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The switch has flipped on the TikTok ban. TikTok's app stoped working and was removed from the App Store and Google Play on Saturday night just hours before the January 19, ban was set to take effect.
People who have previously installed the app were instead greeted with a pop-up. "Sorry, TikTok isn't available right now," it says. "A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can't use TikTok for now. We are fortunate that president Trump has indicated that he will work.
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TikTok has shut down its app for its US users, and Apple and Google have removed the app from app stores. Read more ›
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Apple tonight removed TikTok from the App Store in the U.S., meaning that the app can no longer be freshly installed on iPhones and iPads there. In other countries, the app remains available on the App Store and is fully functional. iPhone and iPad users in the U.S. who already installed TikTok can no longer use the app either as of tonight, as TikTok has made the app "temporarily unavailable."... Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge With TikTok, CapCut, and Marvel Snap shut down in the US, Apple has taken the unusual step of articulating why it’s following the law banning ByteDance apps and removing them from the App Stores for the Mac, iPhone, and other devices. Before the ban went into effect, the Biden administration released a statement saying enforcement of the law “must fall to the next Administration.”... Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok and CapCut are going dark in the US now that the ban-or-divest law passed last year has taken effect. This is despite the Biden administration saying it had already passed enforcement responsibilities on to the Trump administration and calling TikTok’s threat to go offline a “stunt.” But TikTok insisted that without clearer assurances, it has to close up shop in the... Read more ›
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Apple tonight updated its beta testing app TestFlight, seemingly to block U.S. users from accessing the TikTok beta on the iPhone and other devices. The update adds this fine print to the app, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris:Apple may use the IP address of your internet connection to approximate your location in order to determine whether certain beta apps that are subject to legal restrictions in some regions can... Read more ›
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Marvel Snap is unavailable due to the ban on ByteDance apps. | Screenshot: Marvel Snap The divest-or-ban law aimed at TikTok is also taking down other ByteDance-linked apps, including the popular card game Marvel Snap. The app suddenly cut off access Saturday night, seemingly without warning, surprising gamers who weren’t aware of its connection to ByteDance. The card game battler set in the Marvel universe is developed by Second Dinner,... Read more ›
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Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge, Getty Images TikTok says it is officially going dark in the United States now that a federal ban of the app is going into effect. Around 6 PM Pacific time, the app began notifying people in the US, including Verge staffers, with a message that says the ban will “make our services temporarily unavailable.” The company warned on Friday that it would be forced... Read more ›
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Lemon8, CapCut, and Gauth are among the other victims of the US ban on ByteDance-owned apps. Read more ›
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Donald Trump earlier said he was likely to give Chinese-owned video app an extension to avoid ban Read more ›
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The last scroll for US users of TikTok is nearing, and everyone from content creators to major companies are posting their final goodbyes. Read more ›
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Had things gone differently, Star Wars: Skeleton Crew would've featured a new Jedi that played a pivotal role in Jod Nawood's development. Read more ›
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EA is ending support for the 32-bit Origin app just as Microsoft is ending support for the 32-bit Windows operating system. Read more ›
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Thandiwe Newton and Steve Zahn are among the actors joining Jack Black and Paul Rudd in Sony's Anaconda reboot. Read more ›
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A new UEFI flaw has been discovered that enables attackers to infect motherboard firmware, staying hidden from operating system security systems. Read more ›
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Before Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX hits TV later in 2025, Gkids is bringing the mecha anime's theatrical cut to North America in February. Read more ›
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While not new, the Honor Magic7 Pro and Magic7 Lite arrived in Europe earlier this week – on Wednesday, the Lite went on sale while the Pro went on pre-order. Then, a day later, the Magic7 RSR Porsche Design joined them. First, the Pro and RSR models are mostly the same – the latter stands out with a bespoke design, a larger 5,850mAh battery (the global Pro has a 5,270mAh... Read more ›
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TikTok is now unavailable in the United States—and getting around the ban isn't as simple as using a VPN. Here's what you need to know. Read more ›
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As TikTok shut down on Saturday, a final message to US users suggested it was relying on President Trump to save the app. 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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As the world turns, so do the console generations. The Nintendo Switch is over seven years old, so it’s due for a refresh. Nintendo Switch 2 rumors have been swirling for years, but now we have some signs of life. The company officially revealed the sequel to its most successful home console ever in a brief trailer on January 16. The Switch 2 looks functionally very similar to the original... Read more ›
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Google has told the EU it will not comply with a forthcoming fact-checking law, according to a copy of a letter obtained by Axios. The company states that it will not be adding fact checks to search results or YouTube videos and will not use fact-checking data when ranking or removing content. It’s important to note that Google has never really participated in fact-checking as part of its content moderation... 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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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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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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Sony just dropped a full-fledged trailer for the Until Dawn movie, just days after releasing a shorter teaser. The new footage gives us a proper introduction to the Groundhog Day-style gimmick that separates the film from the game. The game is known for permadeath, as any of the eight main characters can die and the narrative will just barrel along without them. The movie, however, takes a different approach. When... Read more ›
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Amazon expanded its ereader lineup a few months back with the Kindle Colorsoft, its first model with a color display. However, at $280, it was certainly on the pricier end — especially compared with similar devices from competitors. That equation has changed a bit, at least for Amazon Prime members. They're currently able to pick up the Kindle Colorsoft for $230. That equates to a discount of 18 percent. It's... Read more ›
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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) announced today that's it's fining Block, the creator of Cash App and parent company of Square, $120 million in "refunds and redress" and a $55 million fine for how the company handled fraud on its payment platform. Per the CFPB, Cash App's Terms of Service at one point claimed that any bank linked to an account for transferring funds was responsible for addressing disputes... Read more ›
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