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YouTube has added a 'gifting' feature to its vertical streams, ramping up the competition for livestream e-commerce
YouTube introduced a livestream gifting feature that lets users purchase gifts for creators, follow…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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Matt Gaetz has a history of going after Big Tech. As Trump's attorney general he'd be tasked with enforcing antitrust laws.
Matt Gaetz has railed against Big Tech companies. If he becomes Trump's attorney general, he'd have…
Erin Snodgrass,Kelsey Vlamis
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Saudi Arabia's futuristic city just faced another setback, but the country still has its eyes on being an AI leader
Saudi Arabia's ambitious plans for a futuristic city in the desert faced another setback. Meanwhile…
Dan DeFrancesco
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TikTok and its owner ramped up their hiring of Chinese employees, even as Congress raised national security concerns
TikTok and its owner ByteDance sought to hire 669 Chinese employees in the US through the H-1B prog…
Dan Whateley
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Mark Zuckerberg isn't personally liable for any harm caused to children by Facebook and Instagram, judge says
Over two dozen lawsuits accuse Mark Zuckerberg's platforms of being dangerously addictive to childr…
Lauren Edmonds,Kenneth Niemey…
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Donald Trump's pledge to 'never ban' TikTok will be tough to fulfill, legal experts say
During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump said he would "never ban TikTok." Legal experts…
Dan Whateley
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TikTok's innovative new idea: printing books on paper
TikTok's publishing company, 8th Note Press, is teaming up with independent publisher Zando to prin…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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ByteDance would rather close down TikTok in the US than sell it if it fails to fight potential US ban in court, report says
A sale is unlikely as the algorithms powering the short-video app are key to ByteDance's overall op…
Rebecca Rommen
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Former ByteDance worker says she feels 'much freer' since quitting and can now take a day off when she's tired
A woman who worked at ByteDance for 10 years said life is freer since leaving the grueling 996 cult…
Jordan Hart
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TikTok once planned to use content posted by its users to influence Mitch McConnell, lawsuit reveals
Documents found in a lawsuit reveal how TikTok planned to influence lawmakers during the congressio…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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New lawsuits against TikTok mirror those against Big Tobacco and Purdue Pharma
14 state lawsuits filed last week accused TikTok of creating an algorithm that is harmful to childr…
Kenneth Niemeyer
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TikTok knew its algorithm harmed kids, accidentally revealed internal documents show
Officials across 14 states are suing TikTok for what they say is an addictive algorithm that endang…
Kenneth Niemeyer,Laura Italia…
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Intel matters to US chipmaking. Its tangled relationship with China makes things complicated.
Intel is seen as strategically important to US chip ambitions, but its China links paint a complica…
Hasan Chowdhury
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Elon Musk's X is the least-trusted Big Tech company, according to a survey — on par with the US government
Elon Musk's X is trusted less than Amazon, Google, Netflix, Meta, or any other Big Tech or media co…
Lauren Edmonds
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TikTok is fighting for its life in US court — and it's on track to lose, former DOJ official says
A former Department of Justice official told BI that he believes the three-judge panel will rule "d…
Natalie Musumeci,Dan Whateley
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TikTok heads to court to fight for its life
TikTok is headed to federal court in Washington, DC on Monday to fight a law that would ban it nati…
Geoff Weiss
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TikTok could be banned from the US in months. TikTok doesn't seem worried.
TikTok faces a January deadline to find a new US owner, or to shut down. But TikTok employees, user…
Peter Kafka
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Will the US follow India's suit? US Senate passes bill that could ban TikTok
Once President Joe Biden signs it into law, as he's said he will, ByteDance will have 270 days to s…
Madison Hall,Hannah Getahun
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House votes to ban TikTok in US unless Chinese owner ByteDance sells to American company
Lawmakers, citing security concerns, voted to ban TikTok in the United States unless Chinese owner …
Katie Balevic
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TikTok's parent company just had a crazy case of food poisoning in Singapore that left their whole office smelling like vomit
The Singapore Food Agency said 130 individuals had gastroenteritis symptoms after having lunch at B…