Ultrawealthy investors are vying to buy TikTok — here's what some would do if they took over the mega-app

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TikTok Congress
The US Appeals Court upheld a decision forcing the sale of TikTok from its China-based parent company, ByteDance, lest the short-form video platform be banned in the US.

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Google is suing a federal regulator over supervision of its payment division

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Google is taking on part of the United States government in court.

Google sues after Consumer Financial Protection Bureau orders supervision of its payment arm

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Friday said it has ordered federal supervision of Google Payment Corp. after determining that it meets the legal requirements for such oversight.

The PayPal Mafia includes tech titans like Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, and Reid Hoffman. Here's where its members are now.

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Peter Thiel, left, and Elon Musk, are two members of the so-called "PayPal Mafia."

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Fighting in Ukraine is giving rise to a new kind of drone warfare: hit-to-kill intercepts

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This still image captures a Ukrainian FPV drone right before it strikes a Russian Lancet drone.
 

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Turn your car into a smart vehicle for just $85

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TL;DR: Enjoy

4 people who bought and sold homes without a traditional real-estate agent break down how and why they did it

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A couple looks at home listings online together
 

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When I was laid off from Google, I felt a sense of relief. I've lived a full life ever since.

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Aaron Neyer smiles in front of a coastline

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He helped Twitter and Instagram outstrip competitors. For his hat trick, Kevin Weil will try to save OpenAI from itself.

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Weil.

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Kevin Weil showed no sign of the heat when he took to the stage at the Marriott Marquis in downtown San Francisco on an unseasonably sweaty early October morning.

Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers may finally find purpose as hypersonic missile shooters

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Sailors walk past USS Zumwalt.
The Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers have struggled to find an adequate purpose, but are now being readied to carry hypersonic missiles still in development.

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