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A possible TikTok ban is just days away. A list of other apps available

A possible TikTok ban is just days away. A list of other apps available

With a possible TikTok ban just days away, many U.S. users are looking for alternative social media platforms to help them keep up with pop culture or provide the type of entertaining videos that popularized the short-form video app.
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Mark Zuckerberg will cohost reception with Republican billionaires for Trump inauguration

Mark Zuckerberg will cohost reception with Republican billionaires for Trump inauguration

WASHINGTON (AP) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is cohosting a reception with billionaire Republican donors next week for Donald Trump’s inauguration , the latest sign of the Facebook founder's embrace of the president-elect.
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Biden signs ambitious order to bolster energy resources for AI data centers

Biden signs ambitious order to bolster energy resources for AI data centers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday signed an ambitious executive order on artificial intelligence that seeks to ensure the infrastructure needed for advanced AI operations, such as large-scale data centers and new clean power facilitie
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Court lets Tennessee porn site age verification law take effect as Texas law goes to Supreme Court

Court lets Tennessee porn site age verification law take effect as Texas law goes to Supreme Court

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A panel of appeals judges has ruled that Tennessee can begin enforcing a law that requires pornographic websites to verify their visitors’ age as the First Amendment debate rises to the U.S.
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P.E.I.'s King leads bus delegation to northeastern U.S. to highlight Canadian exports

P.E.I.'s King leads bus delegation to northeastern U.S. to highlight Canadian exports

FREDERICTON — Prince Edward Island Premier Dennis King is hoping cooler heads prevail and trade continues to flow uninterrupted across the United States-Canada border after president-elect Donald Trump takes office next week.
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Sound and video of meteorite crashing to Earth captured on video in P.E.I.

Sound and video of meteorite crashing to Earth captured on video in P.E.I.

CHARLOTTETOWN — About two minutes after a P.E.I. man left his home to go for a walk with his wife and their dogs, a space rock hurtling toward Earth crashed onto the path where he had been standing.
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Franklin the tortoise moving out of refrigerator after chilling since October

Franklin the tortoise moving out of refrigerator after chilling since October

It's a big week for Franklin the marginated tortoise who is being brought out of his slumber after chilling out in a refrigerator for three and a half months.
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How Biden's domestic policy record stacks up against public perception

How Biden's domestic policy record stacks up against public perception

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ends his term with a gulf between his policy record and his public reputation.
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Looming TikTok ban leads some users to look for alternative apps. Here are some that are out there

Looming TikTok ban leads some users to look for alternative apps. Here are some that are out there

With a possible TikTok ban just days away, many U.S. users are looking for alternative social media platforms to help them keep up with pop culture or provide the type of entertaining videos that popularized the short-form video app.
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US TikTok users flock to Chinese app Xiaohongshu in protest with TikTok ban looming

US TikTok users flock to Chinese app Xiaohongshu in protest with TikTok ban looming

HONG KONG (AP) — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms , U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.
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