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Trump signs executive order to facilitate TikTok deal

techcrunch.com Aisha Malik 2025-10-05 17:27:15

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that essentially approves the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to an American investor group in order to keep the social media app operational in the country. Vice President JD Vance said that the deal would value TikTok US at “around $14 billion.” TikTok was required to divest its American business or be banned in the U.S. via a national security law originally signed by former president Joe Biden. Trump’s executive order essentially bars th

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Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors

wired.com Zeyi Yang 2025-10-05 21:05:29

On Thursday, US president Donald Trump signed an executive order to transfer ownership of TikTok’s US operation to a group of American investors, including Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison. “I had a very good talk with president Xi. We talked about TikTok. He gave us the go-ahead,” Trump said during a White House press conference. He conceded that he’d gotten a bit of resistance from the “Chinese side.” By Thursday afternoon, the Chinese government had not issued an announcement acknowledging the

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Trump signs ‘Saving TikTok’ order to start resolving its big ban problem

theverge.com Emma Roth 2025-10-05 21:13:28

President Donald Trump has signed an executive order recognizing the framework of a deal between ByteDance and the US that would satisfy the TikTok divest-or-ban law. The deal values TikTok’s US operations at $14 billion and puts it under the control of companies based in the US. “I spoke with President Xi [Jinping], we had a good talk,” Trump said during a briefing. “I told him what we were doing, and he said, ‘Go ahead with it.’” TikTok “will be majority-owned and controlled by United States

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Trump approves TikTok deal through executive order, Vance says business valued at $14 billion

cnbc.com Jonathan Vanian 2025-10-06 01:43:51

President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order approving a proposal that would keep TikTok alive in the U.S. in a transaction that Vice President JD Vance said values the business at $14 billion. The deal satisfies the requirements of a national security law requiring China-based ByteDance to sell TikTok's U.S. operations or face an effective ban in the country, according to the executive order. Under the terms, which China must still approve, a new joint-venture company will over

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When It Comes to Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights, East Beats West

gizmodo.com Sabina Graves 2025-10-06 01:39:26

While Halloween Horror Nights icon Jack the Clown takes over Universal Horror Unleashed in Las Vegas, he leaves Universal Studios Orlando in the hands of Terrifier slasher Art the Clown for a bloody good time. And essentially, Art feels like this year’s master of scaremonies at the 34th Horror Nights, between having the most extreme house and roaming around his Clown Cafe. But unlike the West Coast version of HHN, which boasts primarily movie/TV franchise frights, Terrifier isn’t the only draw h

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Amazon blamed AI for layoffs, then hired cheap H1-B workers, senators allege

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-05 22:56:43

Senators are demanding answers from Big Tech companies accused of "filing thousands of H-1B skilled labor visa petitions after conducting mass layoffs of American employees." In letters sent to Amazon, Meta, Apple, Google, and Microsoft—among some of the largest sponsors of H-1B visas—Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) requested "information and data from each company regarding their recruitment and hiring practices, as well as any variation in salary and benefits between

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In a major policy shift, Germany considers offensive weapons in space

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-06 01:54:24

Germany's defense minister, Boris Pistorius, said Thursday that it's time for his country to consider putting "offensive capabilities" in space after revealing Russian spacecraft are tracking two communications satellites used by the German military. Speaking at the German industry's Space Congress event in Berlin, Pistorius said the country must ramp up its investment in space security to counter threats from Russia and China, which he said have rapidly expanded their capacity for space warfar

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Battered by cyberattacks, Salesforce faces a trust problem - and a potential class action lawsuit

zdnet.com David Berlind 2025-10-06 05:29:00

Erik McGregor/Contributor/LightRocket via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The FBI warned about the alarming trend of compromised accounts. The success rate of threat actors could tarnish Salesforce's reputation. The most recent wave of attacks was likely preventable. Since Salesforce's founding in 1999, the company's executive team has made trust the top priority for the organization and its employees. In a post titled "Trust is ou

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How That ‘Witcher’ Recasting Went Down—and What to Expect From New Star Liam Hemsworth

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-06 05:30:08

The Witcher returns to Netflix October 30, with a rather large change for fans to anticipate. TV stars don’t often just up and leave their shows, especially when the show is a hit and they play the title character. But that’s what happened back in October 2022, when Liam Hemsworth was announced as the new Gerald of Rivia, replacing Henry Cavill. The shocking recasting (awkwardly) came before Cavill’s final season aired in summer 2023, the show’s third. While the show was in production on season

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Amazon Agrees to Pay $2.5 Billion to Settle Lawsuit Claiming It 'Tricked' Customers to Join Prime

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 05:13:41

Amazon has agreed to pay $2.5 billion to settle a lawsuit with the Federal Trade Commission over claims that it tricked millions of people into signing up for Prime, its paid subscription service, and made cancellation too difficult. The FTC said $1.5 billion will go into a fund to repay eligible subscribers, with the remaining $1 billion as a civil penalty. The settlement requires Amazon to add a "clear and conspicuous" option to decline Prime during checkout and to simplify the cancellation p

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Startup founders say Trump’s $100K H-1B fee is a ‘talent tariff’ that will hurt innovation

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-10-06 05:28:18

Amr Awadallah, founder of AI startup Vectara, had two reactions when he heard about changes to the H-1B visa program that raise the application fee for each visa to $100,000. He was not surprised. But he was dismayed. “I can’t afford to pay $100,000,” Awadallah told TechCrunch. He’s hired one employee on an H-1B, and while the new fee only applies to new applications, he believes it’s too high for many startups and will price them out of hiring internationally. The H-1B visa was created to al

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CISA orders agencies to patch Cisco flaws exploited in zero-day attacks

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2025-10-06 13:52:55

CISA has issued a new emergency directive ordering U.S. federal agencies to secure their Cisco firewall devices against two flaws that have been exploited in zero-day attacks. Emergency Directive 25-03 was issued to Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies on September 25 and requires them to patch CVE-2025-20333 and CVE-2025-20362 vulnerabilities in Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) and Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) software. "The campaign is widespread and involves exploiting zero-d

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South Park Takes on Betting Markets, Trump, and the FCC

gizmodo.com Matt Novak 2025-10-06 13:00:11

South Park returned with a new episode on Wednesday, focused on online betting, Israel’s war on Gaza, and President Donald Trump’s attempts to abort a baby that’s due after he impregnated Satan. But FCC Chairman Brendan Carr seemed to take the most abuse during the episode, something that was to be expected after Carr tried to get Jimmy Kimmel Live! removed from ABC. Spoilers ahead. South Park unexpectedly failed to deliver a new episode last week following the death of MAGA influencer Charlie

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The First Trailer for ‘Greenland 2: Migration’ Suggests Maybe Surviving That Killer Comet Wasn’t the Best Outcome

gizmodo.com Cheryl Eddy 2025-10-06 17:00:11

It’s rare that a disaster movie gets a sequel; imagine if they’d made Armageddon 2, or The Day After the Day After Tomorrow? But there’s seemingly more story to tell after that massive comet collided with Earth in 2020’s Greenland, and Gerard Butler will once again be called upon to protect his family in the post-apocalypse. The first trailer for Greenland 2: Migration is here, and it makes you wonder if perhaps surviving that first worldwide nightmare didn’t make these characters especially luc

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XR Is Going Mainstream. Does That Mean We'll All Be Glasses Wearers Now?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 16:38:00

I'm standing in the lobby of a hotel in Hawaii, gazing into the glaring sun through the lens of Snap AR Spectacles and wondering if this is my future. The glasses are an updated version of the ones I tried out last year at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. Rather than playing with Moo Deng -- a fun little novelty -- I'm using them for things I do every day on my phone: Browsing the internet and scrolling through social videos. Right here is evidence of Snap bringing productivity and genuinely u

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Elon Musk’s xAI offers Grok to federal government for 42 cents

techcrunch.com Rebecca Bellan 2025-10-06 17:06:15

Elon Musk’s xAI has reached an agreement with the U.S. government’s purchasing arm to sell its AI chatbot Grok to the federal government for under a dollar, pitting it against OpenAI and Anthropic. Under the agreement between xAI and the General Services Administration (GSA), federal agencies will be charged 42 cents to use xAI’s chatbot Grok for a year and a half. OpenAI and Anthropic are offering their enterprise and government versions of ChatGPT and Claude, respectively, for $1 for a year.

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Why Samsung QLED TV model is the one most people should buy in 2025 - especially at this price

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2025-10-06 21:57:00

Samsung QN90F TV ZDNET's key takeaways The QN90F TV has excellent picture and sound. It's great for streaming and entertainment, with useful display settings and features in tow. Not ideal for rhythm or precision platforming games due to response times. View now at Best Buy Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. I recently got the chance to work in the ZDNET Louisville testing lab, where I tested the Samsung QN90F and saw how it performed in real-world tests rather than a care

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XR is Going Mainstream. Does That Mean We'll All Be Glasses Wearers Now?

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-06 21:38:14

I'm standing in the lobby of a hotel in Hawaii, gazing into the glaring sun through the lens of Snap AR Spectacles and wondering if this is my future. The glasses are an updated version of the ones I tried out last year at the Snapdragon Summit in Hawaii. Rather than playing with Moo Deng -- a fun little novelty -- I'm using them for things I do every day on my phone: Browsing the internet and scrolling through social videos. Right here is evidence of Snap bringing productivity and genuinely u

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How AI safety took a backseat to military money

theverge.com Hayden Field 2025-10-06 20:00:00

is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT Technology Review, Wired UK, and other outlets. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Hey there, and welcome to Decoder! I’m Hayden Field, senior AI repoter at The Verge — and your Thursday episode guest host. I have another couple of shows for you while Nilay is out on parental leave, and we’re going to be spending more time

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Doorstep raises $8M seed to help find missing food deliveries

techcrunch.com Dominic-Madori Davis 2025-10-06 21:00:00

One day, Shashwat Murarka sat in his college apartment thinking about his relationship with food delivery. Sometimes, the order never arrived, and he had to wander through his apartment building, looking for the misplaced food. Other times, he found himself giving step-by-step directions to confused deliverers who, it seemed, were just as annoyed as he. “What started as frustration turned into a mission to fix one of the most overlooked problems in the supply chain, the final stretch of the las

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Samsung rolls out stable One UI 8 update for Galaxy Z Fold 6, Flip 6 (Update: US release)

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-07 01:20:57

Alex Walker-Todd / Android Authority TL;DR Samsung has started rolling out the stable One UI 8 update to the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6. The software is now reaching non-beta users in South Korea, with a wider launch expected in the next few days. The update also carries the September security patch. Update, September 25, 2025 (10:20 AM ET): It’s only been a few days since Samsung got this update started, and we’re already seeing reports that availability has spread to the States.

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Battered by cyberattacks, is Salesforce facing a trust problem?

zdnet.com David Berlind 2025-10-07 01:00:00

Erik McGregor/Contributor/LightRocket via Getty Images Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways The FBI warned about the alarming trend of compromised accounts. The success rate of threat actors could tarnish Salesforce's reputation. The most recent wave of attacks was likely preventable. Since Salesforce's founding in 1999, the company's executive team has made trust the top priority for the organization and its employees. In a post titled "Trust is ou

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Accenture to 'exit' staff that cannot be retrained for age of AI

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-07 01:41:17

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Apple says it may stop shipping to the EU

news.ycombinator.com Robert Booth 2025-10-07 00:38:39

Apple has called for the European Commission to repeal a swathe of technology legislation, warning that unless it is amended the company could stop shipping some products and services to the 27-country bloc. In the latest of a series of clashes with Brussels, the iPhone maker said the Digital Markets Act was leading to a worse experience for Apple users, exposing them to security risks, and disrupting the seamless way Apple products work together. The Silicon Valley company hit out in a submis

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25 Best MagSafe Accessories (2025): Qi2 Chargers, Magnetic Wallets, and More

wired.com Jacob Roach 2025-10-07 01:00:00

Other Good MagSafe Accessories The accessories below aren't as great as the top picks in this guide, but they're still good options if you're looking for more MagSafe gadgets. Belkin iPhone Mount With MagSafe. Photograph: Julian Chokkattu Belkin iPhone Mount With MagSafe for $30: Using Apple's Continuity Camera feature, you can wirelessly use your iPhone as a webcam for a MacBook. It supports various video calling apps too, from FaceTime to Zoom. This circular silicone puck magnetically stick

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Databricks commits to $100 million in OpenAI spending as high-valued startups team up in AI

cnbc.com Jordan Novet 2025-10-07 05:00:01

OpenAI and Databricks are two of the most highly valued tech startups on the planet. Now they're working together. Databricks, a data analytics software vendor, said Thursday that it has committed to spending $100 million over multiple years with OpenAI. Databricks is making it easier for customers to connect their data stored in its cloud service with GPT-5, announced in August, and other OpenAI models. OpenAI, which was recently valued by private investors at $500 billion, has become a house

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I Tested the Galaxy S25 FE, and Its Software Is What Stands Out, Not the Lower Price

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-07 04:00:06

CNET’s expert staff reviews and rates dozens of new products and services each month, building on more than a quarter century of expertise. 7.5 / 10 SCORE Samsung Galaxy S25 FE Pros Same One UI 8 experience as Galaxy S25 at lower price Same slim shape as the S25 Plus Fast charging with good battery life Cons Scratches easily Gets warm to the touch on intensive tasks Mixed photography performance When I needed to negotiate with my internet provider after seeing a sudden $30 price hike, Sam

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Ghost of Yōtei is exactly the kind of game PlayStation needs

theverge.com Andrew Webster 2025-10-07 05:00:00

Things have been weird for PlayStation of late. After years spent cultivating an image akin to the HBO of video games through single-player franchises like The Last of Us, God of War, and Horizon Zero Dawn, the company shifted focus, jumping on the live-service bandwagon to mostly disastrous effect. Aside from a few standouts and a number of remasters, those beloved single-player games have slowed to a trickle: which is what makes Ghost of Yōtei so notable. Like its predecessor Ghost of Tsushima

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Starpath bets on mass-produced, space-rated solar

techcrunch.com Aria Alamalhodaei 2025-10-07 05:00:00

Ask Starpath CEO Saurav Shroff his thoughts on America’s space priorities and he’ll say we’re “one order of magnitude high on cost and one order of magnitude low on ambition.” Starpath’s answer, at least to part of the problem, is ultra-low cost space power, which is generated by solar panels. Starpath’s new space-rated solar panel business kicked off sales in the U.S. on September 25 with an eyebrow-raising pitch. The company says its solar panels, called “Starlight,” are priced around 10 tim

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5 Android phones you should buy instead of the iPhone Air

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-07 06:00:47

Aamir Siddiqui / Android Authority The iPhone 17 series is out, and as impressive as the iPhone 17 and iPhone 17 Pro may be, this year’s headturner is the iPhone Air. With a slim design that makes people around you say, “Wow,” it’s unlike any iPhone we’ve seen before. At just 5.6mm thick and weighing 165g, the iPhone Air is a breeze to hold, making it a very comfortable smartphone to use throughout the day. More than anything else, it is an excellent recommendation for people who want to make

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Trump Executive Order Will Hand TikTok Over to US Investors

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