First-year Eton College students must trade their smartphones for school-provided "dumb" Nokias
The ban-and-replace is part of Eton's effort to refocus younger students on learning
TikTok reveals "kill switch" offer to the US government to avoid ban
It would've given the US government the power to shut down the app in case of any mischief
California Governor supports new measures to restrict smartphone use during school hours
More states are introducing bans
TikTok denies report it is cloning its algorithm, potentially for a US-only version of the app
Is ByteDance just playing its cards close to its chest?
New York plans to ban smartphones in schools, allowing basic phones only
Kids, and some parents, are unlikely to be pleased
TikTok and ByteDance sue US government over forced sale, claim free-speech violations
"There is no question: the Act will force a shutdown of TikTok"
The UK could ban the sale of smartphones to kids under 16
Most parents would approve
Sun Microsystems co-founder supports forced TikTok sale, calls it China's "programmable fentanyl"
"Spinach for Chinese kids, fentanyl - another chief export of China's - for ours"
A hot potato: Joining the list of people who support the US government's attempt to force ByteDance into diversifying TikTok is Sun Microsystems co-founder Vinod Khosla. The OpenAI backer didn't hold back when talking about the popular short-form video platform, noting that it could be weaponized by a foreign adversary. He also called the app programmable fentanyl whose effects are under the control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
Former White House CIO warns the tech industry should prepare for a TikTok ban
China could retaliate by placing demands on Apple
Steve Wozniak says TikTok ban is governmental hypocrisy
The Apple co-founder is a fan of TikTok's dog rescue videos
Pornhub no longer accessible in Texas due to age verification laws
YouPorn and Brazzers are also blocked in the state
Joe Biden says he wants to ban AI voice impersonations
A blanket ban would have far-reaching effects
Sam Altman's iris-scanning Worldcoin crypto project has been banned in Spain over privacy concerns
Would you hand over your iris scans for free crypto?
TikTok faces US ban if ByteDance fails to sell app
ByteDance will have around five months to divest TikTok if the bill passes
Some Intel CPUs are banned in Germany following patent dispute
The latest Raptor Lake and Meteor Lake chips are unaffected by the ban
What just happened? A court in Germany has issued an injunction against certain Intel processors in the country following a patent dispute against another US-based firm. In a case that could have far-reaching consequences for Intel's European business, a regional court in Dusseldorf ruled that many of Team Blue's older processor lineups infringe on a European patent held by a California-based company called R2 Semiconductor.
People are buying pre-built PCs to sell scavenged RTX 4090 cards in China
And still making a profit, apparently
Apple Watch models will remove blood oxygen feature to avoid US ban
Is the long-running patent dispute about to be resolved?
Xbox backtracks after banning accounts that automatically uploaded NSFW BG3 videos
Not having content sharing enabled by default would have eliminated much of the problem
Apple Watch ban comes into effect in the United States (halted for now)
Apple is appealing to get the ban overturned
Apple will stop selling Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 in the US due to the ITC's Christmas import ban
Procrastinators have until Thursday to get the wearable under their tree
Judge blocks state-wide TikTok ban over free speech concerns
The bill "oversteps state power and infringes on the constitutional rights of users"
Canada bans WeChat and Kaspersky apps from government devices over security concerns
Joining TikTok on the banned list
Nvidia H800 faces potential China export ban as US strengthens rules on AI chip shipments
Nvidia still makes billions from selling its less-powerful AI chips to China
France sales ban prompts other European countries to examine iPhone 12 radiation levels
Apple is contesting the results