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With a TikTok ban seemingly imminent, TikTok users have spent the last few days fleeing to Chinese social media app “RedNote,” trying to learn Mandarin, and bidding heartfelt farewells to their “Chinese spy.” But it’s looking increasingly unlikely that TikTok will actually disappear on January 19.
Most Supreme Court watchers expect the court to uphold the law that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok’s US business or face a ban on January 19. But it seems there’s little appetite to actually enforce the law tha
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The two founders jousted for years. This week, they found each other on X while their rocket companies launched missions with mixed results. Read more ›
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SpaceX launched its Starship mega-rocket for the seventh time. There were plenty of noteworthy firsts that set this event apart from the rest. Read more ›
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The Starship's seventh test flight ended in an explosion when the vehicle's upper stage "experienced a rapid unscheduled disassembly during its ascent burn" over the Atlantic Ocean. SpaceX chief Elon Musk posted a video of the event, with debris streaking across and lighting up the sky. During the company's webcast, Dan Huot from SpaceX's communications team said they "saw engines dropping out on telemetry" by the end of the ascent... Read more ›
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Bondi, who's been working as a lobbyist and a consultant in recent years, reported a net worth of $12.1 million. Read more ›
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The influential creator of surreal TV series Twin Peaks, as well as the director of Eraserhead, Wild at Heart, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, and more feature films was 78 years old. Read more ›
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Elon Musk's company saw mixed results today, with Starship's booster sticking the landing while the upper stage failed during ascent. Read more ›
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The "Deadpool" franchise is named in Justin Baldoni's new lawsuit against "It Ends With Us" costar Blake Lively and her husband Ryan Reynolds. Here's why. Read more ›
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The world’s richest man got his feelings hurt by a ‘professional neckbeard’ who plays video games all day. Read more ›
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Paddington might be heading to Peru, but good luck finding a cuddly version of him on U.S. store shelves. Read more ›
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Adam Scott, Britt Lower, John Turturro, and Zach Cherry star in the Apple TV+ sci-fi show. Read more ›
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Apple is making several changes following complaints that its AI-powered notification summaries were inscrutable or just plain wrong. Read more ›
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Samsung's upcoming Galaxy A26 was leaked in some CAD-based renders in November, and today it's been certified by the Bureau of Indian Standards. This means it will definitely be sold in India when it arrives. The model number for the Indian market will be SM-A266B/DS. It will have dual-SIM support. According to a previous rumor, the A26 will be powered by Samsung's Exynos 1280 SoC just like its predecessor. Samsung... Read more ›
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SpaceX's Starship mega-rocket exploded midair on Thursday, after which the FAA warned pilots of dangerous debris. Read more ›
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The industry paid tribute to the groundbreaking talent behind Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, and more. Read more ›
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L1 and L2 cache specs have been revealed for the RTX 5090 and 5080 featuring only a minor improvement over the RTX 4090 and 4080. Read more ›
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In Biden's last announcement on student-loan forgiveness, he canceled over $600 million in debt for nearly 9,000 borrowers. Read more ›
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Jude Law stars in the Amblin-inspired Star Wars show, now streaming on Disney+. Read more ›
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Sonos is continuing to clean house as the company recovers from the hits it took following a disastrous mobile app redesign last year. Just a day after CEO Patrick Spence departed the company, chief product officer Maxime Bouvat-Merlin is also leaving. He will act as an advisor to interim CEO Tom Conrad during the leadership transition before fully exiting Sonos. Conrad informed Sonos employees about the latest leadership change in... Read more ›
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Meta isn't stopping at moderation changes. According to both Axios and The New York Times, the company is also pulling the plug on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives. That includes removing diversity hiring goals, eliminating the chief diversity officer position and no longer prioritizing minority-owned businesses as vendors, per The Times' reporting. When asked to comment on ending DEI initiatives, Meta confirmed the reporting was accurate. Internally, the company... Read more ›
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Meta is preparing for even more layoffs, according to reporting by Bloomberg. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a company memo that he plans on cutting about five percent of its "low-performers." “I’ve decided to raise the bar on performance management and move out low-performers faster,” Zuckerberg said in the memo. “We typically manage out people who aren’t meeting expectations over the course of a year, but now we’re going to... Read more ›
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As we finish up our live coverage of all things CES, it’s time to pick the best in show. So many of the new things we saw this year had an AI component, with a noticeable uptick in AR glasses, hearing aid earbuds, solar-powered tech, emotional support robots and robot vacuums. (Why this year, robovacs?) Our list of CES 2025 winners covers various categories, ranging from typical Engadgety things like... Read more ›
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Pixelfed is now available as a mobile apps for both iOS and Android. The open source, decentralized platform offers image sharing similar to Instagram. However, Pixelfed has no advertisements and does not share user data with third parties. The platform launched in 2018, but was only available on the web or through third-party app clients. The Android app debuted on January 9 and the iOS app released today. Creator Daniel... Read more ›
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The rise of AI NPCs has felt like a looming threat for years, as if developers couldn't wait to dump human writers and offload NPC conversations to generative AI models. At CES 2025, NVIDIA made it plainly clear the technology was right around the corner. PUBG developer Krafton, for instance, plans to use NVIDIA's ACE (Avatar Cloud Engine) to power AI companions, which will assist and banter with you during... Read more ›
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At CES 2025, Anker announced a slew of new products including a 3-in-1 robot vacuum that turns into a stick vacuum. While you can’t pick that device up quite yet, the company’s newest chargers and power banks are available to buy right now — and at a discount. Anker’s 140W four-port wall charger is $10 off thanks to a coupon you can clip on both Amazon and Anker’s website. The... Read more ›
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At a time when Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have shown that the whims of one person can upend an entire social network, Mastodon’s CEO and creator, Eugen Rochko, is heading the opposite direction. In a blog post published today, the Mastodon team announced its intention to let a new nonprofit organization take over the company. In other words, Rochko is voluntarily handing over the reins to the service he... Read more ›
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket was ready for liftoff, but the launch planned for January 13 was scrubbed. After some weather-related delays over the weekend, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company said that the $2.5 billion reusable rocket, which has been in development for nearly 13 years, will target its first launch no earlier than Monday, January 13, but as for now we don't know when to expect it to take... Read more ›
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You’ve probably heard the statistics about indoor air being more polluted than outdoor air. Cleaning products, pet dander, cooking emissions off-gassing furniture and decor — they all contribute. Letting in fresh air from outside is the quickest way to clear things up, but if that’s not possible — due to wildfires, extreme weather, allergies or just plain bad air quality — an air purifier can help clean the air you... Read more ›
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