IT総合 TikTok ban signed into law by President Biden: How we got here, and what comes next
TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. A bill including a deadline for TikTok parent company Bytedance t...
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IT総合 IT総合 A judge just killed Elon Musk’s lawsuit against an anti-hate research org
A federal judge sided against Elon Musk today, dismissing a lawsuit brought by Musk and X that targeted a nonprofit that...
IT総合 TikTok ban: How Congress could force ByteDance to sell or push the app out of the U.S.
TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. In a 352 to 65 vote Wednesday, the House voted to pass a bill tha...
IT総合 The controversial bill that could ban TikTok faces a rocky road in the Senate
A bill threatening to ban an app beloved by half of the American population just rocketed through the House of Represent...
IT総合 The bill that could ban TikTok passes in the House
The House voted on Wednesday in favor of a bill to require TikTok to sever its connection with parent company ByteDance ...
IT総合 TikTok ban: What’s going on with the proposed bill in Congress
TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. On Wednesday morning, the House of Representatives will debate th...
IT総合 What’s going on with the new bill that could ban TikTok?
TikTok faces an uncertain fate in the U.S. once again. After a surprise flurry of activity in the House this week, TikTo...
IT総合 Twitch is looking at life beyond the livestream
In an open letter published on Wednesday, Twitch CEO Dan Clancy outlined the livestreaming company’s plans for 2024, wit...
IT総合 The Supreme Court could decide the future of content moderation — or it could punt
The Supreme Court is considering the fate of two state laws that limit how social media companies can moderate the conte...
IT総合 With Disney’s magic, Fortnite is poised to win the metaverse
We may not be using the M word much these days, but the race to build an interconnected avatar-driven virtual world didn...
IT総合 Cowboy owners in Europe can now book on-demand e-bike repairs and tune-ups
Cowboy is rolling out a new repairs and service program designed to give its e-bike riders more ways to keep their wheel...
IT総合 Epic Games and Disney partner up on a Fortnite ‘entertainment universe’
Lego Fortnite is only two months old, but Epic Games is already out with an even bigger collaboration. Epic and Disney a...
IT総合 Oversight Board calls on Meta to rewrite ‘incoherent’ rules against faked videos
A misleading seven second clip of President Biden could reshape Facebook’s misinformation policies ahead of the 20...
IT総合 Pew report shows TikTok’s rise and YouTube’s ubiquity
Social media apps can rise quickly and burn out just as fast, but taking a step back and looking at those trends on a lo...
IT総合 Microsoft, X throw their weight behind KOSA, the controversial kids’ online safety bill
On the eve of Wednesday’s big tech hearing (both big tech and a big hearing — five CEOs are testifying as we speak...
IT総合 CEOs from Meta, TikTok, Snap, X and Discord head to Congress for kids’ online safety hearing
CEOs from some of the biggest social platforms will appear before Congress on Wednesday to defend their companies agains...
IT総合 Fortnite and the Epic Games Store are coming to iOS in Europe
Four years after leaving iOS, Fortnite is coming back — but only European players will be dropping in this time. The end...
IT総合 Lego Fortnite’s first big update squashes bugs and adds a launch pad
Epic’s standalone survival crafting game saw its first update on Tuesday, smoothing out some of the new game’...
IT総合 In a new lawsuit, Iowa accuses TikTok of lying about content available to kids
The state of Iowa is suing TikTok, alleging that the social media company misleads parents about the kinds of content av...
IT総合 Substack won’t commit to proactively removing Nazi content, ensuring further fallout
Substack has industry-leading newsletter tools and a platform that independent writers flock to, but its recent content ...
IT総合 Lawsuit against Snap over fentanyl deaths can proceed, judge rules
A lawsuit blaming Snapchat for a series of drug overdoses among young people can proceed, a Los Angeles judge ruled this...
IT総合 Why Fortnite is getting into cozy gaming
When it comes to figuring out a formula for a hit game that keeps players coming back year after year, Saxs Persson woul...
IT総合 Activision Blizzard will pay $54 million to settle California workplace discrimination suit
California’s Civil Rights Department reached a settlement with Activision Blizzard late last week two years after ...
IT総合 7 stellar photography gifts that won’t break the bank in 2023
Shopping for someone whose love of taking pictures is bumping up against the creative constraints of their iPhone’...
IT総合 Lego Fortnite’s debut builds momentum with 2.4M people playing at once
If you still think of Fortnite as a colorful, cartoony battle royale game, you might be surprised to learn the extent of...
IT総合 Lego Fortnite’s debut builds momentum with 2.4M people playing at once
If you still think of Fortnite as a colorful, cartoony battle royale game, you might be surprised to learn the extent of...
IT総合 Fortnite maker Epic Games wins its antitrust fight against Google
On Monday, a jury sided with Epic Games over Google in an antitrust case that could reshape how app marketplaces like Go...
IT総合 Discord reimagines its mobile app to showcase its best social features
Discord launched a major refresh of its mobile app on Tuesday, putting messaging front-and-center while making a host of...
IT総合 Fortnite is expanding its horizons with a Lego building game and a Rock Band successor
The first fruit of the partnership between Fornite-maker Epic Games and Lego is due out this week — along with a pair of...
IT総合 Reddit refreshes its logo as IPO speculation swirls
If you weren’t already buying the Reddit IPO rumors, the internet’s beating heart of deeply niche microcultu...