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So… is there a TikTok deal or not?

theverge.com Adi Robertson 2025-09-21 04:35:20

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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It’s new iPhone day, so grab some screen protectors for just $4.49

theverge.com Sheena Vasani 2025-09-21 05:03:51

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Happy iPhone Day! If you’re picking up the new iPhone 17 or iPhone Air and want to avoid scratches or cracks on its front glass, we spotted a great deal on a two-pack of amFilm’s OneTouch screen protectors over at Slickdeals. Designed specifically to fit the front of the new 6.3-inch iPhone 17, you can buy a pack on sale starting at a new low price of just $4.49 ($7.50 off) when you apply the promo code EUZW

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TechCrunch’s Equity podcast is on video, starting today

techcrunch.com Theresa Loconsolo 2025-09-21 05:00:00

We get it, it seems like every single podcast you love is now on video. And guess what…so is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast Equity. The team just launched its first video episode today, with many more to come. As we enter the lead-up to Disrupt, there’s no better time to dust off your feed, resubscribe, or just embrace the trend and see what you think of the video version of our longest-running podcast. For those not in the know, Equity is our twice-weekly podcast that alternates between two for

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Trump says Xi approves of TikTok deal as leaders plan South Korea meeting

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-21 07:45:33

Trump says Xi approves of TikTok deal as leaders plan South Korea meeting TikTok, which is run by Chinese firm Bytedance, was previously told it had to sell its US operations or risk being shut down. Trump wrote on Truth Social the call was "productive" and he "appreciated" Xi's approval of deal, which would reportedly see TikTok's US business sold to a group of US investors. The president announced he will meet Xi at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in South Korea next month, add

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Elon Musk's xAI raising $10 billion at $200 billion valuation: sources

cnbc.com Kif Leswing 2025-09-21 09:56:11

Elon Musk's AI company, xAI, has raised $10 billion from investors that puts the company's post-money valuation at $200 billion, sources told CNBC's David Faber. The valuation for Musk's AI company is the latest example of skyrocketing valuations for companies that develop foundational AI models. Earlier this month, Anthropic raised $13 billion at a $183 billion valuation. OpenAI, the largest company in the industry, held a secondary share sale that valued it at $500 billion. The fundraising c

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If You're Looking for a Job Right Now, AI Is Extremely Bad News

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-21 09:16:00

For anybody who's looking for a job or afraid that AI will take away their livelihood, the news from a tech summit convened by The Wall Street Journal should depress you: expect even more restructuring due to AI. Several tech leaders at the Tuesday conference in New York City also talked about "reimagining workforces around skills and capabilities rather than mere head count," according to the WSJ. There may be fewer middle managers, and tech and human resources departments may even merge toget

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Gemini Pro just gained a feature ChatGPT can’t easily copy

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-21 07:35:26

Ryan Haines / Android Authority TL;DR Google now lets you share your custom Gems with others. Sharing works just like Google Drive, with options to view, edit, or share via a link. Gems are limited to Gemini Pro subscribers, but this shareability gives them an edge on ChatGPT Projects. If you’ve used the paid versions of both Gemini and ChatGPT, you’ll know that Gems and Projects are pretty similar. They let you set up a custom space that remembers your instructions and style within that are

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Your Google TV home screen might finally be about to get a long-overdue refresh

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-21 09:03:35

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google TV is testing a refreshed home screen layout with new navigation bubbles. The redesign renames “For You” as “Home” and adds more shortcuts to the profile menu. Only a small number of devices seem to have the update so far. Google TV hasn’t been having the best luck in the crowded smart TV market recently. With relatively low adoption in the US and advertisers favoring YouTube instead, Google seems to be rethinking parts of the TV platform, sta

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You don’t have to wait for Microsoft’s handheld to start using the new Xbox mode

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-09-21 09:44:52

Nick Fernandez / Android Authority TL;DR Windows handheld PC owners have found a way to get Microsoft’s new Xbox mode running early on their devices. Xbox mode frees up about 2GB of memory that can be used for gaming. You’ll launch straight into the Xbox app with your full library of PC games from Steam, Battle.net, Epic, and other storefronts. About a month from now, Microsoft will be launching its ROG Xbox Ally devices. These Xbox-branded gaming handhelds are technically supposed to be the

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Apple’s new Home products just got even more appealing thanks to a competitor

9to5mac.com Ryan Christoffel 2025-09-21 09:25:21

Apple is about to kick off what’s arguably its first serious push into smart home products, starting with two launches very soon but ramping up in 2026. And Samsung just provided users another great reason to wait for Apple’s products. Apple rumored to be expanding Home product offerings Apple’s efforts in the smart home space have seemed, for a long time, more like a hobby than a serious product line. I’m a fan of the Apple TV 4K and HomePod, but outside of those two products, Apple has larg

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I replaced my iPhone 16 Pro Max with the iPhone Air - here's my buying advice now

zdnet.com Kerry Wan 2025-09-21 08:34:00

Apple iPhone Air ZDNET's key takeaways The thinnest and lightest iPhone yet offers Pro performance at a competitive $999 price point. It's designed to feel burdenless, and that's the biggest reason to buy one over the iPhone 17 series. You'll just have to settle for only one camera, average battery life, and a single-firing speaker. View now at Apple View now at Best Buy View now at Verizon more buying choices Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. The iPhone "Pro" label has a

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Want Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses? You have to book a demo first - and they are going fast

zdnet.com Jason Hiner 2025-09-21 09:34:00

Here's pair of Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses and Neural Band in the Sand color. Kerry Wan/ZDNET Meta officially unveiled its first AI smart glasses with a built-in screen, the Meta Ray-Ban Display, at Meta Connect 2025. The company also revealed that the glasses will be available to purchase starting on September 30. However, if you want to buy a pair of the $799 smart glasses, you can't just pre-order them online. Instead you'll have to book a demo at one of Meta's retail partners such as Best

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The Many Broken Feeds

news.ycombinator.com Abhinav Sarkar 2025-09-18 08:53:30

The Many Broken Feeds RSS/Atom feeds are central to my reading process. I subscribe to over 700 feeds that I have curated over years. Most of them work fine most of the time, but a few are always broken in various different ways (different ones at different times). As a big proponent of Indieweb and feeds, I’m writing this note to categorize the ways feeds break, and offer some solutions. Before we get on to the issues, the very first thing you must do is to subscribe to the feeds of your own

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The Actual Thing People Are Excited About for ‘Tron: Ares’ Is Here

gizmodo.com Isaiah Colbert 2025-09-21 09:00:19

In the music community, Fridays are known for new song releases, and this Friday is no exception. In fact, today marks the release of Nine Inch Nails’ soundtrack for Tron: Ares, an album that has inarguably generated considerably more hype than the Jared Leto-led film itself. In tandem with the release of the Tron: Ares original motion picture soundtrack on streaming platforms as well as the band’s official YouTube channel, Disney released a featurette promoting the film. The featurette include

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Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2) Hands-On: You Can Forget About Gen 1 Now

gizmodo.com James Pero 2025-09-21 09:22:29

Smart glasses with displays in them may be the future, but for now, Meta seems to understand that not everyone is willing to spend $800 on a pair. And for those people, it now has Ray-Ban Meta (Gen 2), a sequel to its surprisingly popular AI and camera-equipped smart glasses, which are designed in tandem with EssilorLuxottica, the owner of the eyewear brand. I already have a pair of the $379 second-gen glasses, which were announced at Meta Connect this week, and while I haven’t had a chance to

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Trump Gives Suspiciously Vague Update on TikTok Deal

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-09-21 09:43:42

On Monday, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced that negotiators from the U.S. and China had agreed on a “framework” for a deal that would give an American company control of TikTok. And while most people assumed we would hear about the details this week, we’ve arrived at Friday, and it’s still unclear what might be happening with the video-sharing platform. President Donald Trump held a call with President Xi Jinping of China on Friday to discuss a range of topics. Trump mentioned TikTok

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Under Pressure From Roblox, Fortnite Allowing Creators to Sell In-Game Items

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-09-21 08:20:00

Creators who make content for Fortnite can start monetizing their virtual goods in December. The free-to-play online game's publisher, Epic Games, announced that those in its Creator program will earn revenue from the sale of in-game items they've made and money they already earn from engagement payouts for Epic-created items. Don't miss any of our unbiased tech content and lab-based reviews. Add CNET as a preferred Google source. Before platform and store fees, those creators ordinarily will

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Science journalists find ChatGPT is bad at summarizing scientific papers

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-21 09:10:09

Summarizing complex scientific findings for a non-expert audience is one of the most important things a science journalist does from day to day. Generating summaries of complex writing has also been frequently mentioned as one of the best use cases for large language models (despite some prominent counterexamples). With all that in mind, the team at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) ran an informal year-long study to determine whether ChatGPT could produce the kind

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Steam will wind down support for 32-bit Windows as that version of Windows fades

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-09-21 09:20:11

Valve's Steam client is pretty widely compatible with all kinds of newer and older operating systems—that's what you do when you want as many people as possible spending their money in your store. But nothing lasts forever, and Valve does eventually end support for old software when it's time to move on. The company announced in a support note today that it would be ending Steam client support for 32-bit versions of Windows on January 1, 2026. "Existing Steam Client installations will continue

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10 Best Smartwatches (2025): Apple, Wear OS, Hybrid & Kids' Watches

wired.com Julian Chokkattu 2025-09-21 09:28:31

Other Smartwatches to Consider The number of smartwatches on the market is staggering. I’ve tested models from Tag Heuer, Citizen, Montblanc, and many other fashion brands, but most of them are simply too expensive for what you get. Here are a few options I like. Apple Watch Series 10 Photograph: Adrienne So Apple Watch Series 10 for $364: Thanks to watchOS 26, the 2024 Series 10 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) has many of the same features as the new Series 11, like hypertension notifications and S

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Ugreen’s new super slim wallet tracker has 5 years of battery life

theverge.com Andrew Liszewski 2025-09-21 09:47:04

is a senior reporter who’s been covering and reviewing the latest gadgets and tech since 2006, but has loved all things electronic since he was a kid. Ugreen has released a new wallet tracker that’s just as thin as the FineTrack Slim Smart Finder the company debuted earlier this year, but with a massive boost in battery life from 12 months to five years. However, while the previous version was compatible with Apple’s Find My network and recharable, the new FineTrack Slim Smart G only works with

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Meta’s AR ambitions meet reality, and California gets serious about AI safety…again

techcrunch.com Theresa Loconsolo 2025-09-21 09:20:38

This week on Equity, Anthony Ha, Kirsten Korosec, and Max Zeff unpack the biggest moves in AI, robotics, and regulation. Listen to the full episode to hear about: Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced by Theresa Loconsolo, and posts every Wednesday and Friday. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the casts. You also can follow Equity on X and Threads, at @EquityPod.

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

techcrunch.com Sarah Perez 2025-09-21 09:20:53

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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Trump and Xi to meet in South Korea as TikTok deal approved

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-09-21 12:45:33

Trump and Xi to meet in South Korea as TikTok deal approved Trump, however, delayed implementing the ban four times since it was first announced in January, and earlier this week extended the deadline again to December. TikTok, which is run by Chinese firm Bytedance, was previously told it had to sell its US operations or risk being shut down. Trump wrote on Truth Social the call was "productive" and the approval was "appreciated", adding that he would travel to China next year after the two

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Top Amazon reseller Pattern opens at $13.50 in Nasdaq debut after IPO raised $300 million

cnbc.com Annie Palmer 2025-09-21 13:54:40

E-commerce firm Pattern Group's co-founder and CEO David Wright, his co-founder, Chief Strategy Officer and wife Melanie Alder, and the staff members attend the company's IPO at the Nasdaq market in New York City, U.S., Sept. 19, 2025. Pattern Group , one of the leading resellers on Amazon , took the plunge into the public markets on Friday, and saw its stock slip in its Nasdaq debut. Trading under the ticker "PTRN," the stock opened at $13.50 after the company sold shares at $14 in its IPO, t

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Judge Gives Humiliating Punishment to Lawyers Caught Using AI in Court

futurism.com Unknown 2025-09-21 13:18:40

AI tools have become a hit with lawyers. But judges have shown they have little patience for when their experiments with the tech go wrong. When combing over a document submitted by two defense lawyers from the firm Cozen O'Connor, district judge David Hardy found at least 14 citations of case law that appeared to be fictitious, Reuters reported. Others were misquoted or misrepresented. After being confronted, the two defense lawyers soon pleaded guilty: one of them had used ChatGPT to draft a

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Upgraded to iOS 26? Watch out for this AI feature

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-21 12:59:00

Kerry Wan/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways AI news and entertainment summaries return to iOS 26. The feature has a tendency to inaccurately summarize information. Apple offers a disclaimer before enabling the feature. AI can handle a lot well, including computational tasks, schedule coordination, and answering simple questions, but one area it tends to struggle with is message summarization. If you've tested out AI summaries in your Message

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Best early Amazon Prime Day Kindle deals 2025: My favorites sales ahead of October

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-21 13:02:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Apple Watch Series 11 vs. Pixel Watch 4: I tested both flagships, and here's the winner

zdnet.com Nina Raemont 2025-09-21 13:18:00

Nina Raemont/ZDNET Apple's latest lineup of Apple Watches drummed up quite the hype when they were announced during its annual iPhone event. Apple unveiled several new features, like emergency SOS communications via satellite connectivity and FDA-cleared hypertension detection. I was physically present in Steve Jobs Theater, and as I watched Apple unveil these features, I couldn't help but compare the new watch to Google's Pixel Watch 4. Apple's new satellite SOS feature bears some striking si

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Get free Windows 10 security updates through October 2026: 2 ways

zdnet.com Ed Bott 2025-09-21 13:27:00

simpson33/iStock/Getty Images Plus Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways Windows 10 PCs have two free options for extended security updates. To qualify for free personal updates, enroll with a Microsoft account. The one-year extension for consumers ends in October 2026. The Windows 10 end-of-support date is nearly here. Over the summer, Microsoft seems to have belatedly realized that owners of tens of millions of consumer PCs running Windows 10 aren't

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So… is there a TikTok deal or not?

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Trump Gives Suspiciously Vague Update on TikTok Deal

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Steam will wind down support for 32-bit Windows as that version of Windows fades

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Ugreen’s new super slim wallet tracker has 5 years of battery life

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Best early Amazon Prime Day Kindle deals 2025: My favorites sales ahead of October

Apple Watch Series 11 vs. Pixel Watch 4: I tested both flagships, and here's the winner

Get free Windows 10 security updates through October 2026: 2 ways

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