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Zeyi Yang

With a TikTok Ban Looming, Users Flee to Chinese App ‘Red Note’

Some say they joined Xiaohongshu, which translates to "little red book," to spite the US government after a ban on TikTok became more likely.

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Judge Ends One Man's 11-Year Quest to Recover $765 Million in Bitcoin by Digging Up a Landfill

A UK judge ruled against James Howells, who has been trying to get a hard drive with private keys to a cryptocurrency fortune out of a landfill for over a decade.

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Umar Shakir

eBay’s new acquisition could make it easy to buy a car from anywhere

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eBay has “signed a definitive agreement” to buy online automotive transaction platform provider Caramel to help make buying and selling vehicles on the auction site “more simple than ever.”

Caramel has a site and app that helps private parties and independent dealers sell cars by handling the paperwork, ownership transfer, financing, shipping, insurance, and more. The company has several marketplace and auction partners as well.

Although eBay has hosted listings for...

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Carrie Underwood Is Going To Perform At Donald Trump's Inauguration, So Obviously People Aren't Thrilled

Remember how a Mormon choir performed "America the Beautiful" last time...

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Mashable

Save up to 70% on new markdowns during Kohls Ultimate Clearance Event

SAVE 70%: Shop Kohl's Ultimate Clearance Event and save up to 70% on clothing, home goods, and more.

Best Kohl's clearance deals as of Jan. 13: Best fitness deal Fitbit Inspire 3 ...

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Severance Season 1 Recap: Everything you need to remember before watching season 2

Severance is finally back! Mashable Entertainment Reporter Belen Edwards is here to walk you through everything you need to remember going into season 2.

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Alan Feuer and Charlie Savage

Judge Allows Release of Half of Jack Smith’s Report on Trump Cases

Judge Aileen M. Cannon, who dismissed the classified documents case, blocked a volume about that matter from being shown to Congress but allowed the release of a volume about the election case.

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Thomas Fuller, Mike Baker, Blacki Migliozzi, K.K. Rebecca Lai and Jonathan Wolfe

What Caused the Palisades Fire? The Site of the Ignition Point Holds Clues

In the hills above Pacific Palisades, there is crime scene tape and scattered debris, clues to what may have caused the initial fire that eventually raged through thousands of structures.

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Peter Baker

Biden Will Deliver Final Foreign Policy Speech on Monday

The president argued in a speech that he strengthened U.S. alliances during his four years in office and that America’s adversaries are weaker than when he took over.

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David Enrich and Katie Robertson

News Outlets Batten Down the Hatches for Trump’s Return

Media organizations are taking unusual steps to prepare for what they fear will be a legal and political onslaught from the new administration.

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Kate Kelly and Kenneth P. Vogel

Trump Supporters Go All In for Pete Hegseth With Money and Coordination

Conservative organizations are targeting Republican senators, saying that they will pay a price if they do not back the president-elect’s choice for defense secretary.

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Wolves' Edwards docked again; fines reach $285K

Timberwolves star Anthony Edwards was fined by the NBA for the fifth time this season, getting docked $50,000 for "obscene gestures" toward an official.

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Minn. in 1st women's poll since 2019, UCLA No. 1

Off to its best start in 17 games, Minnesota has cracked the AP women's basketball Top 25 for the first time since 2019, coming in at No. 24, while UCLA, South Carolina and Notre Dame remain Nos. 1-3.

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Auburn No. 1 in AP men's Top 25 after Vols lose

Auburn now tops The AP men's basketball Top 25 poll after previous No. 1 Tennessee suffered its first loss of the season to Florida. Iowa State, Duke, Alabama and Florida round out the top five.

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Wes Davis

Samsung is adding two new Galaxy Ring sizes

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Samsung is making the Galaxy Ring available to more people by adding size 14 and 15 rings to its options starting on January 22nd. With the expansion, which was rumored last month, the company says its ring sizes now run from five to 15, though it caveats that both size and color availability will vary by market.

The new sizes bring the Galaxy Ring closer to competitor Oura, which already offers its smart ring in sizes four to 15. Samsung’s...

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Emma Roth

Free Our Feeds wants to build a social media ecosystem ‘resistant to billionaire influence’

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Technology advocates and celebrities are backing the launch of Free Our Feeds, a campaign designed to “save social media from billionaire capture.” The project aims to raise $30 million over three years to support the development of a social media ecosystem powered by the AT Protocol, or the decentralized network powering Bluesky.

The raised funds will go toward launching a public interest foundation to support the project, while creating an “independently...

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18 Hilarious Internet Fails From Last Week That Will Make You Laugh So Hard You'll Forget It's Monday

Don't mind me; just looking through all my screenshots of my iPhone background.

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Gina Kolata

RFK Jr.’s MAHA Movement Obscures America’s Unhealthy Past

Medical historians say that the phrase “Make America Healthy Again” obscures a past during which this country’s people ate, smoked and drank things that mostly left them unwell.

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James Dator

Zane Gonzalez’s OCD isn’t a fun meme, it’s problematic stereotyping

The Commanders’ kicker was the hero of Sunday night, but the memes about him were unfair.

Washington Commanders’ kicker Zane Gonzalez became a meme when Sunday Night Football insisted on focusing on him fixing his shoes and hair before lining up for the game-winning kick in the NFL Wild Card Playoffs.

In an astounding lack of awareness by the broadcast team, they referred to Gonzalez’s actions as “fidgeting.” NBC’s Twitter account highlighted it, while others called them...

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Tom Warren

Microsoft creates new AI engineering group led by former Meta executive

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Microsoft is creating a new engineering group that’s focused on artificial intelligence. Led by former Meta engineering chief Jay Parikh, the new CoreAI – Platform and Tools division will combine Microsoft’s Dev Div and AI platform teams together, alongside some employees on the Office of the CTO team, to focus on building an AI platform and tools for both Microsoft and its customers.

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella outlined his vision for this new team in an...

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