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TikTok ban: US supreme court to hear oral arguments over fate of app – live updates | TikTok newsthirst.

The federal law to ban TikTok overwhelmingly passed the Senate and House last April. It came a year after Montana was the first state to ban TikTok, although a judge blocked that law on free speech grounds. The law, known as the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, was signed by Joe Biden…

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Trump seeks Putin meeting as Biden announces aid package to Kyiv newsthirst.

A souvenir shopkeeper displays Matryoshka dolls featuring Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidents, including Donald Trump. Misha Friedman | Getty Images News | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump floated the possibility of a meeting with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin to end the “bloody mess” in Ukraine, while the outgoing administration of Joe Biden pushed…

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Car giants struggle to find answers in bid to avoid mega fines newsthirst.

Various Mercedes-Benz vehicles are assembled in the “Factory 56” production hall. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images Car manufacturers have a number of ways to mitigate the impact of the European Union’s stricter emissions targets, although analysts say all options are likely to come at a significant cost. The prospect of steep fines for failing…

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Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of ‘pirated’ books to train AI models, authors claim | Mark Zuckerberg newsthirst.

Mark Zuckerberg approved Meta’s use of “pirated” versions of copyright-protected books to train the company’s artificial intelligence models, a group of authors has alleged in a US court filing. Citing internal Meta communications, the filing claims that the social network company’s chief executive backed the use of the LibGen dataset, a vast online archive of…

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