TikTok faces app deletions, censorship claims and glitches in days after its ownership change
TikTok's U.S. ownership structure was finalized last week. There was a power outage at one of the company's data center partner sites on Monday. The outage led to bugs, slow load times and timeout requests when posting videos. California Gov. Gavin Newsom is launching a review into whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring Trump-critical content. Market intelligence firm …
U.S. allies are looking to China for deals as Trump threatens them with tariffs. Some are going cap-in-hand to Asian superpowers China and India to diversify their trade ties away from the U.S., as Trump's tariffs and rhetoric have spurred them.
Human Fracking: The $17 Trillion War for Your Attention
Nobody asks sharper or more impertinent questions than Andrew Keen. In KEEN ON, Andrew cross-examines the world’s smartest people on politics, economics, history, the environment, and tech. He is also the host of the long-running show How To Fix Democracy and the author of four books about the future, including the international bestselling CULT OF THE AMATEUR.
Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) has called for the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and advisor Stephen Miller following recent violent incidents in Minneapolis. Lujan has previously opposed both officials, having criticized Miller as the architect of detrimental policies and calling for accountability. He recently disclosed $617.4K of fundraising in a Q3 FEC disclosure filed on October 15th, …
Crypto Must Be Indispensable if Bill Fails to Pass: Bitwise
Crypto market structure bill is making its way through the Senate. If it passes, it will cement the current pro-crypto regulatory environment into law, but if it doesn't, future administration could reverse the current push. If the bill fails, the future growth of the crypto industry will depend on real-world progress.
Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old ICU nurse, was shot and killed by federal immigration agents during an enforcement operation in Minneapolis. Renée Good was killed during another federal immigration operation in the same city weeks earlier. The deaths expose a deeper and more troubling reality: ICE is no longer operating like a civilian law-enforcement agency bounded by constitutional norms.
A Month After Iran Protests Began, Worry Pervades Mideast Over Possible US Strike
At least 6,221 people have died in protests in Iran since the start of the unrest a month ago. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have warned they won't allow their airspace to be used for any attack on Iran. Egypt's Foreign Ministry says its top diplomat spoke with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and U.S. Mideast envoy Steve Witkoff to …
Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE agent during federal law enforcement operations in Minneapolis on Jan. 7. Renee covers criminal justice nationally for NPR and lives in Minneapolis. She has been reporting occasionally on the massive immigration enforcement campaign across the country for the last year.
Baby Food Recall Sparks New Warning to Parents Nationwide
Gerber Products Company is voluntarily recalling limited batches of Gerber's Arrowroot Biscuits. There are fears the product may contain plastic or paper pieces that should not be consumed. The product is sold in a 5.5-ounce package from July 2025 to September 2025 across the United States. The material comes from an arrowroot flour supplier.
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Disaster Preparedness: How Measurement Science Can Help Your Community
Christina Gore is an economist working for NIST promoting community resilience. NIST offers Economic Decision Guide Software (EDGe$) to help decision-makers think through the different options for dealing with flood-prone land. Christina studied communities that lost jobs due to the closing of coal mines in West Virginia and Kentucky.
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Families in Maine scramble to halt ICE’s transfer of detainees out of state
More than 200 people were arrested during a federal immigration crackdown in Maine this week. Immigration attorneys were overwhelmed with phone calls from worried family members trying to track down their loved ones. Most immigrants lost their first layer of legal protections in September, when the federal board of immigration appeals ruled that people who crossed the US border unlawfully …
Alex Pretti was shot to death in the street. Before watching the footage, YouTube played a commercial for a foundation. Pretti's death was preceded by an ad for mature-skin foundation. The problem is that people are watching videos of violence and debating over it.
Multiple fentanyl overdose deaths lead to 2 separate murder indictments in Fort Myers
2 people have died of a fentanyl overdose. Two people have been indicted for murder. Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin and is often found in street drugs and counterfeit medications. FENTANYL is 50-100 times more powerful than Heroin.
The S&P 500 edged up by 0.1%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 63 points, and the Nasdaq composite was 0.4%. Big Tech companies helped support the market following an encouraging report from ASML. Seagate Technology jumped 16.8%, Elevance Health rose 4.9%, and Starbucks climbed 5.3%.
Bluesky is testing ‘live’ features to take on X
Bluesky is planning to make its app feel more interactive and timely during live events this year. Bluesky has around 1.5 million daily active users. It's trying to position itself as a refuge for X users who miss what Twitter used to be before its controversial transformation under Musk's ownership.
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Plotting a greener future for the Les Bolstad Golf Course property
The University of Minnesota’s Les Bolstad Golf Course is up for sale. The city of Falcon Heights is planning the development of the 141-acre property on the border between Falcon Heights, St. Paul and Lauderdale. The meeting took place in Falcon Heights City Hall on January 22. The goal was to discuss how to use the land for low-carbon housing.
U.S. President Donald Trump launched the Board of Peace at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, last week. It was condemned as an imperial project and mocked for the motley crew that it attracted. However, the derision cannot mask the geopolitical audacity of the initiative. It amounts to the most sweeping attempt to modify the global order established in …
Baton Rouge coroner featured in fentanyl crisis web series
East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner Dr. Beau Clark is featured in a web series addressing the fentanyl crisis. The next episode airs online starting Thursday, Jan. 29. According to the CDC, nearly 50,000 people died from overdose deaths related to fentanyl in 2024. In 2024, there were 188 overdose deaths in Baton Rouge.
Robert Earl Council, Melvin Ray and Raoul Poole were moved from their existing prisons to solitary confinement at Kilby Correctional Facility outside Montgomery, Alabama, two weeks ago. They were featured in "The Alabama Solution," a documentary about the state prison system. Some groups have encouraged a new prison labor strike this year. The Alabama Department of Corrections cited security concerns.
Middle East worries over possible U.S. strike on Iran one month after protests began
On Tuesday, the rial fell to 1.5 million to $1.6 million. On Wednesday, it went to a number of different places. There are many different points of interest for each of the different groups. There is a lot of information on each of them.
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