The ban was proposed due to national security concerns regarding TikTok’s Chinese ownership. The future of TikTok in the U.S. is uncertain, as parent company ByteDance has 50 days to sell its U.S. assets. Even if a sale occurs, the app may look different to American users due to potential changes in algorithms and terms…
The recent Super Bowl brought with it lots of surprises and, once again, a few of them came from the very pricey ads shown during the broadcast. One of the most intriguing was T-Mobile’s spot describing free satellite smartphone service available to customers of any major wireless carrier, including AT&T and Verizon (as well as…
Instagram announced the release of its new video editing software Edits on Sunday. TikTok and CapCut, a video editing software, were legally banned in the U.S. on Sunday. The first version of Instagram’s Edits will be available for download and use in February or March. As TikTok scrambled to restore service in the U.S. on…
As of 11:15 a.m. ET on Sunday, the TikTok website was accessible on desktop internet browsers, USA TODAY staff and two sources confirmed. Click here to learn more. TikTok may be dark in America, but users are still able to download their data. On Saturday night, TikTok users scrolling through the app were met with…
TikTok went dark for U.S. users on Saturday night. Several other ByteDance-owned platforms are also unavailable, including Lemon8, CapCut and Marvel Snap. Already downloaded banned apps will remain on devices, but they are likely unusable already. Banned apps are not available for download from the Apple App or Google Play stores. Many are not accessible…
Meta apps like Instagram, Facebook and Threads are experiencing issues on Wednesday afternoon as error messages are being reported by people across the internet. Outage tracker Downdetector shows big spikes for Instagram with 70,000 outage reports above average and Facebook, which had over 100,000 outage reports, as of Wednesday afternoon. Outage reports began to decline in…