TikTok goes dark in the US

NEW YORK (AP) - TikTok's app was removed from prominent app stores on Saturday evening just before as a federal law that bans the popular social media platform went into effect.

TikTok refugees are pouring to Red Note (Xiaohongshu)

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.

What will happen to TikTok on Sunday?

With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple, who are expected to take the popular video sharing app off their platforms in just two days.

Apple pulls error-prone AI-generated news summaries

CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Apple is suspending an error-prone feature that used artificial intelligence to deliver bogus news alerts to some iPhone owners.

Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company,holding that the risk to national security posed by its ties to China overcomes concerns about limiting speech by the app or its 170 million users in the United States.

Trump says he 'most likely' will give TikTok a 90-day extension to avoid US ban

President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday that he "most likely" would give TikTok 90 more days to work out a deal that would allow the popular video-sharing platform to avoid a U.S. ban.

How TikTok grew 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?

SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - SpaceX suspects a fire may have caused its Starship to break apart during liftoff and send trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean.