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TikTok permanently bans ‘Musk’ documentary advertising account

A four-hour documentary about Elon Musk continues to meet resistance from social media platforms.

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TikTok bans Musk documentary account

Just ahead of the wider release of Alex Gibney's Musk documentary, TikTok has banned the film's social media account from its platform. TikTok did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Acc…

Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank

Owner of Former UWS Barbecue Restaurant Indicted for Wage Theft: Manhattan DA

Pattern Matching Beats Narrative Reasoning

Codex is EATING my Mac's disk space

I Became a Citizen of Japan

Elon Musk's foundation is opaque, miserly and self-serving

Gold is now the top U.S. export

Artie (YC S23) Is Hiring Enterprise AES and Senior Engineers

Mercedes-AMG’s first ground-up SUV is a 1,150hp electric beast

Earlier this year, Mercedes' AMG performance brand grabbed our attention with the GT four-door coupe, a souped-up sports sedan with three axial flux motors delivering over 1,150 horsepower. Well, now…

GLP-1 may slow biological aging

Ember’s new temperature-controlled mug makes my nightly tea ritual even better

The biggest change about Ember's new mug is that you no longer have to open the app to adjust your drink’s temperature.

Ad-tech company was a delivery system for "mercenary spyware"

Meta removes language that may have allowed it to scrape news sites

After backlash, Meta is updating its terms again to remove language that suggested it could scrape content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI. Specifically, the following language no lo…

Pikmin 4 is $20 off ahead of its $10 Nintendo Switch 2 update

If you’re wondering what video game to play this weekend, my colleague Sheena Vasani spotted a discounted Nintendo Switch title with instant digital delivery. Walmart has the digital version of Pikmin…

Jad Abumrad loves a butterfly knife and a good springy pillow

It's hard to overstate Jad Abumrad's impact on the podcasting world. He created and hosted Dolly Parton's America and Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, two Peabody Award-winning shows that offered unprecedented…