TikTok Finally Has a Deal. Here’s Who Just Bought 80% of the App.
The agreement ends a six-year legal battle that saw the app banned by Congress and nearly shut down this month.
A “QuitGPT” campaign is urging people to cancel their ChatGPT subscriptions
In September, Alfred Stephen, a freelance software developer in Singapore, purchased a ChatGPT Plus subscription, which costs $20 a month and offers more access to advanced models, to speed up his work. But he grew frustrated with the chatbot’s coding abilities and its gushing, meandering replies. Then he came across a post on Reddit about…
Getting a Divorce? Don’t Rush It. Why Speed Is the Most Expensive Decision You’ll Make
Rushing a divorce might feel like relief in the moment, but it often leads to decisions you’ll pay for long after it’s over.
Elon Musk Says He’s an Alien — But Thinks Humanity Might Be Alone in the Universe
At Davos, the billionaire said his belief that “it might only be us” in the cosmos drives Tesla, SpaceX, and his vision for humanity’s future.
Google Photos’ latest feature lets you meme yourself
The new feature lets you insert yourself into a meme in Google Photos.
Meta pauses teen access to AI characters as it develops a specially tailored version
Meta will developed new versions of AI characters that will give age-appropriate responses
Amazon Is Cutting 30,000 Corporate Jobs — And a Big Wave Starts Next Week
CEO Andy Jassy says the company has “too much bureaucracy.”
This startup will send 1,000 people’s ashes to space — affordably — in 2027
Started by an engineer who worked on the space shuttle program, and at Blue Origin, Space Beyond has a spot on a 2027 Falcon 9 flight.
Microsoft gave FBI a set of BitLocker encryption keys to unlock suspects’ laptops: reports
The FBI served Microsoft a warrant requesting encryption recovery keys to decrypt the hard drives of people involved in an alleged fraud case in Guam.
TikTok-like microdramas are going to make billions this year, even though they kind of suck
The business model behind these apps replicates the same dark patterns as mobile games.
TikTok finalizes deal to create new US entity and avoid ban
The deal ends a six-year long political saga that that started in 2020 when President Donald Trump tried to ban the app over national security concerns during his first term.