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Ex-Starbucks staff take to TikTok after losing their jobs amid hundreds of sudden closures
[ad_1] Last week, Starbucks announced the closure of 1% of its North American stores by the end of 2025, resulting in sudden job losses for hundreds of baristas. The closures...
‘Heavy soda’: Why TikTok is packing soda with more and more syrup
[ad_1] Rumor has it that soda fountains at a handful of gas stations and convenience stores across the Midwest are serving a thicker, more syrupy variant — with extra sweetness. ...
One in five Americans now regularly get news on TikTok, up sharply from 2020
[ad_1] TikTok is a one-stop-shop for recipe inspo, viral dance trends, tin-foil-hat conspiracies, and, increasingly, political commentary. Now, it’s also where one in five Americans are getting their news. That’s...
The Age of Enshittification
[ad_1] Sometimes a term is so apt, its meaning so clear and so relevant to our circumstances, that it becomes more than just a useful buzzword and grows to define...
‘Dancing With the Stars’ TikTok Week Results in First Truly Shocking Elimination of the Season
[ad_1] SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers from the Tuesday, Sept. 30 episode of “Dancing With the Stars.” Following the first elimination of the season — a double elimination, no less...
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OpenAI Is Preparing to Launch a Social App for AI-Generated Videos
[ad_1] OpenAI officially launched Sora in December of last year. Initially, people could only access it via a web page, but it was soon incorporated directly into the ChatGPT app....
Oracle’s role as protector of TikTok data panned as rehash of earlier plan
[ad_1] Data security is at the very heart of the US law that threatens to ban the popular video app[LOS ANGELES] US President Donald Trump’s plan to save TikTok for...
Chair of a House committee on China demands urgent White House briefing on TikTok deal
[ad_1] The chairman of a House committee that pushed for the law demanding TikTok be spun off from its Chinese owners has requested an urgent briefing from the White House,...
ByteDance to get about 50% of TikTok US profit under Trump deal: sources
[ad_1] [WASHINGTON] TikTok’s Chinese parent company will likely get about half of the profit from the platform’s US operation even after it sells majority ownership to American investors as part...
The Download: shoplifter-chasing drones, and Trump’s TikTok deal
[ad_1] Shoplifters in the US could soon be chased down by drones The news: Flock Safety, whose drones were once reserved for police departments, is now offering them for private-sector...
