TikTok Is Already Back Online

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

Less than 24 hours after the app went dark, TikTok says President-elect Donald Trump has given it the reassurance it needs to resume service in the US.

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TikTok is restoring service in the US

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

Barely more than 12 hours after TikTok went dark in the United States, the video-sharing app is coming back online. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” the company said in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers […]
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TikTok restoring U.S. service after Trump provided ‘assurance’

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

TikTok was available to some U.S. users on Sunday after President-elect Donald Trump said that he would sign an executive order to delay a federal ban.

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TikTok says it’s restoring service in the US

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

Barely more than 12 hours after TikTok went dark in the United States, the video-sharing app is coming back online. “In agreement with our service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,” the company said in a statement. “We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to our service providers […]
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AI isn’t very good at history, new paper finds

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

Top LLMs performed poorly on a high-level history test, a new paper has found.
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LA wildfires thrust insurance startup into spotlight as property owners scramble for protection

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

A month after announcing its first funding round and debut insurance product, Stand is seeing a huge surge in interest due to the LA wildfires.

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Apple lists all apps it removed alongside TikTok in the U.S.

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

Amid the TikTok shutdown, in a rare move, Apple published a statement and a support document listing all affected apps that are inaccessible in the U.S. The iPhone maker typically doesn’t publish information for when it blocks apps. Notably, other ByteDance apps, including CapCut, Lemon8 — which surged in the last few months — and […]
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It’s Not Just TikTok: These Other ByteDance Apps Are Gone Too

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

Lemon8, CapCut, and Gauth are among the other victims of the US ban on ByteDance-owned apps.

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TikTok Is Unavailable in the US—and Gone From the App Stores

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

After President Biden declined to reassure Apple, Google, and Oracle that they wouldn’t be fined for giving Americans access to TikTok, the app’s hopes now hang on President-elect Trump.

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Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.

Posted on January 19, 2025 by Techme101

Apple and Google have removed TikTok from their respective app stores as U.S. operations shut down.

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