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Suspect arrested after threats against TikTok’s Culver City headquarters

Police say they have arrested a suspect allegedly connected to multiple online threats that led TikTok to evacuate its headquarters near Los Angeles on Friday. A press release from the Culver City Police Department says that TikTok employees reported receiving multiple threats, across various social media platforms, from 33-year-old Hawthorne resident Joseph Mayuyo. After an […]

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Can AI companies turn brainrot into revenue?

Government & Policy / Sasandara Dilmina

The U.S. government shutdown that began this week is the first in seven years. While it might not feel immediately disruptive, for startups waiting on permits, visas, or regulatory approvals, even a few weeks can become an existential problem. On this episode of Equity, Kirsten Korosec, Anthony Ha, and Max Zeff talk through how uncertainty

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From $100B OpenAI deals to $100K visa fees

Government & Policy / Sasandara Dilmina

From $100 billion OpenAI commitments to $100,000 visa fees, this week showed just how much the tech landscape is shifting. On the latest episode of Equity, Anthony Ha and Max Zeff unpack the AI infrastructure gold rush and tech’s talent shuffle. Listen to the full episode to hear about: Equity is TechCrunch’s flagship podcast, produced

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Here’s what’s happening right now with the US TikTok deal

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TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data potentially being accessed by the Chinese government. As a result, U.S. users have often found themselves caught in the middle of this tension. Earlier this year, the app

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Trump signs executive order to facilitate TikTok deal

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President Donald Trump has signed an executive order that essentially approves of the sale of TikTok’s U.S. operations to an American investor group in order to keep the social media app operational in the country. Vice President JD Vance said that the deal would value TikTok US at “around $14 billion.” TikTok was required to

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Here’s what’s happening right now with the US TikTok deal

Apps / Sasandara Dilmina

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What to know about TikTok’s uncertain future in the US and the people who want to buy it

Government & Policy / Sasandara Dilmina

TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years now due to concerns about user data potentially being accessed by the Chinese government. Earlier this year, the app experienced a temporary outage in the U.S. that left millions of users in suspense before it

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TikTok now lets users send voice notes and images in DMs

Apps / Sasandara Dilmina

TikTok is giving users new ways to interact with others via direct messages (DMs), the company told TechCrunch on Friday. Users will now be able to send voice notes and share up to nine images or videos in one-to-one and group chats on the platform. With these new features, TikTok is positioning itself as more

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A Radiohead song from 1997 is on the Hot 100 charts, thanks to TikTok

Media & Entertainment / Sasandara Dilmina

Thanks to an unexpected surge in popularity on TikTok, Radiohead now has its fourth-ever song on the Billboard Hot 100: the morosely gorgeous track “Let Down” from the 1997 album OK Computer. “Let Down” never broke through to mainstream attention like Radiohead’s “Creep” or “Karma Police,” but it’s by no means a deep cut, like

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