TikTok says US threatens ban if Chinese owners don’t sell stakes
The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok’s Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible U.S. ban, the company told Reuters on Wednesday.
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7 countries that have banned TikTok (in Some Way Or Another)
Here is a list of countries and entities that have implemented a partial or complete ban on TikTok:
Supreme Court Hears Case That Could ‘Upend’ The Internet
U.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday expressed uncertainty over whether to narrow a legal shield protecting internet companies from a wide array of lawsuits in a major case involving YouTube and the family of an American student fatally shot in a 2015 rampage by Islamist militants in Paris.
Meta To Test Monthly Subscription Service Priced At $11.99
The subscription bundle for Instagram and Facebook, to be launched later this week, also includes extra protection against impersonation.
Tesla Just Recalled 362,000 Cars Over Self-Driving software
Tesla is recalling 362,000 U.S. vehicles because its Full Self-Driving software may cause a crash, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Thursday.
NASA’s Artemis rocketship on course for moon after epic launch
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – With a dash of launch-pad heroics and 8.8 million pounds (4 million kg) of thrust, NASA’s colossal new rocket soared into space for the first time early on Wednesday, sending a next-generation capsule on a crewless voyage around the moon and back 50 years after the final Apollo lunar mission. The U.S. …
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NASA satellite’s suicide mission into astroid successfully changes its orbit
Last month’s suicide test flight of the DART spacecraft did succeed in nudging an asteroid out of its natural orbit through sheer kinetic force. That’s according to NASA on Tuesday, confirming that the test on September 26th marked the first time humanity altered the motion of a celestial body. “This is a watershed moment for …
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Musk reverses again, now ready to buy Twitter at original price
(Reuters) – Billionaire oligarch Elon Musk is proposing to go ahead with his original offer of $44 billion to take Twitter Inc private, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, signaling an end to a bitter legal battle that was about to go to trial. The agreement puts the world’s richest person in …
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