White House offers more details about potential TikTok deal
The White House press secretary said Americans will hold six of seven board seats in the restructured TikTok, and the video app’s algorithm will be U.S.-controlled.
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Trump and ByteDance tout TikTok deal approval, but no official details yet
The two countries have been working on a way to save TikTok’s U.S. business, after the TikTok ban in January over national security concerns.
Meta CTO explains why the smart glasses demos failed at Meta Connect — and it wasn’t the Wi-Fi
Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth offered a post-mortem on Meta’s demo fails this week at its developer conference, where it showed off new AI glasses.
Mastodon has a new plan to make money: Hosting and support services for the open social web
Mastodon launches hosting and support services to generate revenue and expand the open social web.
Mark Zuckerberg has begun his quest to kill the smartphone
“The promise of glasses is to preserve this sense of presence that you have with other people,” Mark Zuckerberg said.
Bumble BFF’s revamped app is here, focusing on friend groups and community building
Bumble BFF’s revamped app introduces a new groups feature to help users connect with new friends beyond one-on-one matching.
Meta launches Hyperscape, technology to turn real-world spaces into VR
Meta launches Hyperscape into beta, allowing users to turn real world spaces into digital spaces for VR.
From Startup Battlefield to the Disrupt Stage: Discord founder Jason Citron returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
From Startup Battlefield in 2013 to the Disrupt Stage in 2018: Discord founder Jason Citron returns to TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 in San Francisco on October 27-29. Register here to join.
YouTube unveils new ways for creators to earn with brand deals, YouTube Shopping program
YouTube is going to allow creators to swap out brand sponsorships in long-form videos.