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US and China agree to agree on a TikTok deal

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-19 23:12:54

The long-promised deal to "save" TikTok remains elusive even as the US and China seem to be inching toward an agreement. On Friday, President Donald Trump did little to clarify where the deal currently stands following a call with Chinese President Xi Jinping. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said both that the two had "made progress" on "approval of the TikTok Deal" and that he "appreciate[s] the TikTok approval." Trump also told reporters in the Oval Office that "he approved the TikTok deal,"

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Trevor Milton's Nikola case dropped by SEC following Trump pardon

news.ycombinator.com Matilde Is A Law-Backed Writer Who Joined Carba In April As A Junior Reporter. 2025-09-20 15:43:29

The US Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC) has dropped its fraud case against Nikola‘s founder and former CEO Trevor Milton, after Trump’s pardon six months ago. Trevor Milton, who had been convicted of securities fraud, received a pardon from the US President Donald Trump in March, a month after the Phoenix-based electric and hydrogen truck maker Nikola filed for bankrupcy. The full and unconditional presidential pardon overturned a four-year prison sentence, imposed in December 2023, for

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So… is there a TikTok deal or not?

theverge.com Adi Robertson 2025-09-20 18:35:20

is a senior tech and policy editor focused on VR, online platforms, and free expression. Adi has covered video games, biohacking, and more for The Verge since 2011. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. China and the US have “made progress” on granting permission for ByteDance to sell TikTok to an American consortium, fulfilling a nine-months-overdue legal requirement. After saying a tentative deal had been reached Monday and that approval woul

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Trump and ByteDance tout TikTok deal approval, but no official details yet

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-20 23:20:53

President Trump on Friday announced that the TikTok deal, which would potentially see the video platform controlled by a consortium of U.S. investors, had been approved by President Xi of China. TikTok owner ByteDance also issued a public statement saying the company would work to ensure that TikTok “remains available to American users through TikTok U.S.” No further details about the deal were offered at the time. The two countries have been working on a way to save TikTok’s U.S. business, af

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Trevor Milton's Nikola Case Dropped by SEC Following Trump Pardon

news.ycombinator.com Matilde Is A Law-Backed Writer Who Joined Carba In April As A Junior Reporter. 2025-09-21 06:43:29

The US Securities and Exchange Comission (SEC) has dropped its fraud case against Nikola‘s founder and former CEO Trevor Milton, after Trump’s pardon six months ago. Trevor Milton, who had been convicted of securities fraud, received a pardon from the US President Donald Trump in March, a month after the Phoenix-based electric and hydrogen truck maker Nikola filed for bankrupcy. The full and unconditional presidential pardon overturned a four-year prison sentence, imposed in December 2023, for

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The sordid reality of retirement villages: Residents are being milked for profit

news.ycombinator.com Alex Taylor 2025-09-21 15:22:54

It’s curry night and service is in full swing. Baileys and bitter flow from the bar, kormas are ladled at tables, and laughter, complaints, and spills erupt through dentures. As I give a Nan a naan, a yell cuts through the noise; an older lady has fallen by the serving hatch and is unable to stand unassisted. “Would you give me a hand, sweetheart?”, she calmly asks, “Don’t touch her!” the bar manager snaps as I bend towards her. “You’re not allowed to touch her!” The woman blinks up at me, confu

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Trump Says TV Networks That Criticize Him Should Lose Their Licenses

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-21 19:45:47

ABC suspended the show Jimmy Kimmel Live indefinitely on Wednesday under pressure from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, setting off a national discussion about whether the president should be able to dictate what Americans see on TV. And Trump made his threats against free speech even more explicit Thursday, telling reporters that any TV channel that was critical of him should lose its broadcasting license. Trump was asked on Air Force One about Carr, who had made threats against ABC while speaking

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Trump's Biggest Fans Furious at His Embrace of AI

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-27 05:55:57

Partisan politics in the United States makes for a generally contentious atmosphere But these days, the mainstream rift isn't just between blue and red — even some of president Donald Trump's most diehard fanatics have become openly belligerent over the president's obsession with AI. Following the release this summer of president Trump's "AI Action Plan" — a sweeping blueprint outlining the white house's strategy to ramp up AI development while slashing regulation — a number of far-right stalwa

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Eli Lilly to Build $5 Billion Drug Manufacturing Plant in Virginia

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-27 07:00:38

Eli Lilly announced plans on Tuesday to build a $5 billion drug manufacturing facility in Virginia. The announcement comes amid pressure from President Donald Trump to bring more drug manufacturing to the U.S. and threats to slap heavy tariffs on pharmaceuticals coming from overseas. The new manufacturing plant will be built west of Richmond, Virginia, in Goochland County, according to a press release from the company. Eli Lilly says it expects the project to be completed in five years and clai

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Google to invest £5 billion in UK AI as Trump heads for state visit

cnbc.com Sam Meredith 2025-09-29 01:59:51

General view of the Google headquarters in King's Cross as the tech giant faces a 5 billion pound lawsuit in the UK for allegedly abusing its online search dominance. Google owner Alphabet on Tuesday announced a £5 billion ($6.8 billion) investment in the U.K.'s artificial intelligence development, just as the country prepares for U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit this week. The U.S. president is scheduled to arrive in Britain on Tuesday evening, before the pomp and pageantry gets unde

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Trump's willingness to let TikTok go dark motivated China to make deal, says Bessent

cnbc.com Chris Eudaily 2025-09-29 04:48:49

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer hold a press conference, following a meeting with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, on the day of U.S.-China talks on trade, economic and national security issues, in Madrid, Spain, September 15, 2025. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday that President Donald Trump was willing to let TikTok go dark, and it was "what turned the tide" in the deal framework with China. "President Trump made it clear that he

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A TikTok deal may finally be happening

engadget.com Unknown 2025-09-30 11:04:49

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has said that the United States and China have reached a framework deal on TikTok. Speaking to reporters in Madrid after two days of talks with his Chinese counterparts, Bessent said, “It’s between two private parties, but the commercial terms have been agreed upon.” President Trump said in a Truth Social post that he will be speaking with Xi Jinping this Friday regarding the potential deal, among other things. This breakthrough comes after the Trump administ

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Trump Admin Says ‘Framework’ Reached for U.S. Owners to Take Control of TikTok

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-30 11:20:34

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Monday that the U.S. has “a framework for a TikTok deal,” suggesting that some kind of agreement is imminent to allow the social media platform to continue operating in the U.S. despite a law passed in 2024 that sought to ban the app or force a sale. The comments from Bessent came as he and U.S. trade representative Jamieson Greer took questions from reporters after two days of meetings with Chinese officials in Madrid. “We believe we have an agreement. It

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US, China reach ‘framework’ deal for TikTok

techcrunch.com Ivan Mehta 2025-09-30 23:24:49

In Brief The U.S. has reached a “framework” deal with China for social media platform TikTok, CNBC reported, citing Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. “It’s between two private parties, but the commercial terms have been agreed upon,” CNBC quoted Bessent as saying on the sidelines of a meeting between the two countries in Madrid on Monday. The news comes barely an hour after U.S. President Donald Trump hinted on his social media platform Truth Social that a deal for the short-video app had bee

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NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-03 23:21:03

NASA's interim administrator Sean Duffy was fired up on Wednesday when he joined a teleconference to talk about new scientific findings that concerned the potential for life to have once existed on Mars. "This is exciting news," said Duffy about an arrow-shaped rock on Mars found by NASA's Perseverance rover. The rock contained chemical signatures and structures that could have been formed by ancient microbial life. The findings were intriguing, but not conclusive. Further study of the rocks in

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Brazil's Supreme Court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

news.ycombinator.com Tom Phillips 2025-10-04 07:28:44

A majority of Brazil’s supreme court judges have voted to convict the country’s former president Jair Bolsonaro of plotting a military coup, leaving the far-right populist facing a decades-long sentence for leading the criminal conspiracy. Justice Cármen Lúcia Antunes Rocha ruled on Thursday that Bolsonaro – a former paratrooper who was elected president in 2018 – was guilty of seeking to forcibly cling to power after losing the 2022 election, meaning three of the five judges involved in the t

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‘Here We Go!’: Trump Weighs in After Russian Drones Shot Down Over Poland

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-10-06 19:40:24

NATO fighter jets shot down at least three Russian drones in Polish airspace overnight after more than a dozen entered its eastern border, according to several reports. It was a historic action, the first time that NATO forces have shot down a Russian aircraft in a NATO country. But President Donald Trump didn’t offer much clarity about what the U.S. plans to do about it, writing a confusing Truth Social post on Wednesday that could be read several different ways. “What’s with Russia violating

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Zuckerberg caught on hot mic telling Trump 'I wasn't sure' how much to promise to spend on AI in the US

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-12 03:28:19

US President Donald Trump jokes with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) as he hosts tech leaders for a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Mark Zuckerberg has certainly come a long way in his relationship with President Donald Trump. Almost exactly a year after the president threatened the Meta CEO with imprisonment, the two sat side-by-side at a White House dinner, alongside numerous other tech CEOs. T

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A Sitting President Is Making Billions Off Crypto, Which Feels Like a Bit of an Outrage

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-12 07:00:34

Before his first presidential bid, TV personality and real estate tycoon Donald Trump was doing just fine, financially speaking. The benefactor of a $5.5 million trust fund, adjusted for inflation — not to mention a $20 million inheritance from his father, split with his siblings — Trump's actual net worth has always been a hazy target for estimates. As he left office in 2021, Trump's net worth seemed to be around $2.3 billion, according to Forbes, thanks to legal fallout and a real estate port

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Zuckerberg caught on hot mic telling Trump ‘I wasn’t sure’ how much to promise to spend on AI in the US

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-12 18:19:15

US President Donald Trump jokes with Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (L) as he hosts tech leaders for a dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on September 4, 2025. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP) (Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) Mark Zuckerberg has certainly come a long way in his relationship with President Donald Trump. Almost exactly a year after the president threatened the Meta CEO with imprisonment, the two sat side-by-side at a White House dinner, alongside n

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At White House dinner, Tim Cook praises Trump’s ‘leadership and focus on innovation’

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-10-14 17:02:50

Yesterday, news broke that Apple CEO Tim Cook was one of many tech CEOs who had been invited for a “White House event on AI hosted by first lady Melania Trump.” Now, The Wall Street Journal has a few details of how the event went. Taking turns to praise Trump As reported by the WSJ, the list of tech CEOs at tonight’s dinner included OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg (who sat alongside Trump), Microsoft founder and ex-CEO Bill Gates, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, and IBM CEO Arvind

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Trump to host tech CEOs over dinner for inaugural event in renovated Rose Garden

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-17 06:48:12

U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk to the Rose Garden of the White House to hold a signing ceremony for the Take it Down Act, in Washington, D.C., U.S., May 19, 2025. U.S. President Trump will host two dozen high-profile tech and business leaders for an inaugural event in the White House's renovated Rose Garden on Thursday. Invitees include Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook, Microsoft founder Bill Gates and OpenAI founder Sam Altman, according to a lis

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Appeals court reinstates fired Democratic FTC commissioner

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-19 03:45:49

Rebecca Kelly Slaughter can resume her work as a commissioner for the FTC, a federal appeals court has ruled. Slaughter, who was one of the two Democratic commissioners for the FTC that President Trump fired back in March, filed a lawsuit for her reinstatement. "Your continued service on the FTC is inconsistent with my administration’s priorities," a letter to the commissioners said. In July, US District Judge Loren AliKhan ruled that her removal from the agency was "unlawful and without legal e

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Trump Blames AI for Weird Video of Stuff Being Tossed Out White House Window

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-10-19 23:00:36

A very strange video appearing to show large objects being thrown out of a window at the White House went viral over Labor Day weekend. President Donald Trump was asked about it during a press conference on Tuesday, and he insisted it must be AI. Curiously, White House staff told Time magazine it was just regular maintenance. The video appears to have been first posted to Instagram on Aug. 31 by an account called WashingtonianProbs. “One of our community members noticed some things being throw

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The Trump family crypto empire looks to Asia: Eric Trump talks Bitcoin in Hong Kong

cnbc.com Dylan Butts 2025-10-26 04:04:36

Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr during the Bitcoin 2025 conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Eric Trump said Friday he is certain bitcoin will eventually hit a $1 million valuation as he spoke at a Hong Kong conference, marking the first of a series of Asian crypto events that will feature U.S. President Donald Trump's sons. Speaking at Hong Kong's Bitcoin Asia 2025 conference, Eric Trump discussed his strong involvement in the cry

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Japanese town proposes two-hour daily limit on smartphones

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-28 13:27:00

Japanese town proposes two-hour daily limit on smartphones There will be no penalties for breaking the rule, which will be passed in October if approved by lawmakers. Toyoake's mayor said the proposal - which only applies outside of work and study - would not be strictly enforced, but rather was meant to "encourage" residents to better manage their screen time. The proposal, believed to be the first of its kind in Japan, is currently being debated by lawmakers after being submitted by Toyoake

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Resident Evil 9 Requiem Team Says It's a David Fincher-Inspired Story of Strength

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-29 23:00:04

I'm easily scared, but I still love a good murder mystery. So, even though I yelped and nearly jumped out of my chair watching the gameplay preview for Resident Evil Requiem at Summer Game Fest earlier this year (and again during my own demo session at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany), I still wanted to know what was going to happen to newbie FBI intelligence analyst Grace Ashcroft as she investigates a mysterious death in the same hotel where her mother was killed eight years ago. In a backroom o

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DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’

krebsonsecurity.com Unknown 2025-11-01 06:05:12

The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they’d made with company called DSLRoot, which was paying $250 a month to plug a pair of laptops into the Redditor’s high-speed Internet connection in the United States. This post examines the history and provenance of DSLRoot, one of the oldest “residential proxy” networks with origins in Russia and Eastern E

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DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of 'Legal Botnets'

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-01 06:08:51

The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they’d made with company called DSLRoot, which was paying $250 a month to plug a pair of laptops into the Redditor’s high-speed Internet connection in the United States. This post examines the history and provenance of DSLRoot, one of the oldest “residential proxy” networks with origins in Russia and Eastern E

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As Health Questions Swirl, Weird Spot Appears on Trump’s Hand

futurism.com Unknown 2025-11-03 11:08:00

Image by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty / Futurism Treatments Over the past few months, a small media circus has ignited after the White House announced that 79-year-old president Donald Trump, who had been photographed with swollen ankles, had been diagnosed with a disorder called chronic venous insufficiency that causes blood to pool in the extremities. Now, amid the increasing scrutiny about those "cankles," it appears the president or his aides are obfuscating another visible ai

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US, China reach ‘framework’ deal for TikTok

NASA found intriguing rocks on Mars, so where does that leave Mars Sample Return?

Brazil's Supreme Court finds Bolsonaro guilty of plotting military coup

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DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’

DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of 'Legal Botnets'

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