Blackstone Considers Small Investment in TikTok - The private equity giant is considering investing as the video app works to follow a law ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/business/media/blackstone-tiktok-bytedance.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #blackstonegroupthe #schwarzmanstephena #tiktok(bytedance) #lawandlegislation #privateequity #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia #china

Look Again: That H&M Model Showing Off a New Look May Be a Digital Clone - The Swedish retailer H&M said it is exploring the use of artificial intelligence in p... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/technology/hm-ai-models-social-media.html #advertisingandmarketing #artificialintelligence #models(professional) #h&mhennes&mauritzab #fashionandapparel #lawandlegislation #shoppingandretail #laborandjobs #photography #sweden

Trump Is Trying to Gain More Power Over Elections. Is His Effort Legal? https://www.byteseu.com/870951/ #America #CitizenshipAndNaturalization #DonaldJ #ExecutiveOrdersAndMemorandums #FederalStateRelations(US) #LawAndLegislation #PresidentialPower(US) #RegistrationAndRequirements #RepublicanParty #RumorsAndMisinformation #trump #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #US #USNews #USA #USANews #VoterFraud(ElectionFraud) #VotingRights

TikTok Ads Portray App as Force for Good as US Ban Looms - The popular video app, which could be banned in the United States next month if it is not... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/technology/tiktok-ban-ads.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #computersandtheinternet #advertisingandmarketing #mobileapplications #lawandlegislation #tiktok(bytedance) #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia

Justices Seem Likely to Uphold Louisiana Map With 2 Majority-Black Districts https://www.byteseu.com/860822/ #DecisionsAndVerdicts #DemocraticParty #Elections #FourteenthAmendment(USConstitution) #HouseOfRepresentatives #LawAndLegislation #NationalAssnForTheAdvancementOfColoredPeople #Politics #PoliticsAndGovernment #RedistrictingAndReapportionment #RegistrationAndRequirements #RepublicanParty #StateLegislatures #SupremeCourt(US) #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #VotingRights #VotingRightsAct(1965)

Oracle’s Role in TikTok’s Future Gets Capitol Hill Scrutiny - Top congressional staffers met with Oracle on Tuesday to talk about TikTok, which faces a... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/technology/oracle-tiktok.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #computersandtheinternet #houseofrepresentatives #mobileapplications #lawandlegislation #oraclecorporation #ellisonlawrencej #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia

Trump Fires Democrats on Federal Trade Commission - The decision to fire the two Democratic members of the traditionally independent regulato... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/technology/trump-ftc-fires-democrats.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #appointmentsandexecutivechanges #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #presidentialpower(us) #lawandlegislation #trumpdonaldj

How Trump Has Undermined U.S. Climate Policy https://www.byteseu.com/793589/ #AlternativeAndRenewableEnergy #Climate #ClimateChange #DonaldJ #environment #EnvironmentalProtectionAgency #GlobalWarming #GreenhouseGasEmissions #InflationReductionActOf2022 #InfrastructureInvestmentAndJobsAct(2021) #LawAndLegislation #LeeM #RegulationAndDeregulationOfIndustry #trump #UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment #WindPower #Zeldin

She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death https://www.byteseu.com/753535/ #Alzheimer'sDisease #AudioNegativeSad #AudioNeutralInformative #dementia #doctors #ElderCare #LawAndLegislation #LivingWillsAndHealthCareProxies #Netherlands #NursingHomes

For Trump and Fox News, New Policies Are Simply ‘Common Sense’ - President Trump and the network have used the phrase to suggest that his policies are the... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/technology/trump-fox-news-common-sense.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #pollsandpublicopinion #lawandlegislation #newsandnewsmedia #foxnewschannel #trumpdonaldj

European Court Ruling Gives Hope in Italy Region Known for Toxic Waste https://www.byteseu.com/729356/ #Acerra(Italy) #Campania(Italy) #Cancer #DecisionsAndVerdicts #environment #EuropeanCourtOfHumanRights #EuropeanUnion #HazardousAndToxicSubstances #HumanRightsAndHumanRightsViolations #Italy #LawAndLegislation #LocalGovernment #PoliticsAndGovernment #Pollution #poverty #RegulationAndDeregulationOfIndustry #WasteMaterialsAndDisposal

E.V. Owners Don’t Pay Gas Taxes. So, Many States Are Charging Them Fees. - States are using higher registration fees for electric cars to make up for declining fuel... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/business/ev-fees-gas-tax.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #infrastructure(publicworks) #electricandhybridvehicles #prices(faresfeesandrates) #oil(petroleum)andgasoline #salesandexcisetaxes #budgetsandbudgeting #statelegislatures #lawandlegislation #highwaytrustfund #bidenjosephrjr

CapCut, a Video-Editing App From ByteDance, Returns for U.S. Users - Other apps from the company behind TikTok, including CapCut and Lemon8, went dark this we... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/21/technology/capcut-tiktok-ban-bytedance.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #executiveordersandmemorandums #presidentialtransition(us) #computersandtheinternet #mobileapplications #lawandlegislation #lemon8(bytedance) #tiktok(bytedance) #trumpdonaldj

Trump Signs Executive Order in Attempt to Delay TikTok Ban - Shortly after taking office Monday, the president issued the order to delay the app’s ban... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/technology/trump-tiktok-ban-delay-executive-order.html #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #executiveordersandmemorandums #computersandtheinternet #mobileapplications #lawandlegislation #tiktok(bytedance) #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia

TikTok Got a Reprieve, but Americans and Chinese Are Still on RedNote - The Chinese social media app, popular in the United States a week after being flooded by ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/business/tiktok-ban-rednote-xiaohongshu-adapts.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #xiaohongshu(mobileapp) #tiktok(bytedance) #lawandlegislation #unitedstates #socialmedia #rednote #china

TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet - China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-c... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/20/business/tiktok-red-note-china-internet.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #antfinancialservicesgroup #computersandtheinternet #alibabagroupholdingltd #xiaohongshu(mobileapp) #tiktok(bytedance) #lawandlegislation #wechat(mobileapp) #supremecourt(us)

TikTok Butters Up Trump as It Navigates a Ban in the U.S. - The app has repeatedly name checked the president-elect in pop-up messages and statements... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/technology/tiktok-trump-messages-ban.html #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #presidentialelectionof2024 #computersandtheinternet #mobileapplications #lawandlegislation #tiktok(bytedance) #inaugurations #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia

Instagram Debuts New Video-Editing App, as TikTok Deals With a Ban - Instagram on Sunday rolled out Edits, a video-editing product that appeared similar to Ca... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/19/technology/instagram-video-app-tiktok-ban.html #videorecordingsdownloadsandstreaming #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #computersandtheinternet #advertisingandmarketing #mobileapplications #lawandlegislation #lemon8(bytedance) #tiktok(bytedance) #metaplatformsinc #zuckerbergmarke #instagraminc

What We Know About the TikTok Ban - The popular video app went dark in the United States late Saturday and then came back aro... - https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-we-know-tiktok.html #mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #executiveordersandmemorandums #presidentialelectionof2024 #computersandtheinternet #mobileapplications #lawandlegislation #tiktok(bytedance) #trumpdonaldj #socialmedia

TikTok Tells Users It Will Be ‘Temporarily Unavailable’ in the U.S. - The popular video app displayed a message signaling it might go offline, with a federal l... - https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/technology/tiktok-ban.html #unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment #beijingbytedancetechnologycoltd #computersandtheinternet #akamaitechnologiesinc #mobileapplications #lawandlegislation #oraclecorporation #tiktok(bytedance) #supremecourt(us) #cloudcomputing #corporations #unitedstates #googleinc