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TikTok CEO Faces Off with Congress over Security Fears
The CEO of TikTok faced a grilling Thursday from a U.S. congressional committee in a rare public appearance where made his own case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn't be banned.
Holocaust Survivor Shares on TikTok to Educate Young People
Holocaust survivor Tova Friedman is a TikTok star at age 85, thanks to her 17-year-old grandson.
TikTok CEO to Tell Congress App is Safe, Urge Against Ban
TikTok's CEO plans to tell Congress that the video-sharing app is committed to user safety, data protection and security, and keeping the platform free from Chinese government influence.
Drinking Game Apps or Old-School Spin the Bottle: What Holds the Future?
There are many top bottle drinking game apps that are free to download and guaranteed to keep the party atmosphere lively.
Digital Literacy: Can the Republic 'Survive an Algorithm?'
Shawn Lee, a high school social studies teacher in Seattle, wants to see lessons on internet akin to a kind of 21st century driver's education, an essential for modern life.
Tinder Shows Love for Non-Monogamous People
The dating app announced this week that users can now add new relationship types and pronouns to their profiles.
Microsoft Adds AI Tools to Office Apps like Outlook, Word
Microsoft is infusing artificial intelligence tools into its suite of office software, including Word, Excel and Outlook emails.
Why TikTok's Security Risks Keep Raising Fears
TikTok is once again fending off claims that its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, would share user data from its popular video-sharing app with the Chinese government.
Baidu Unveils ChatGPT-rival Ernie Bot; 650 Companies Sign Up
Baidu CEO Robin Li said Ernie Bot was still not perfected, but the company went ahead with presenting it due to high demand.
Musk Brought Internet to Brazil's Amazon. Criminals Love It.
Illegal miners have long used satellite internet to communicate and coordinate, but until now that entailed sending a technician. Starlink solved those problems.
Not Magic: Opaque AI Tool May flag Parents with Disabilities
Allegheny County has served as a real-world laboratory for testing AI-driven child welfare tools that try to predict which children are likely to face danger in their homes.
HIV-Positive TikTok Influencer Diaries Daily Life to Uplift, Inform
19-year-old Zachary Willmore is HIV-positive, and talking about it on TikTok — not with regret or misery, but as someone living his best life and looking to educate others.
TikTok Renews Push to Ease Fears over European Data Security
TikTok unveiled new measures Wednesday to protect European user data as it takes steps to head off further government bans on employees using the Chinese-owned video-sharing app on their work phones.
Thousands of Pro-Trump Bots are Attacking DeSantis, Haley
As Republican voters size up their candidates for 2024, whoever created the bot network is seeking to put a thumb on the scale, using online manipulation techniques pioneered by the Kremlin.
EDGE Rewind: Watch: Troye Sivan has Filter Mishap as TikTok AI Goes Awry
A TikTok post by Troye Sivan was yanked by the platform after its own AI transformed an innocently goofy photo into an anime shocker. The out singer rolled with it, making light of the mishap.
Betting on Social Media as a News Destination For The Young
If young people are spending so much time on social media, it stands to reason that's a good place to reach them with news.
EDGE Rewind: Gay Twitter Reacts to Grindr Going Public on New York Stock Exchange
After launching 13 years ago, the LGBTQ dating app Grindr has gone public on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday...and Gay Twitter has thoughts.
TikTok Sets New Default Time Limits for Minors
TikTok said Wednesday that every account held by a user under the age of 18 will have a default 60-minute daily screen time limit in the coming weeks.
Father of Cellphone Sees Dark Side but Also Hope in New Tech
These days Martin Cooper frets about his invention's impacts on society — from the loss of privacy to the risk of internet addiction to the rapid spread of harmful content, especially among kids.
Why TikTok is Being Banned on Gov't Phones in U.S. and Beyond
The United States is ratcheting up national security concerns about TikTok, mandating that all federal employees delete the Chinese-owned social media app from government-issued mobile phones.