Prosecutors charged a Wisconsin man who allegedly told police he tried to burn down a congressman’s office because he was upset with the federal TikTok ban with multiple counts on Wednesday, including arson. Fond du Lac County District Attorney Eric Toney filed a complaint against 19-year-old Caiden Stachowicz charging him with felony arson, making terrorist … Read more
Yorkshire puddings come in all shapes and sizes, usually depending on the way they are cooked and preferred recipe. However, something most Brits can agree on is that they are best enjoyed crispy on the outside and slightly chewy on the inside. This perfect consistency is not exactly easy to master, but there are tips … Read more
The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump is working on a plan to save TikTok that involves tapping software company Oracle, opens new tab and a group of outside investors to effectively take control of the app’s operations, two people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters. Under the deal being negotiated by the White House, TikTok’s China-based … Read more
TikTok is considering alternative solutions to selling its US business, as owner ByteDance continues the fight to keep its 170 million American users after a reprieve from the Trump administration, a board member of ByteDance was quoted by Chinese magazine Caixin as saying. ByteDance board member William Ford said he was optimistic the company could … Read more
For many of us, tick tock is still the sound a trusty clock makes on the mantlepiece. But, for billions more around the world, TikTok – strictly with capital Ts – is something radically different and now competes with Google as a search engine, especially among its Gen Z loyalists. It may be unfortunate that … Read more
ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok and Douyin, will end the Lunar New Year tradition of giving red packets to employees from 2026, but will expand medical insurance for staff, according to an internal letter sent to employees on Friday and seen by the South China Morning Post. The change is meant to sort out … Read more
Operating under the Beijing-based firm’s Doubao AI model team, Seed Edge will focus on “exploring innovative paths” to artificial general intelligence (AGI) – software with humanlike intelligence and the ability to self-teach, performing tasks that it was not necessarily trained for. “Seed Edge encourages exploration into long-term, uncertain and bold AI research topics,” ByteDance said … Read more
‘You won’t find the magic of Ireland in Dublin.’ So says Anna Duke, Traitors star and keen TikToking tour guide of her home country of Ireland. The 29-year-old has posted several videos about Ireland’s hidden gems and here reveals even more, kicking off with the reasons why tourists should give the capital a miss if they … Read more
The Stargate Project – a venture initially led by SoftBank Group, ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Oracle and Emirati investment firm MGX – plans to plough up to US$500 billion in the US over the next four years into an advanced network of data centres, housing high-performance computing infrastructure needed for AI development initiatives. The first such … Read more
Some iPhone users who retained TikTok during its brief US ban are now seeing their devices fetch eye-watering prices on eBay, as the app remains unavailable in the Apple Store. Those with TikTok pre-installed can still access it, a relief for millions of Americans after its partial return over the weekend. However, users who deleted … Read more
