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#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Jan.14.2025 TikTok Users Mock Likely Ban By Downloading Chinese Competitor: 'Shoutout Xi Jinping'. With the U.S. government demanding TikTok sell its assets or be banned, aggrieved users are jumping ship for Chinese app RedNote.

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#theguardian.com. #Jan.14.2025 More than half a million ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to China’s RedNote as ban looms. RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, rockets to top of US app stores, along with ByteDance’s Lemon8

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#wired.com. #Jan.14.2025 Far-Right Extremists Are LARPing as Emergency Workers in Los Angeles. White supremacists and MAGA livestreamers are using the wildfires to solicit donations, juice social media engagement, and recruit new followers.

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#wired.com. #Jan.14.2025 A Spymaster Sheikh Controls a $1.5 Trillion Fortune. He Wants to Use It to Dominate AI. Tahnoun bin Zayed al Nahyan—the UAE’s chess-obsessed, jiujitsu-loving intelligence chief—controls vast sums of sovereign wealth. America’s AI giants are scrambling for a piece of it.

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#wired.com. #Jan.14.2025 Imagining a Future Where Chicagoans Get Around in Free Driverless Cars. In Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, "Death of the Author," a young author experiences the exhilaration, and panic, of living in the world she’d previously only dreamed of.

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#theguardian.com. #Jan.14.2025 ‘Like a big box of chocolates’: Tom Hanks puts his typewriters on display. The actor has shared selected items from his famous collection for a new exhibition taking place in Sag Harbor

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#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Jan.14.2025 Melania Trump's 'Big Question' Says A Lot About Her Marriage, Jimmy Fallon Quips. "The Tonight Show" host also joked that Elon Musk would be delighted to get some "alone" time with Donald Trump.

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#wired.com. #Jan.14.2025 It's Hard to Go Wrong With the OnePlus 13. The OnePlus 13 sets the stage for a feisty battle between flagship Android smartphones in 2025.

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#wired.com. #Jan.14.2025 How to Pay Your Taxes Online. Paying US federal and state taxes online can be confusing, and one wrong move can result in penalties or extra money owed. We break it down so you can have the most worry-free tax filing possible.

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#theguardian.com. #Jan.14.2025 Chinese officials reportedly discuss sale of TikTok in US to Elon Musk. Tech company rejects as ‘pure fiction’ a report that a deal could take place if it fails to avoid an impending ban

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#aljazeera.com. #Jan.14.2025 TikTok says reports of potential sale to Elon Musk are ‘pure fiction’. Video-sharing platform dismisses reports that the Chinese government is considering its sale to Tesla and SpaceX CEO.

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#washingtonpost.com. #Jan.14.2025 ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to another (heavily censored) Chinese app. The social media app Xiaohongshu, literally “Little Red Book” but often called “RedNote,” has seen a sudden influx in American users as a TikTok ban looms.

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#wired.com. #Jan.14.2025 The Das Keyboard 5QS Mark II Is a Mechanical Keyboard Lost in Time. Even with innovative RGB applets, Das’ latest mechanical keyboard feels stuck in the past.

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#bbc.com. #Jan.14.2025 TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote before US ban. A swarm of "TikTok refugees" has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple's US App Store.

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#huffingtonpost.co.uk. #Jan.14.2025 Sell TikTok To Elon Musk? App Calls Report ‘Pure Fiction.’. The U.S. Supreme Court is weighing a law that could ban the app in the U.S. later this month.

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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.13.2025 Raspberry AI raises $24M from a16z to accelerate fashion design | TechCrunch. The world of fashion is moving at a faster pace each year. Most retailers introduce new styles each season, and fast-fashion companies like Shein,

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#wired.com. #Jan.13.2025 With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’. Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to "little red book," to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.

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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.13.2025 Xiaohongshu, China's answer to Instagram, hits no. 1 on the App Store as TikTok faces US shutdown | TechCrunch. On the heels of TikTok's looming shut down on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called

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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.13.2025 Xiaohongshu (RedNote), China's answer to Instagram, hits No. 1 on the App Store as TikTok faces US shutdown | TechCrunch. On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called X

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#techcrunch.com. #Jan.13.2025 eBay acquires Caramel to reduce risk and complexity of online car sales | TechCrunch. eBay has announced plans to acquire Caramel, a startup that helps car sellers and buyers complete the final steps of the transaction.

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#wired.com. #Jan.13.2025 Mapping Elon Musk’s Global Empire. From tunnels to Tesla factories to SpaceX launch facilities, there’s barely a place on Earth that doesn’t feel the gravitational pull of humanity’s wealthiest reply guy.