The monthslong fight by legislators to ban the social media app TikTok in the United States is expected to come to a head on Friday when the Supreme Court hears arguments to decide the app’s fate for its 170 million American users.If TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, does get banned on Jan. 19, here is what users can expect to happen:Will TikTok still be available to download on app stores?No. The law passed by Congress last year would make it illegal for app stores from companies like Apple and Google to distribute or issue updates to TikTok at…
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The next German election will be held on February 23, and if recent polls are of any indication, Chancellor Olaf Scholz may be out of work. The Social Democrats (SPD) are part of a global trend of political parties that have pushed their nations so far to the left that the people are voting to the right. Bild newspaper believed SPD’s favorability declined one point to 15.5% since December. The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and sister party the Christian Social Union (CDU) are leading the polls at 31%. The Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party rose in popularity by one percentage…
There is a clip of Joe Rogan that is being widely circulated on social media right now, in which Rogan describes a conversation he had with a firefighter who warned him about the type of fires currently consuming greater Los Angeles. In the clip, which is from an episode back in July of this year, Rogan recounts the conversation and describes – almost exactly – the types of conditions which would give rise to such a fire, including the wind and the inability to put it out. It’s eerie how spot on this prediction was. FOX News has details: Flashback:…
Kim Kardashian is facing backlash for promoting a SKIMS sale during the Los Angeles wildfires, which have destroyed over 1,000 structures.Comedian Meredith Lynch criticized the reality TV star for prioritizing her brand over crisis relief. Meanwhile, her sister Khloé Kardashian offered practical support, sharing ways to aid firefighters.Fans of Kim Kardashian also took to her social media pages, criticizing the billionaire for keeping quiet during the raging inferno.Article continues below advertisementKim Kardashian Criticized For SKIMS Sale Post During LA WildfireMEGAIn an Instagram Story, Kim Kardashian promoted the SKIMS winter sale, highlighting it with a countdown timer.However, the 44-year-old reality star…
WHY HAVE THE FIRES SPREAD SO FAST A prolonged dry spell combined with strong winds created the “perfect conditions” for the Los Angeles wildfires to rage out of control. “We see these fires spread when it is hot and dry and windy, and right now all of those conditions are in place in southern California,” Kristina Dahl, vice president for science at Climate Central, told AFP. While it is not yet known what started the blazes, “human-caused climate change is intensifying the heat that drives wildfires, increasing temperatures in southern California up to two degrees Celsius since 1895”, Patrick Gonzalez, a…
Trump calls the Russia-Ukraine war ‘a bloody mess’ and signals his intention to discuss the conflict with Putin.United States President-elect Donald Trump has said a meeting is being set up between him and Russian President Vladimir Putin, but the Republican offered no timeline for talks between the two leaders. “He wants to meet, and we are setting it up,” Trump said in remarks before a meeting with Republican governors at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida on Thursday. “President Putin wants to meet. He has said that even publicly and we have to get that war over with. That’s a bloody…
The Notre Dame Fighting Irish are on their way to the College Football Playoff national championship game after a thrilling 27-24 Orange Bowl win over Penn State on Thursday night. It was a back-and-forth game with lead changes and gigantic momentum swings, with the biggest coming in the final minute of the fourth quarter.After Penn State had forced a Notre Dame punt with under a minute to play in a 24-24 tie game, the Nittany Lions were in a prime position to put together a potential game-winning drive if it could just get into field goal range. But on the second…
In the Broadway community, the announcement that the six-time Tony Award winner Audra McDonald would be taking on the role of Rose in “Gypsy” this season was seismic news. Advertisements blared “AUDRA. GYPSY,” heralding a beloved figure stepping into what many regard as the best of American musicals. I was as ecstatic as everyone else, but with one concern: I hoped that McDonald, who is Black, would play the role — a stage mother in the 1920s, yearning for her children to be vaudeville superstars — as white.For a Black Rose, I wrote last year, “to think her kids had…
Google wants you to press play on an AI-created podcast instead of scrolling for your daily news.The tech giant can now take what it knows of your interests through your Search and Discover histories and create a 5-minute podcast tailored just for you that summarizes news stories of the day that you might be interested in.Related: I Tried Making an AI-Hosted Podcast with Google’s NotebookLM. It Worked Surprisingly Well. Google began testing the personalized, AI-created podcasts, called “Daily Listen,” through Search Labs, the program that allows users to experience early-stage experiments, reports 9to5Google. The new experiment began rolling out on…
The Horse Hill oil site was discovered in 2015Invicta Kent Media/Shutterstock Over 100 earthquakes that shook the south of England are likely to have been triggered by oil extraction, say experts. Previous research had ruled out a link, but fresh information about the geology of the area has established a probable connection. The earthquakes were all fairly minor, measuring between 1.34 and 3.18 on the Richter scale, and took place near Newdigate in Surrey in 2018 and 2019. Residents reported their houses shaking for several seconds. There was speculation at the time that the earthquakes were linked to oil extraction…