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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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An AI Wave Will Sweep Through Hollywood’s VFX Systems in 2025
Generative AI systems like Runway are on the threshold of being ready for major studios to use, experts tell TheWrap
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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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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”
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Snap, Meta Stocks Jump as TikTok Ban Approaches
Wall Street investors appear to be betting on Snapchat and Instagram benefiting from TikTok’s U.S. exile
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TikTok Plans Immediate US Shutdown on Sunday
The app is facing a Jan. 19 ban on new downloads and updates in the United States
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SEC Sues Elon Musk Over X Purchase, Says He Acquired Shares at ‘Artificially Low Prices’
The Tesla boss was able to “underpay by at least $150 million” by failing to disclose he built up a 5% stake in Twitter, the SEC claims
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Meta Cuts 5% of Workforce to ‘Move Out Low-Performers,’ Zuckerberg Says
The parent company of Facebook and Instagram is cutting 3,620 jobs
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What to Know About RedNote and Why TikTok Users Are Flocking There
RedNote – or Xiaohongshu – is currently the top-ranked free app in the United States
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Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos to Attend Trump Inauguration
The tech execs will join Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in Washington on Monday
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Chinese Apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 Jump to Top of App Store as TikTok Ban Looms
The two social media services are the top-ranked free apps on Apple’s App Store, just days before TikTok is set to be kicked out of the U.S.
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Meta Ditches DEI Programs to ‘Mitigate Bias for All’
Facebook’s parent company says a shifting “legal and policy landscape” led to it ending its DEI team
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TikTok Says It Will Shut Down in US if Ban Is Not Lifted
The Supreme Court on Friday appeared unlikely to overturn the app’s Jan. 19 ban date