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TikTokers go to other apps before planned ban TikTokers turn to other apps before anticipated ban 03:15 Barring a last-minute change, the TikTok ban is set to happen on Sunday, Jan. 19. President Biden signed legislation last spring requiring either a sale or ban of the Chinese-owned app for national security reasons, and during the
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TikTok faces a possible ban in the U.S. later this month if a law that could require the social media app’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to part ways with the platform takes effect as scheduled on Jan. 19. Specifically, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act would make it illegal for app stores from Google or Apple, as
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Meta ending its fact-checking program Meta says it’s ending its fact-checking program and replacing it with a community-driven system 02:42 Meta plans to cut 5% of its workforce, or about 3,600 workers, with the social media giant focusing on eliminating low-performing employees. The layoffs, earlier reported by Bloomberg News, were confirmed by Meta, which had
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SpaceX to launch two lunar landers in new mission to the moon – CBS News Watch CBS News Just after midnight Wednesday, a SpaceX rocket is scheduled to lift off, carrying a pair of lunar landers that will try to touch down on the moon in the coming months. One was built by a Japanese
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The debate over H-1B visas with CBS News correspondent Aimee Picchi The debate over H-1B visas with CBS News correspondent Aimee Picchi 05:26 Elon Musk sparked fierce online debate recently when the billionaire said on social media that the U.S. lacks enough top engineers, pointing to immigration as the solution to what he characterized as
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AI featured across the board at 2025 Consumer Electronics Show AI featured across the board at 2025 Consumer Electronics Show 05:11 The Biden administration is proposing new restrictions that would limit the export of advanced computer chips used to develop artificial intelligence, part of an effort to preserve America’s six- to 18-month advantage on AI
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Hyundai unveils new electric SUV amid uncertainty – CBS News Watch CBS News It’s an uncertain time in the electric vehicle market, but Hyundai Motors is preparing to release a highly anticipated new electric SUV. The company’s global CEO opened up about the new vehicle and what 2025 might mean for the EV market. View
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A look at DEI’s impact on businesses and education A look at DEI’s impact on businesses and education 06:51 Meta is ending its key diversity, equity and inclusion programs, joining other corporate giants like Ford, McDonald’s and Walmart that have pulled the plug on their DEI initiatives. Meta’s move comes three days after the technology company
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Mark Zuckerberg set the internet abuzz this week when the Meta CEO announced that the tech giant would no longer conduct independent fact-checking. The program, implemented in 2016, will be replaced with Meta’s own version of Community Notes, a crowdsourced approach to reviewing online content employed by X, the social media platform previously known as
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Find updates from the TikTok Supreme Court arguments here. Washington — The Supreme Court is set to hear arguments Friday morning on whether to overturn or delay a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in the U.S. in the coming days. The law is set to take effect on Jan. 19, nine
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