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  • Americans and Chinese share jokes on 'alternative TikTok' as US ban looms

    RedNote's Chinese users say it is the first time they have been able to speak directly to Americans online.

  • I bought a budget TCL TV from Amazon (it's on sale for $300!) — I'm so impressed that I'm going to buy another

    I'm terrible with technology, but I found it easy to set up and was able to stream Netflix 10 minutes after unboxing it.

  • Will You Still Be Able to Use TikTok? With Ban Deadline Days Away Here Are 5 Things That Could Happen

    There are many questions about what could actually happen on Jan. 19 — and beyond

  • The Technics EAH-AZ100 are the new top wireless earbuds to beat

    Our tech editor has been testing out the new Technics AZ100 wireless earbuds for the past three weeks – here's the full verdict on the feature-packed earphones.

  • Nintendo shares down on detail-light Switch 2 teaser

    Nintendo shares tumbled as much as seven percent on Friday after the Japanese games giant failed to impress with a teaser video of its hotly awaited Switch 2 console.Nintendo shares closed 4.3 percent lower in Tokyo on Friday.

  • OpenAI finalizes 'o3 mini' reasoning AI model version, to launch it soon

    The Microsoft-backed company has considered user feedback and, consequently, plans to release the application programming interface (API) and ChatGPT simultaneously, Altman wrote in a post on social media platform X. Last December, OpenAI said it was testing reasoning AI models, o3 and o3 mini, indicating growing competition with rivals such as Alphabet's Google to create smarter models capable of tackling complex problems. The AI startup had planned to launch o3 mini by the end of January, and the full o3 thereafter, as more robust large language models could outperform existing models and attract new investments and users.

  • Why American 'TikTok refugees' are flocking to Chinese app RedNote

    American and Chinese social media users are bonding on RedNote in an ironic twist that could backfire on the U.S. government and its plan to ban TikTok. In the days before a proposed TikTok ban, Americans calling themselves "TikTok refugees" are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese app with a similar format, and being welcomed with open arms.Chinese users of the app are greeting Americans and explaining how to use it, while some Americans are learning to speak Mandarin to fit in. "We Chinese people, w

  • Explainer-What will happen to TikTok in US as Supreme Court upholds ban?

    (Reuters) -The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday ruled against TikTok's bid to avoid a ban that could shut the app down in just two days and impact millions of users who rely on the platform for entertainment, ecommerce and ad dollars. The looming ban is the end result of 2024 legislation passed on national security concerns that called for TikTok parent ByteDance to sell the popular short-video app or see it shut in the United States on Jan. 19. It remained unclear how long a potential ban would stay in place as President-elect Donald Trump, who takes office on Monday, has said he would try to find a "political resolution" of the issue to keep the app operating in the United States.

  • TikTok CEO to Attend Trump Inauguration

    Shou Zi Chew will join Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk in Washington on Monday The post TikTok CEO to Attend Trump Inauguration appeared first on TheWrap.

  • Apple loses top spot in China smartphone sales to local rivals

    Apple lost its status as the best selling smartphone brand in the crucial Chinese market last year, new data showed Thursday, with a pair of local rivals surpassing it with surging shipments.Also coming in at 15 percent, with total smartphone sales narrowly behind Apple's, were Chinese brands Oppo and Honor, the data showed.

  • Chinese app RedNote is rocketing up download charts – in Australia the sudden uptake is not just about TikTok

    Experts say the flood of users to the Chinese app highlights flaws in the Albanese government’s social media ban

  • Biden's new executive order aims to shore up US cyber defenses

    President Joe Biden issued an executive order Thursday aimed at strengthening the nation's cybersecurity and making it easier to go after foreign adversaries or hacking groups that try to compromise U.S. internet and telecommunication systems. The order calls for the development of minimum cybersecurity standards for government technology contractors and requires that contractors submit evidence that they're complying. The order requires federal agencies to improve cybersecurity to protect against the threat posed by powerful quantum computers, which experts say could be used to easily break into many systems.

  • Apple loses smartphone sales crown in China, drops to third in 2024

    Apple was dethroned as China's biggest smartphone seller in 2024, with local rivals Vivo and Huawei overtaking the iPhone maker after its annual shipments in the country declined 17%, data from research firm Canalys showed on Thursday. It was Apple's largest annual smartphone sales decline in China since 2016 and involved contraction in all four quarters, including a 25% drop in the final quarter, according to the data.

  • Nintendo to release Switch 2 this year; shares slide 6%

    TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Nintendo said on Thursday it will release the Switch 2 console this year, unveiling a device that appeared to closely follow the design of its popular predecessor. The Kyoto-based gaming company did not release pricing for the new device and said it would provide more details at a Nintendo Direct event on April 2. Nintendo had said it would make an announcement about a successor device during the financial year ending March 2025.

  • What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google's app store on Sunday?

    With President-elect Donald Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple that are expected to take the popular video sharing app off their platforms in just two days. The court decision comes against a backdrop of unusual political agitation by Trump, who vowed that he could negotiate a solution after he takes office, and the administration of President Joe Biden, which has signaled it won’t enforce the law beginning Sunday, his final full day in office. “We’re really in uncharted territory here in terms of tech policy,” said Sarak Kreps, the director of Cornell University’s Tech Policy Institute.

  • Chinese AI company MiniMax releases new models it claims are competitive with the industry's best

    Chinese firms continue to release AI models that rival the capabilities of systems developed by OpenAI and other U.S.-based AI companies. This week, MiniMax, an Alibaba- and Tencent-backed startup that has raised around $850 million in venture capital and is valued at more than $2.5 billion, debuted three new models: MiniMax-Text-01, MiniMax-VL-01, and T2A-01-HD. MiniMax claims that MiniMax-Text-01, which is 456 billion parameters in size, performs better than models such as Google's recently unveiled Gemini 2.0 Flash on benchmarks like MMLU and SimpleQA, which measure the ability of a model to answer math problems and fact-based questions.

  • Lawyer urges White House, DOJ to clarify app stores may continue to offer TikTok

    Jeffrey Fisher, who represented TikTok users in the challenge to the crackdown law before the Supreme Court, wrote Attorney General Merrick Garland and President Joe Biden on Friday, noting that the law forces TikTok, which is owned by China-based ByteDance, to shut down on Sunday without administration action. "We respectfully request that you direct the Justice Department to pause enforcement until there is further definitive guidance," Fisher wrote.

  • As TikTok faces a US shutdown, here are some alternative apps to check out

    TikTok has warned of a looming shutdown in just six days, as the Supreme Court is currently weighing the law that would ban the app. The law gives TikTok parent company ByteDance until January 19 to divest its U.S. operations or face a ban in the country. TikTok is hoping for a pause to the law, but if that doesn’t happen, the app will effectively be banned in the country.

  • These 'astounding' bestselling earbuds are 79% off — and they have more than 33,000 5-star reviews

    Shoppers are "very pleasantly surprised" with these $32 earbuds from Amazon Canada.

  • Is TikTok banned in the US? What to know after Supreme Court decision

    Could there be ways to bypass the ban - and could president-elect Donald Trump find a way to stop the law?