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Trump administration reportedly negotiating an Oracle takeover of TikTok

The Trump administration is negotiating a deal that would see Oracle take over TikTok alongside new U.S. investors, according to a report in NPR. Lawmakers passed a bill last year forcing Chinese parent company ByteDance to either sell TikTok or see it banned in the U.S. The app briefly went dark before the law took […]
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Trump administration reportedly negotiating an Oracle takeover of TikTok

Nearly 10 years later, Tumblr TV launches to all as a TikTok alternative

In 2015, the blogging site Tumblr launched a GIF discovery feature called Tumblr TV as an experimental product. Now, with the U.S. TikTok ban leaving the fate of the short-form video app uncertain, Tumblr has decided it’s finally time to launch Tumblr TV, which has since evolved to support video, to all its users as […]
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Nearly 10 years later, Tumblr TV launches to all as a TikTok alternative

X hires former WSJ editor and bureau chief to lead news group

X wants to make its platform a home to the future of news and journalism. On that front, the company has now hired John Stoll, a former editor and Detroit bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal, to lead its news group and partnership team at X. The hiring news was announced on Tuesday during […]
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X hires former WSJ editor and bureau chief to lead news group

The online moments that defined 2024

Ah, 2024: the year we debated how to pronounce “hawk tuah,” pondered the health benefits of eating rocks, and held space for a Broadway showstopper. It was a year when the discourse could feel shockingly pure and joyful — at least for a few minutes, before we all came tumbling back down to reality. Online […]
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The online moments that defined 2024

Spotify users are disappointed by an underwhelming Wrapped this year

After weeks of anticipation, some Spotify users are left underwhelmed by the streamer’s personalized year-in-review feature, Spotify Wrapped — with many even going so far as to call it “boring” or a “flop.” Chief among the complaints are that Spotify prioritized the inclusion of an AI podcast for Wrapped over the other, clever and creative […]
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Spotify users are disappointed by an underwhelming Wrapped this year