Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, weβre looking at the impacts of the looming TikTok ban in the U.S., including the βTikTok refugeesβ moving to Chinese app RedNote, the surge of English speakers learning Mandarin on Duolingo, and more! Letβs get into it. The Supreme Court upheld the law that will effectively ban [β¦]
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Many proptech startups, born and funded during the low-interest-rate heydays, are in the throes of struggle. With investments into U.S.-based real estate startups falling from $11.1 billion in 2021 to $3.7 billion last year, according to PitchBook data, some are selling themselves off, while others are closing shop. The two most recent examples are the [β¦]
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The alleged hacker claimed to have access to huge amounts of call records, including VP Kamala Harris and President Trump.
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It remains unclear whether TikTok will still be available in the United States on Sunday, with the company claiming that President Joe Bidenβs outgoing administration needs to offer βdefinitiveβ assurances that it wonβt enforce a ban. On Friday, the Supreme Court upheld a law that would effectively ban TikTok in the US if the appβs [β¦]
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School workers say they resorted to crowdsourcing help among each other following PowerSchool's breach, fueled by solidarity and the slow response from PowerSchool.
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Seven-year-old electric vehicle startup Canoo has filed for bankruptcy and will βcease operations immediately.β The company is liquidating its assets in a Chapter 7 proceeding in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court. The company said in a press release published late Friday that it was βin discussions with foreign sources of capitalβ that proved unsuccessful, and also [β¦]
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Amazon has paused testing of its delivery drones following a crash involving two of its models, according to Bloomberg. Itβs the latest setback for Amazonβs beleaguered Prime Air program, which aims to deliver around 500 million packages a year to customers by the end of the decade. Bloomberg reports two Amazon drones crashed in rainy [β¦]
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The U.S. government has picked Nick Turley, ChatGPT's head of product, to testify in its antitrust case against Google.
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Read.cv, a social media platform for professionals that competed with LinkedIn, has been acquired by AI-powered search engine Perplexity. As part of the deal, Read.cv will begin to wind down operations Friday. Users will be able to export their data, including their profiles, posts, and messages, until May 16. βWeβve long admired Perplexity and believe [β¦]
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The Supreme Court has upheld a ban on TikTok. Before the app goes dark on Sunday, youβre probably wondering how to back up the dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of videos you may have on the platform.Β Whether you want to save your favorite videos or videos you posted yourself, hereβs how to do it.Β And [β¦]
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Character AI, a startup that lets users chat with different AI-powered characters, is now testing games on its desktop and mobile web apps to increase engagement on its platform. The games are available to Character AIβs paid subscribers and a limited set of users on the free plan. For this initial release, the company developed [β¦]
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Bluesky on Friday published its moderation report for the past year, noting the sizable growth the social network experienced in 2024 and how that affected its Trust & Safety teamβs workload. It also noted that the largest number of reports came from users reporting accounts or posts for harassment, trolling, or intolerance β an issue [β¦]
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TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew responded to comments made by Donald Trump regarding Fridayβs Supreme Court ruling to ban the app in the U.S.Β In a video posted on TikTok, Chew said, βOn behalf of everyone at TikTok and all our users across the country, I want to thank President Trump for his commitment to [β¦]
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The Federal Aviation Administration is requiring Elon Muskβs SpaceX and Jeff Bezosβ Blue Origin to investigate what went wrong on their respective mega-rocket test flights this week. The regulator said both companies must perform whatβs known as a βmishap investigation.β These probes involve the companies and the FAA working together to understand what went wrong, [β¦]
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OpenAI says it trained a new AI model called GPT-4b micro with Retro Biosciences, a longevity science startup trying to extend the human lifespan by 10 years, according to the MIT Technology Review. Retro, which is backed by Sam Altman, has been working with OpenAI for roughly a year on this research, according to the [β¦]
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Amazon added around 100 new renewable projects last year.
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Google says it has begun requiring users to turn on JavaScript, the widely used programming language to make web pages interactive, in order to use Google Search. In an email to TechCrunch, a company spokesperson claimed that the change is intended to βbetter protectβ Google Search against malicious activity, such as bots and spam, and [β¦]
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The US government has also sanctioned the hacker responsible for December's US Treasury hack
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The theft of a PowerSchool engineer's passwords prior to the breach raises further doubts about the company's security practices.
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