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    Apple is pausing AI notification summaries for news and entertainment apps after facing backlash for generating inaccurate news alerts. In addition, the company is introducing changes to notification summaries as a whole to allow for greater transparency. With the latest round of developer previews for iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3, Apple is disabling notification summaries entirely for all news and entertainment apps and will re-enable them in a future update after refining them.

  • Americans and Chinese share jokes on 'alternative TikTok' as US ban looms

    RedNote's Chinese users say it is the first time they have been able to speak directly to Americans online.

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  • TikTok says it will go dark Sunday in US without assurance from Biden

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -TikTok warned late Friday it will go dark in the United States on Sunday unless President Joe Biden's administration provides assurances to companies like Apple and Google that they will not face enforcement actions when a ban takes effect. The statement came hours after the Supreme Court upheld a law banning TikTok in the United States on national security grounds if its Chinese parent company ByteDance does not sell it, putting the popular short-video app on track to go dark in just two days. The court's 9-0 decision throws the social media platform - and its 170 million American users - into limbo, and its fate in the hands of Donald Trump, who has vowed to rescue TikTok after returning to the presidency on Monday.

  • The Nintendo Switch 2 has been revealed, here's everything we know so far

    The Nintendo Switch 2 is coming in 2025. Here are all of the confirmed details, rumors and speculation regarding the upcoming console.

  • Samsung Galaxy S25 Unpacked 2025 event: What to expect on January 22

    The Galaxy S25 series will be unveiled on January 22. A Galaxy Ring 2 and Android XR devices are less likely — but could make cameos.

  • Apple's $250 Price Target: The iPhone 17 Bet That Could Send Shares Soaring

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  • How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat

    SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that's probably because it has, at least if you're measuring via internet time. What's now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if so, in what form?

  • TikTok refugees are pouring to Xiaohongshu. Here's what you need to know about the RedNote app

    WASHINGTON (AP) — As the fate of TikTok hangs in the balance, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, also called RedNote – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.

  • US 'TikTok refugees' spark global rush of sign-ups to China's RedNote platform

    In yet another consequence of the impending US ban on short-video app TikTok, rival Chinese platform RedNote is seeing a spike in users based in other countries, mirroring the migration of American self-styled "TikTok refugees". The app - also known as Xiaohongshu, which means "little red book" - was ranked as the No. 1 free-to-use platform in Britain and Canada, as well as EU countries like Ireland and Italy, by the Apple Store on Thursday. The exact number of downloads is unknown, but the app

  • Apple Halts Disastrous AI System That Was Making Up Fake News Stories and Pushing Them to iPhone Users

    Apple has temporarily halted its disastrous "Apple Intelligence" feature which consistently bungled up its one task of summarizing breaking news alerts. An upcoming iOS 18.3 update will disable the summaries for news and entertainment apps, as the Washington Post's Geoffrey Fowler reports. For over a month, the company's feature has been consistently generating lies, pushing them to millions of users. Apple's admission that its feature has failed is rare for the iPhone maker. Earlier this week,

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    Alchip Technologies has unveiled its advanced 3DIC design services tailored for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) applications. This innovative semiconductor technology involves stacking multiple integrated circuits vertically, using through-silicon vias and hybrid bonding to enhance data transfer speeds, reduce power consumption, and shrink the physical footprint compared to traditional designs. The company's design flow optimizes power delivery, die-to-die electrical interconnect, and...

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    The Amazon Kindle Colorsoft just got its first discount, but you'll need to be a Prime member to take advantage of the deal.

  • The rise - and potential fall - of TikTok in the US

    The possibility of the U.S. outlawing TikTok kept influencers and users in anxious limbo during the four-plus years that lawmakers and judges debated the fate of the video-sharing app. Now, the moment its fans dreaded is here, but uncertainty over TikTok’s future lingers.

  • What can U.S. TikTok users expect on Sunday?

    STORY: :: A U.S. ban on TikTok is set to go into effect on Sunday,so what can American users of the app expect to happen?:: Stephanie Kelly, Reuters"It's not entirely clear..."One Biden administration official told NBC that Americans shouldn't expect that the app suddenly be banned on Sunday and that the administration is weighing options to make the app available to users beyond Sunday."But sources say that users attempting to open the app will be redirected to a website with information about the ban. And one TikTok lawyer told the Supreme Court last week that the app essentially goes dark."This all started back in April with a U.S. law that mandated that ByteDance, which is TikTok's Chinese parent company, either divest from the app or be faced with the ban that goes into effect January 19. Now, January 19 is also the day before President-elect Donald Trump is sworn into office. Trump reportedly is considering ways to delay the ban by 60 or 90 days, but it's not legally clear if he's able to do so."

  • Biden's new executive order aims to shore up US cyber defenses

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden issued an executive order Thursday aimed at strengthening the nation's cybersecurity and making it easier to go after foreign adversaries or hacking groups that try to compromise U.S. internet and telecommunication systems.

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  • TikTok says it will 'go dark' unless it gets clarity from Biden following Supreme Court ruling

    WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok said it will have to “go dark” this weekend unless the outgoing Biden administration assures the company it won’t enforce a shutdown of the popular app after the Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning the app unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company.

  • Q&A: What does the future hold for TikTok?

    The app’s future in the US is uncertain – what could that mean for users around the world.

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