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TikTok Bill’s Progress Slows in the Senate
Legislation to force TikTok’s Chinese owner to sell the app or have it banned in the...
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Russia Strengthens Its Internet Controls in Critical Year for Putin
Facing an election this weekend and the fallout from Aleksei Navalny’s death and the war in...
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Why a Sale of TikTok Would Not Be Easy
As legislation moves ahead that could eventually mandate a sale by the Chinese parent company ByteDance,...
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House Passes Bill to Force TikTok Sale From Chinese Owner or Ban the App
The legislation received wide bipartisan support, with both Republicans and Democrats showing an eagerness to appear...
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What to Know About the TikTok Ban Legislation
The bill, which would force TikTok’s Chinese parent to sell the popular social media app, faces...
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Dating Apps Have Hit a Wall. Can They Turn Things Around?
The apps have changed our love lives, but they haven’t been able to convince enough young...
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Automakers Are Sharing Consumers’ Driving Behavior With Insurance Companies
LexisNexis, which generates consumer risk profiles for the insurers, knew about every trip G.M. drivers had...
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Apple Reverses Course and Allows Epic Games to Start Competing App Store
After an inquiry by European regulators, Epic Games said Apple would allow it to access the...
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Mark Wahlberg’s Prayer App Seeks Followers on TikTok
Ads for Hallow, with its pitchman Mark Wahlberg, are reaching nonreligious social media users, much to...
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Big American Tech Profits From Chinese Ad Spending Spree
Temu, Shein, and streaming and gaming apps looking to break into the U.S. market are spending...
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Apple Cancels Epic Games’ Developer Account in Europe
The move tests the European Union’s new tech competition law, which was designed to allow competing...
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The Youths Have Spoken: Wallets Are Uncool. Go Digital.
A wallet-free lifestyle relying on your phone is attainable, but it requires preparation and some compromise.
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Facebook and Instagram Service Restored After Users Report Outages, Meta Says
Users reported widespread issues with the platforms from around 10 a.m. Eastern to about noon, according...
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Forced to Change: Tech Giants Bow to Global Onslaught of Rules
For years, Apple, Google, Meta and others operated unfettered. But new laws and regulations have finally...
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How Regulations Fractured Apple’s App Store
As the App Store approaches its 16th anniversary, patchwork rules have turned what was a single...
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Apple Fined $2 Billion by E.U. for Using App Store to Thwart Competition
Apple said it would appeal the penalty, the latest in a series of regulatory setbacks for...
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DeSantis Vetoes Florida Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16
The statute, passed by the Florida Legislature last week, would have required sites like TikTok and...
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Instagram’s Uneasy Rise as a News Site
In this year’s presidential election, more people are turning to Instagram for news, even as the...
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Does Technology Rule Our Sex and Dating Lives?
Our erotic and romantic lives have become ever more tangled with machines.
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This Couple Used an A.I. Lip-Dubbing App to Bridge a Language Gap
He spoke English. She spoke Spanish. After the couple was set up on a blind date,...
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Google Retires A.I. Chatbot Bard and Releases Gemini, a Powerful New App
As it races to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Google has retired its Bard chatbot and released...
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Apple Vision Pro Review: First Headset Lacks Polish and Purpose
Billed as the future of computing, the $3,500 goggles can’t replace a laptop for work. At...
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Snap Lays Off 10% of Its Work Force
The company laid off more than 500 of its employees on Monday, or about 10 percent...