Welcome back to Week in Review. This week, we’re looking at the impacts of the looming TikTok ban in the U.S., including the “TikTok refugees” moving to Chinese app RedNote, the surge of English speakers learning Mandarin on Duolingo,

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But the model is only meant to be used within China’s mainland, a ByteDance spokesperson told TechCrunch. The e-reader’s China-based manufacturer, Onyx International, which sells Boox e-readers in both China and to the U.

TikTok plans to remove its app from American users on Sunday in anticipation of a potential federal ban on the social media platform, according to the Information report. TakeAway Points: TikTok intends to withdraw its app from American users on Sunday in preparation for a possible government ban on the social media company.

Tech titans including the leaders of Meta, Amazon, Google, Tesla, TikTok, Apple, Alphabet, and OpenAI are set to attend the formal start of Trump's second term.

The CEOs of several of the world’s biggest technology companies are planning to attend President-elect Trump’s inauguration Monday. The leaders of Amazon, Google, Meta, Tesla, TikTok and

TikTok has said the ban was "conceived and pushed ... The Journal reported Kotick approached OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and other possible investors during a dinner at an Allen & Co. conference ...

ChatGPT maker OpenAI has finalized a version of its new reasoning AI model o3 mini and would be launching it in a couple of weeks, CEO Sam Altman said on Friday.

OpenAI on Monday laid out its vision for artificial intelligence development in the U.S., saying the country needs outside investment and supportive regulation to stay ahead of China in the race for the nascent technology.

Biden won't enforce TikTok ban before leaving office, as Trump pledges to save app US has called a threat, official says

Perplexity AI has submitted a bid to merge with TikTok's US business, proposing a deal with ByteDance that aims to combine TikTok’s user base with its