Technology
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TikTok’s highest bidder is also its most Trumpian
Under the Biden administration, Congress passed legislation forcing ByteDance to either sell off TikTok or cease operations within the United States. Reid Rasner, a Wyoming billionaire is offering $47.45 billion.
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Report warns of major wireless shortfall by 2027, $1T+ in costs
"The U.S. faces a spectrum crisis, with long-term negative implications for U.S. economic growth. Rising demand on networks and constrained supply is pushing networks to their limit," the executive summary opened.
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Trump Media enters nonbinding agreement to partner with online crypto giant to launch ETFs
TMTG said the assets will be available in the United States, Europe and Asia, and will give investors options that align with America First principles.
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Amazon removes merchandise inspired by UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder
Amazon took down merchandise with the phrase, “Delay, Defend, Deny” on it, while some platforms like eBay have allowed items with the phrase to remain available as of Wednesday morning.
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U.S. imposes new controls on chip exports to China
The new controls will also block the sale of high-bandwidth memory, which is necessary for artificial intelligence.
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Mark Zuckerberg meets Trump and other members of his administration at Mar-a-Lago
The pair recently indicated that the relationship could be on the mend, when Trump stated last month that he felt better about the Facebook founder, after he stayed out of the 2024 election and called him after the July 13 shooting.
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Netflix says Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight was the most streamed global sporting event ever
The company said the sporting event peaked at 65 million live concurrent streams, and 108 million total live viewers globally. The Amanda Serrano and Katie Taylor match was the most-watched professional women’s sports event in US history.
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Google searches for 'moving to Canada' and other countries surged during election night
Google data said the searches for "moving to Canada," and “immigrate to Canada” began increasing at 8 p.m. Eastern. People also looked at moving to Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, among others.
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Russia denies report Musk, Putin have been in regular contact since late 2022
“It’s all untrue, absolutely false information published in the newspaper,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to Agence France-Presse.
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Newsom sides with Elon Musk in SpaceX's California lawsuit
“I’m with Elon, I didn't like that," Newsom said. "Look I'm not helping the legal case, [but] you can’t bring up that explicit level of politics."
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Google says it will block election ads after polls close on November 5
Other technology and social media companies will also block election ads on their platforms, including Meta, which said it would block the ads during the final week of voting.
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Brazil to restore access to X after social media platform complied with Supreme Court demands
The reinstatement comes after X agreed to block certain political accounts from X, pay outstanding fines, and name a legal representative for X in Brazil.
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U.S. judge orders Google to make changes to its app store to allow more competition
U.S. District Judge James Donato in San Francisco ordered the changes on Monday, which include making Android apps available from rival sources.