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TikTok owner has strong First Amendment case against US ban, professors say: Professor: US faces "uphill battle" justifying law against First Amendment ...
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Quick Glance: ByteDance Would Consider Closing TikTok in US Over Sale, Sources Claim
- ByteDance would prefer to cease TikTok operations rather than engage in a sale if all legal avenues are exhausted to combat potential legislation banning the platform in US app stores, as per four sources.
- Despite TikTok's massive popularity with over a billion users, it remains unprofitable, contributing a small fraction to ByteDance's overall revenues and daily active user base.
- ByteDance stated on Thursday in a release on Toutiao, a media platform it possesses, that there are no intentions to sell TikTok, in response to claims from The Information about ByteDance exploring sale scenarios for TikTok's US operations excluding the recommending algorithm for user videos.
- As of December, ByteDance's valuation stood at $268 billion when it proposed a buyback of approximately $5 billion in shares from investors.
Uniform standard for charging cables is coming: Probably no longer a surprise to anyone: a uniform standard for charging cables is coming ...
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Sequoia commits to backing Elon Musk’s xAI start-up: Venture capital firm is among investors that entrepreneur is wooing as he seeks to gain ground on rivals
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Quick Glance: Sequoia backs Elon Musk’s xAI venture
- Sequoia Capital, a well-known venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, has committed to supporting Elon Musk's artificial intelligence start-up xAI to help him raise billions and compete with OpenAI, Meta, and Google.
- The exact amount of Sequoia's investment in xAI remains undisclosed.
- Sequoia, an early investor in Google, YouTube, and Apple, has backed several Musk projects in recent years, including The Boring Company and SpaceX.
Registering a balcony power plant is becoming easier, 800 watts will soon be possible
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'Idiot-proof' thermal paste applicator to make TIM application easier than ever — X-Apply stencils coming soon
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First Look: Can the Rabbit R1 AI Companion Do Anything Our Phones Can't?: What can this device actually do? Right now, not much.
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Quick Glance: Rabbit R1: More Fun and Accessible than Humane AI Pin
- The Rabbit R1 is a compact AI companion with a screen and camera.
- Compared to the Humane AI Pin, the R1 is more affordable and user-friendly.
- R1 offers a range of features like image recognition and a personal touch.
- Rabbit promises continuous improvements and new features for the R1.
Turtle Beach Stealth Pro review: Punchy audio that’s ideal for FPS games: The Turtle Beach Stealth Pro is an excellent gaming headset, with punchy audio ...
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FCC Votes to Revive Net-Neutrality Rules: The commission's 2024 pitch this time around emphasizes privacy and security concerns.
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Quick Glance: FCC Votes to Restore Net Neutrality Rules
- The FCC voted 3-2 along political party lines to reinstate rules from 2017 to prevent internet service providers from disrupting your internet speed.
- Restoring net neutrality has been a focus for President Joe Biden and was approved by a majority of the FCC.
- Net neutrality protects consumers from ISP control, promotes fair rules, and safeguards against online fraud and scams.
- The discussion on net neutrality also raises questions about service pricing and highlights the importance for internet infrastructure.
Darktrace exit snuffs out another light on the London market: The cyber specialist has had a bumpy three-year ride as a public company
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Photo-sharing community EyeEm will license users’ photos to train AI if they don’t delete them
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Range record: New solid-state battery allows electric cars to travel 2,000 kilometers
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Second time lucky for Thoma Bravo, which scoops up Darktrace for $5.3B: Analysts brand deal a 'nail in the coffin' for UK tech investment
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Ring dinged for $5.6M after, among other claims, rogue insider spied on 'pretty girls'
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Treat Mom to Ana Luisa Jewelry for Up to 30% Off: Nothing says "happy Mother's Day" like nice jewelry. Celebrate your mother without breaking the bank at Ana ...
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PC hardware repairer calls out rash of RTX 4090 failures made worse by poor packaging from customers
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Google needs to offer a cancel button: The Bavarian consumer advice center has successfully sued Google. The bone of contention is the lack of a cancellation ...
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Snap says total watch time on its TikTok competitor increased more than 125%: As part of its Q1 2024 earning release, Snap revealed that total watch time on its ...
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Quick Glance: NFL - Top-5 Earners per Position: Amon-Ra St. Brown Leads the Way
- The NFL showcases the top-5 earners per position based on average annual salary.
- Quarterbacks top the ranking, followed by Running Backs, Fullbacks, Wide Receivers, and Tight Ends.
- Other positions such as Offensive Tackle, Guard, Center, Defensive End, Defensive Tackle, Outside Linebacker, Inside Linebacker, Cornerback, Safety, Kicker, Punter, and Long Snapper were also listed.
- The list highlights the high salaries of the top players in the NFL for their respective positions.
Dell XPS 13 and XPS 14 review (2024): Gorgeous laptops with usability quirks: Dell’s XPS 13 and 14 are stylish, portable and powerful. You’ll have to get used to ...
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WhatsApp: Forwarding video messages possible in beta: WhatsApp gives beta testers the chance to record personal video messages directly in the app and send them ...
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Global Founders Capital will deploy Rocket Internet’s cash instead of raising a new fund
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It’s a sunny day for Google Cloud: Google Cloud had a blockbuster quarter, driving parent company Alphabet's revenues — and stock price — to impressive ...
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Abine DeleteMe Review: Abine DeleteMe opts you out from sites that collect and sell your data using a combination of automation and direct human intervention.
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Wordle Tips: The Very Best Start Words, Tips, and Strategies: Learn to use your six guesses most effectively and keep your streak alive.
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Reddit is down: Why you're getting a 502 bad gateway error: The social giant crashed Thursday, April 25.
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Girl Scout who created banned book nooks thanks Hanover for 'censoring' her Gold Award
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Quick Glance: Hanover Girl Scout Thanks for Censoring Gold Award
- Girl Scout who created 'Banned Book Nooks' spoke at County Board of Supervisors.
- Kate Lindley won the Girl Scout Gold Award, but the proclamation was censored.
- Lindley's 'Free to Read' project brought banned books to public locations.
- Hanover school district removed around 100 books from school libraries, sparking controversy.
Team Biden Is Posting Through the Looming TikTok Ban: President Joe Biden may have signed the TikTok ban bill into law, but his campaign is still active on the ...
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Quick Glance: TikTok Ban Threat: ByteDance Prefers Closure Over Sale, Insiders Say
- ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the US are exhausted, said four sources.
- TikTok accounts for a small share of ByteDance’s total revenues and daily active users, so the parent would rather have the app shut down in the US in a worst-case scenario than sell it to a potential American buyer, they said.
- ByteDance would not agree to sell one of its most valuable assets – its “secret source” – to rivals, said the four sources, referring to the TikTok algorithm.
- After facing challenges regarding bans, the short-form video app has encountered partial and attempted prohibitions in the US and other nations.
Google continues to grow: Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced its quarterly figures. Even before the announcement ...
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RevenueCat raises $12M Series C as it expands its subscription management to the web
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BlizzCon 2024 is canceled: Blizzard has canceled this year's edition of BlizzCon. It plans to bring back the event in the future.
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EU Commissioner Breton on TikTok: “It’s about protecting our children”: Thierry Breton suspects TikTok of making young people addicted and repeatedly confronting ...
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Can an online library of classic video games ever be legal?: Preservationists propose access limits, but industry worries about a free "online arcade."
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Netflix is also increasing prices for existing customers: First, the new Netflix prices applied to new customers - Soon, existing customers will also be ...
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EU Parliament: Various single-use plastic packaging banned from 2030: The European Parliament has approved a new regulation on packaging. The regulation aims to ...
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The Morning After: Testing the Rabbit R1's AI assistant skills: The biggest news stories this morning: TikTok Lite axes ‘addictive as cigarettes’ reward-to-watch ...
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Saint Laurent Sets 3 Cannes Film Premieres With Selena Gomez, Zoe Saldaña and More
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How Linux's insanely customizable desktop works: Anyone who familiarizes themselves more intensively with Linux will, over time, gain an appreciation of the ...
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TikTok Could Be Banned Next Year: 5 Alternatives to Fill the Void: The future of TikTok is a bit fuzzy. Here are similar apps to give your attention to.
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Biden Grants Micron $6.1 Billion for New US Chip Factories: The US continues to fund the largest chip makers as it faces ongoing competition with China.
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Test Your Knowledge of Internet Acronyms: This week, we probe each other’s knowledge of common acronyms from the early internet, the mobile era, and the AI boom ...
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waipu now with Teletext: waipu.tv has implemented something new: The waipu.tv 4K Stick now also supports teletext. Although Teletext ...
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Chatbot answers are all made up. This new tool helps you figure out which ones to trust.
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The experts: librarians on 20 easy, enjoyable ways to read more brilliant books: Do you love reading – but all too often find yourself just scrolling through ...
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Russo Brothers Don't See How Robert Downey Jr.'s Iron Man Could Return to the MCU: 'We Closed That Book' - IGN
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Happy Arbor Day! These 20 books will change the way you think about trees: Trees communicate. They migrate. They protect. They heal. We climbed into the NPR ...
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Are local independent bookstores making a comeback in Louisiana? One bookseller believes so.
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Houston bookstore and cocktail bar to host Beto O'Rourke in April: The LIT Bookbar in Richmond is a combination bar and bookstore, with community events ...
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Books Bound in Human Skin: An Ethical Quandary at the Library: Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown ...
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Meet Angourie Rice: Rising Hollywood star, published writer, podcaster – and just 23
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Of silver mice and eminent men, Adam’s annual Library Collection Sale offers treasures from across time and continents
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Hollywood legend, 61, is seriously ageing backwards in stunning photos: A Hollywood legend, star of Ugly Betty and a Grammy-nominated singer has stunned us in an ...
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The Best Book Club Books for Your Next Group Read: There is really no singular characteristic shared by the best book-club books—but look to these ...
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The Book of Boba Fett Star Mistakes the Series Set for The Mandalorian Season 3: Fennec Shand actor Ming-Na Wen thought she was filming Mandalorian Season 3 ...
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Star Trek: Discovery – Season 5 Episode 5 Recap & Review: Star Trek: Discovery Season 5 episode 5 begins with the shuttlecraft departing from the Discovery ...
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Rushdie at the cutting edge: Knife is Rushdie's graphic account of the attack and his recovery interlaced with the love story of Rushdie and his current wife ...
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6 eye-popping public art pieces debuting in Denver this year: 6 eye-popping denver public art pieces debuting in 2024 include "Journey" at the Denver ...
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2024 travel: Underrated destinations to book, from a travel planner: I work as a travel planner, and instead of booking Caribbean cruises or Italian getaways ...
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Bajaj Finance shares slide over 7% as Q4 earnings missed estimates; Here are top brokerage strategies
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Greenwich library workers plan further walkout on 'appalling' working conditions: A union representative said it felt workers were being treated as 'second ...
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Buenos Aires Book Fair opens amid publishing industry crisis: Featuring 500 stands, 1,500 activities, and an inauguration speech by author Liliana Heker: ...
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“The Vortex”, written 100 years ago, anticipated eco-literature: One of Latin America’s most important books is also timely
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How the Turbulent Politics of Medieval Central Asia Shaped a Polymath’s Achievements
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‘Why has my uterus fallen into my vagina?’: Emily Oster’s new book demystifies common pregnancy complications
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How to get 50 per cent discount for Blackpool's Merlin attractions including Madame Tussauds & Blackpool Tower
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Alabama House Passes Bill That Could Be 'Used to Arrest Librarians': "I feel like this is a violation of the First Amendment, and it's easily going to be ...
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French national library quarantines ‘poisonous’ books: The library said handling the books – which were printed in Britain – would probably cause only minor harm ...
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IPL board member Stephen Lane resigns from his position before IPS board removes him
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Milwaukee Public Library nominated for a Peabody Award for its social media: The library started a TikTok account in 2022 as a way to connect with younger ...
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Thought-provoking photos take you back to Leeds in 1899: These thought-provoking photos take you back to Leeds at the end of the 19th century.
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Students Yuverta MBO Heerlen win national MBO Challenge Food Waste with 'Zero Waste Cooking Book'
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ICICI Bank Savings Account Charges: 10 major changes in tariffs from next month – Check details
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On the fringes of the Gallipoli battlefield: When our Gallipoli soldiers landed at the historically significant site they occasionally paused to admire the ...
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LAST CALL: IHG One Rewards 15% Off Award Sale For Stays Through June 11, 2024 (Book By April 27)
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