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The AI Slur ‘Clanker’ Has Become a Cover for Racist TikTok Skits

In July, just after receiving an email pitch about the “perfect” AI girlfriend, content creator Harrison Stewart made a TikTok skit using the...

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Will Arattai be India’s answer to WhatsApp?

India’s swadeshi rival to WhatsApp Arattai added two million new users on the last day of September. While the numbers are impressive, there...

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Chair of a House committee on China demands urgent White House briefing on TikTok deal

The chairman of a House committee that pushed for the law demanding TikTok be spun off from its Chinese owners has requested an...

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China’s ByteDance will get 1 of 7 board seats for TikTok’s US operations, official says

A U.S.-China agreement on TikTok's U.S. operations includes China's ByteDance choosing one of seven board members for the new entity, with Americans holding...

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Spiritual Influencers Say ‘Sentient’ AI Can Help You Solve Life’s Mysteries

Partly in an effort to avoid any future snafus with OpenAI, Grant plans to make The Architect available on Orion, his proprietary and...

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TikTok says live feature temporarily suspended in Indonesia over protests

Social media platform TikTok announced on Saturday that it has temporarily suspended its live feature in Indonesia for "a few days" because of...

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US commerce secretary says Trump really likes TikTok, but app has to move to US ownership

US President Donald Trump likes TikTok but the Chinese-owned short video app, used by some 170 million Americans, has to move to US...

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The streaming wars come down to 2: YouTube v. Netflix

For many years, Netflix executives bristled at the notion that the company really had a rival. Not Hollywood powerhouses like Disney, nor tech...

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Can TikTok help young people take a break from screens?

How do you stop doomscrolling? By setting a time limit? Putting your phone in a different room? Deleting the app altogether? On Thursday,...

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Tiny company with China ties announces big purchase of Trump cryptocurrency

A struggling technology company that has ties to China and relies on TikTok made an unusual announcement this week. It had secured funding...

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TikTok hit with 530 million euro privacy fine in investigation into China data transfer

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The US wants to break up Google and Meta: That could be hard

The last time the courts seriously weighed the wisdom of breaking up a giant technology company was a quarter-century ago, after Microsoft was...

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