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TikTok Shuts Down — For Now
“A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S.” the app says
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Bill Gates Says Trump ‘Impressed’ Him Over 3-Hour Dinner in Push to End HIV, Polio | Video
The tech billionaire and global health innovator says Trump “showed a lot of interest in the issues that I brought up”
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Will Your AI Agent Be Your Friend or Lover Too? | Commentary
Instead of an assistant that feels like a travel agent, maybe a friend (or romantic partner) is the most likely experience.
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Trump Talks TikTok Deal With China’s President Xi Jinping: ‘We Will Solve Many Problems Together’
“My decision on TikTok will be made in the not too distant future, but I must have time to review the situation,” the president-elect says in response to the Supreme Court decision
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Supreme Court Upholds TikTok Ban, Paving Way for Sunday Shutdown
The popular app will not be allowed to be carried by the Apple or Google app stores starting Jan. 19
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TikTok in Limbo: What Happens to Creators – and Can Trump Save Them?
If Trump signs an executive order overturning the TikTok ban, it would give the app “more leeway” to find a buyer as it works its way through the courts, one legal expert tells TheWrap
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Biden Will Leave TikTok Ban to Trump Administration
The president will let the next administration enforce TikTok’s looming ban, rather than force the app to adhere to it on Sunday
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Google Tells EU Fact Checking ‘Simply Isn’t Appropriate’
The tech giant will not obey a “Disinformation Code” it previously said it helped create
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Nintendo Unveils First Look at Switch 2, Coming in 2025 | Video
The video game company has also set a Nintendo Direct broadcast for April 2
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TikTok CEO to Attend Trump Inauguration
Shou Zi Chew will join Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk in Washington on Monday
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Biden Administration ‘Exploring Options’ to Keep TikTok Around, Despite Ban
An administration official tells NBC News that “Americans shouldn’t expect to see TikTok suddenly banned on Sunday”
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RedNote Blocks Posts on Tiananmen Square, Uyghurs as Migrating TikTok Users Spot Chinese Censorship
New U.S. users are bound to the Chinese app’s rules on spreading “the correct view of history”
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Fallon Jokes Bernie Sanders Will Be Made ‘Miserable’ by Billionaire Tech CEOs Attending Trump Inauguration | Video
“Man, if you thought Bernie Sanders looked miserable at the last inauguration…” the “Tonight Show” host quips
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Google and YouTube Donate $15 Million to LA Fire Relief Efforts
Other Hollywood players like Disney, Netflix, Comcast and Paramount have also pledged donations
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Lawyer Drops Meta Over Mark Zuckerberg’s ‘Toxic Masculinity’
Stanford professor Mark Lemley says the company and its founder have descended into “Neo-Nazi madness”