extension to Make Deal
TikTok is not going anywhere — for now, at least. President Donald Trump said on Friday he will be signing an executive order to give TikTok another 75 days to work out a deal to sell its U.S....
View ArticleCBS News to Give Employees Larger Severance if They’re Replaced by AI in New...
CBS News has struck a deal to give hundreds of employees new “protections” against artificial intelligence taking their jobs, the Writers Guild of America East and Writers Guild of America West...
View ArticleNintendo Switch 2 U.S. Preorders Delayed Due to Trump Tariffs as Japanese...
Nintendo delayed the U.S. preorders for its Nintendo Switch 2 on Friday, citing “evolving market conditions” amid President Donald Trump’s tariffs on international trade. Originally set to be made...
View ArticleMicrosoft Fires 2 Engineers Who Protested Tech Company’s Israeli Military AI...
Microsoft fired Ibtihal Aboussad and Vaniya Agrawal on Monday after the two software engineers protested the tech company’s work with the Israeli military during events for the company’s 5oth...
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TikTok Users Spend Twice as Much Time on the App as Instagram Users Spend on...
TikTok is a major time suck — even when compared to other popular apps. A new report from Guggenheim Partners and Apptoptia on Tuesday found that American TikTok users spent an average of 108 minutes...
View ArticleNick Viall Strikes $30 Million Deal to Keep Podcast at Libsyn
Until death — or the big paydays run out — do they part. Former “Bachelor” star and current podcaster Nick Viall has signed a $30 million extension to continue producing exclusive content for...
View ArticleDonna Langley Says a Lot of Hollywood ‘Panic’ Around AI Was ‘A Bit Premature’
Donna Langley thinks the “panic” around AI use in film and TV production was a “bit premature,” and that Hollywood should “embrace” the technology, which she argued may “enable efficiency or just a...
View ArticleYouTube-CAA Anti-AI Pact Expands to Creators Including MrBeast and Mark Rober
YouTube and CAA are expanding their partnership program to protect artists against artificial intelligence to include the Alphabet-owned platform’s creator talent. The pact, initially geared towards...
View ArticleMedia, Tech Stocks Soar After Trump’s Tariff ‘PAUSE’
A number of media and tech stocks suddenly leaped higher on Wednesday afternoon, after President Trump stunned Wall Street by announcing a 90-day pause on tariffs for countries that are currently...
View ArticleJames Cameron Reveals What Makes Him Hopeful Yet ‘Queasy’ About AI in...
James Cameron has made a career out of diving into new filmmaking technology, and artificial intelligence is no exception. On the podcast “Boz to the Future” hosted by Meta chief technology officer...
View ArticleStocks Sink After Record Rally as Trump Promises ‘More Great Days Coming’
It looks like another wild day is in store for Wall Street on Thursday, with the three major indexes all dropping more than 2.23% in early trading. The red opening comes a day after one of the biggest...
View ArticleWall Street Rollercoaster Continues as Tech, Media Stocks Plunge and China...
Investors may want to wear a seatbelt and helmet before checking their accounts at this point, because the daily stock moves are fast and violent. Wall Street on Thursday took another body blow, with...
View ArticleTrump Exempts Smartphones and Other Electronics From China Tariffs in Huge...
The Trump administration announced a significant reprieve for the U.S. tech sector by exempting smartphones, computers, semiconductors, and other electronics from tariffs on Chinese imports, a big win...
View ArticleApple Enjoys Wall Street Boost After 145% China Tariff Exemption
Wall Street is off to a nice start this week, with the three major stock indexes and Apple, the world’s most valuable company, enjoying healthy gains on Monday morning. Those jumps follow the news...
View ArticleMeta Goes on Trial for Instagram Acquisition: ‘They Decided That Competition...
In an antitrust trial that has been years in the making, Meta headed to court on Monday to face the Federal Trade Commission’s accusations it illegally built a social media monopoly by acquiring...
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Blue Origin Space Trip Inspires Katy Perry Jokes, Gayle-Oprah Memes and Some...
Blue Origin’s all-female flight crew has continued to create conversations, but when the ladies officially launched to space on Monday, so did a wave of jokes and gags that were aimed at the divisive...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Defends Meta in FTC Monopoly Trial: ‘We Compete Vigorously’...
Mark Zuckerberg testified in a Washington, D.C., court on Monday in defense of Meta’s acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp, countering the Federal Trade Commission’s sweeping antitrust claim by...
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Gen Z Subscribes to 26% More Apps and Streaming Services Than the Average...
The youth are not in revolt when it comes to paying for apps and streaming services, with Gen Z being the most heavily subscribed generation in the U.S., according to new data shared with TheWrap on...
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg Almost Deleted Everyone’s Facebook Friends in ‘Potentially...
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg had a “potentially crazy idea” to help boost Facebook usage: erasing every users’ “friends” on the platform, hoping it would lead to them spending more time on Facebook,...
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