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At the end of 2021, Ruby McMahon and some of her high school classmates decided to go “TikTok sober.” Ms. McMahon had gotten hooked on TikTok during the Covid-19 pandemic and regularly spent five hours a day on the app. “For a long time, I would do one assignment and then I would reward myself … Read more
The Biden administration recently told TikTok it wanted the app’s Chinese owners to sell their stakes or face a possible ban in the United States. But that plan hit a new roadblock on Thursday when the Chinese government said it would oppose a sale. If the White House can’t force a sale, that would effectively … Read more
Hindenburg Research, the small investment firm whose critical investigative reports pummeled shares in an Indian industrial conglomerate and an electric-vehicle start-up, has found its newest target: Jack Dorsey’s financial technology company, Block. Hindenburg published a 17,600-word report on Thursday accusing Block of overstating its user base and failing to stamp out fraud and illegal activity … Read more
Federal labor regulators have concluded that Amazon’s policy of restricting the warehouse access of off-duty employees is illegal, backing a contention of the union that has represented workers at a Staten Island warehouse since winning an election there last year. In a written communication sent to the union on Wednesday, a lawyer for the National … Read more
The Biden administration recently told TikTok it wanted the app’s Chinese owners to sell their stakes or face a possible ban in the United States. But that plan hit a new roadblock on Thursday when the Chinese government said it would oppose a sale. If the White House can’t force a sale, that would effectively … Read more
Shou Chew, TikTok’s chief executive, is appearing for the first time on Thursday before Congress, as the solo witness in a hearing about the dangers of the video app. TikTok is owned by the Chinese internet giant ByteDance, which has prompted concerns that the app could share sensitive data from American users with the Chinese … Read more
China said it would oppose efforts by the United States to force a sale of TikTok, in a public rebuke of the Biden administration’s stance against the app’s Chinese ownership. The comments, made by China’s commerce ministry on Thursday, came hours before TikTok’s chief executive was scheduled to testify before Congress for the first time, … Read more
As vacation season looms, now is as good a time as ever to bite the bullet and become familiar with a smartphone feature that many of us have ignored for years: the eSIM, the digital version of the SIM card that carries your phone number. Among many benefits, eSIM technology is a boon for travelers, … Read more
Character.AI, a 16-month-old start-up that builds online chatbots, said it had raised $150 million in a recent funding round that valued the company at $1 billion. Character.AI is among a tiny group of small companies — along with the tech industry’s giants — that are building technology that could one day rival the systems under … Read more
Shou Chew, the chief executive of TikTok, will testify before Congress for the first time on Thursday, in an appearance that is expected to reflect U.S. lawmakers’ escalating distrust of the short-form video app’s Chinese ownership. The hearing, which will begin at 10 a.m. before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, will give lawmakers a … Read more