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TikTok CEO Faces Off With Congress As Potential Nationwide Ban Looms

WASHINGTON (AP) — The CEO of TikTok will make a high-profile appearance Thursday before a U.S. Congressional committee, where he’ll face a grilling on data security and user safety while he makes his own case for why the hugely popular video-sharing app shouldn’t be banned. Shou Zi Chew’s testimony comes at a crucial time for […]

Court Rules Uber, Lyft Can Keep Treating California Drivers As Independent Contractors

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — App-based ride hailing and delivery companies like Uber and Lyft can continue to treat their California drivers as independent contractors, a state appeals court ruled Monday, allowing the tech giants to bypass other state laws requiring worker protections and benefits. The ruling mostly upholds a voter-approved law, called Proposition 22, that […]

Here Are The Countries That Have Bans On TikTok

HONG KONG (AP) — The U.S. and Canada issued orders this week banning the use of TikTok on government-issued mobile devices as privacy and cybersecurity concerns about the video-sharing app grow. TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company Bytedance, has long maintained that it does not share data with the Chinese government and that […]

Here’s How Cox Internet Customers Can Enhance Their Mobile Experience

If you’re already a Cox Internet customer, you can now become a Cox Mobile customer as well. Cox Mobile offers simple, reliable and affordable data plans designed with your needs in mind. Because Cox Mobile runs on the network with unbeatable 5G reliability, you can enjoy fast 5G on 5G-capable devices and reliable 4G LTE […]

6 Things That Happen When You Combine Your Internet And Mobile Plans

Want to upgrade the connections in your life? Then converge your technology. When you make your world more connected — like by combining internet and mobile services from a provider that offers both such as Cox — life becomes simpler, more efficient and more enjoyable. Here’s how this happens: 1. You find that your services […]

Elon Musk Reportedly Fires Twitter Engineer For A Really Petty Reason

Elon Musk reportedly fired one of Twitter’s “two remaining principal engineers” earlier this week for a really petty reason: His own ego. According to a story first reported by the tech industry website Platformer, the firing happened after the billionaire CEO asked the social media platform’s top remaining engineers why his own engagement appeared to […]

Donald Trump Regains Access To His Facebook And Instagram Accounts: Reports

The decision allows him to broadcast his views and promote his 2024 election bid to millions of followers. The company said in late January that it would reinstate his accounts “in the coming weeks.” CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Jan. 7, 2021, that his company would block Trump from posting after the then-president encouraged his […]

India’s Attempts To Censor BBC Documentary Make More People Want To See It

The Indian government’s efforts to block a BBC documentary critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to have backfired as more students across the country have continued planning screenings of the series. The two-part series titled “India: The Modi Question,” which premiered last week on BBC Two in the U.K., details allegations about Modi’s role […]

Elon Musk Defiantly Defends Himself In Tesla Tweet Trial

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk returned to federal court to defend himself against a class-action lawsuit that alleges he misled Tesla shareholders with a tweet about an aborted buyout that the billionaire defiantly insisted Tuesday he could have pulled off, had he wanted. Musk spent roughly three more hours on the stand during his […]

Elon Musk’s Twitter Sued Over Missed Rent Payments In UK, San Francisco HQ

Twitter is facing two separate lawsuits over its failure to meet rent payments in its London office and its San Francisco headquarters, as the social media giant’s financial struggles continue. The Crown Estate, which manages properties in King Charles’ portfolio, is allegedly suing Twitter over unpaid rent in the company’s U.K. headquarters in London at […]

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