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Is TikTok getting banned? Not yet, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t explore alternatives

As a TikTok ban gets closer to becoming a reality in the United States, it might be time to start thinking about other platforms to adopt early in case you’re left to fill the void left by the popul

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Breaking down TikTok’s legal arguments around free speech, national security claims

Social media platform TikTok says that a bill banning the app in the U.S. is “unconstitutional” and that it will fight this latest attempt to restrict its use in court. The bill in questio

Gen Z is losing its political voice on social media

President Joe Biden signed the bill this week that could ban TikTok from the U.S. if its parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell the platform. According to young political content creators, the ban co

FCC officially votes to reinstate net neutrality

This restores, with some changes and protections, the rules passed back in 2015 allowing the FCC to enforce basic rules of connectivity and fairness in broadband.

Rubrik’s shares climb 20% in its public debut

This share price gives Rubrik a fully diluted valuation of $6.6 billion, up 88% from its last primary valuation of $3.5 billion in 2019.

Bluesky backs a project that would let Mastodon apps, like Ivory, work with its network

SkyBridge was among the recipients of a small distribution of $4,800 in grant funding from Bluesky, distributed across projects.

Threads launches custom mute filters, teases controls for quote posts

Threads and Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced today that Threads is launching a new feature that lets users filter out words and phrases from their feeds and mentions. The “Hidden Words&#822

After 6-year hiatus, Stripe to start taking crypto payments, starting with USDC stablecoin

The company announced that it would start to let customers accept cryptocurrency payments, starting with USDC stablecoins, initially only on Solana, Ethereum and Polygon

Chilean instant payments API startup Fintoc raises $7 million to turn Mexico into its main market

Fintoc's API lets online businesses accept instant payments coming directly from the customer's bank account. This method, known as A2A, offers an alternative to credit card transactions.

TechCrunch Minute: FTC bans noncompetes, court challenge incoming

The Federal Trade Commission voted 3-2 this week to ban noncompete agreements. While the FTC estimates that nearly one in five American workers is subject to a noncompete, these agreements haven’t b

RevenueCat raises $12M Series C as it expands its subscription management to the web

With RevenueCat Billing, essentially a web SDK, developers can accept subscription payments from any website.

Paystand acquires Teampay to be DeFi version of ‘Venmo for B2B payments’

“Teampay represents this new class of fintech companies that came up,” said Paystand CEO Jeremy Almond.

The impact of TikTok’s ban in other countries could signal what’s ahead for the US

On April 24, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a bill that would ban TikTok if its owner ByteDance doesn’t sell the app. The bill requires ByteDance to secure a deal within nine months, with a 90-

Petlibro’s new smart refrigerated wet food feeder is what your cat deserves

Petlibro, pet tech startup that designs automatic food dispensers for cats, launched its first refrigerated smart feeder.

Carv raises $10M Series A to help gamers monetize their data

Ex-NSA hacker and ex-Apple researcher launch startup to protect Apple devices

Two veteran security experts are launching a startup that aims to help other makers of cybersecurity products to up their game in protecting Apple devices. Their startup is called DoubleYou, the name

India’s ICICI Bank exposed thousands of credit cards to ‘wrong’ users

ICICI Bank, one of India’s top private banks, exposed the sensitive data of thousands of new credit cards to customers who were not their intended recipients. The Mumbai-based bank confirmed to

Watch it and weep (or smile): Synthesia’s AI video avatars now feature emotions

Its latest version features avatars that provide more emotion, better lip tracking, and what Synthesia says are more expressive natural and human movements when they are fed text to generate videos.

Meta could face further squeeze on surveillance ads model in EU

Meta’s tracking ads business could be facing further legal blows in the European Union: An influential adviser to the bloc’s top court affirmed Thursday that the region’s privacy law
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