TikTok Is Back Online
Less than 24 hours after it went dark, TikTok said it was back online after President-elect Donald Trump gave corporate service providers — possibly Apple, Google, and Oracle — assurances that his government would not impose laws banning the app from using it. . First place." In agreement with service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service,"...
TikTok is restoring service in the US
Less than 12 hours after TikTok went dark in the United States, the video-sharing app is back online. "In agreement with service providers, TikTok is in the process of restoring service," the company said in a statement. "We thank President Trump for providing the necessary clarity and assurance to service providers that they will not face penalties that provide...
There’s a New Way to Calculate Prime Numbers
But that is not obvious. He had to analyze a set of special functions, called Type I and Type II sums, for each version of his problem, and then show that the sums were the same regardless of the restrictions used. Only then did Green and Sawhney know they could change the hard primes to evidence without losing information....
5 Posture Corrector Picks for Support (2025), Tested and Reviewed
Accessories for TryPhotograph: BranchBranch Adjustable Laptop Stand for $65: If you work at a desk, an easy change is to adjust it to be as ergonomic as possible. This laptop stand from Branch is our favorite. It's easy to adjust in height and width, and super powerful. If you can also add a monitor with a separate keyboard and...
Hisense’s RGB LEDs Could Be the Future of Cheap Screens
Hisense isn't bringing many TVs to CES 2025, but what's making the trip may be a sign of the future of display technology. The brand's 116-inch RGB LED TV, called the UX Trichroma TV, uses a new type of LED. light system with the potential to shake up the market. These systems can't turn every tiny pixel on or...
22 Best Wireless Chargers 2025: Wireless Charging for Devices
Wireless charging is not as cool. It's not exactly wireless—the cord runs from the outlet to the charging pad—and it won't charge your smartphone any faster than plugging it in with a good ol' cable. However, I'm always disappointed when I try a smartphone that doesn't support it. I'm used to plopping the phone down on the pad every...
Our Place Always Pan 2.0 Review: Favorite Piece of Cookware
My WIRED reviewers are some of the smartest people I know. Ask a member of the Gear team any question, whether it's about the quality of the zipper, the feel of the button, the durability of the material, or whether the shade of blue is actually more green, and they will have an informed opinion (and resources to back...
We need to protect the protocols that open Bluesky
At the core of Bluesky's philosophy is the idea that instead of being centralized in the hands of one person or institution, social media governance should follow the principle of subsidiarity. Nobel Prize-winning economist Elinor Ostrom discovered, by studying grassroots solutions to local environmental problems around the world, that some problems are best solved locally, while others are best...
The Download: How to save social media, and the “remains” of the embryo
—Eli Pariser & Deepti Doshi Last week, when Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta would end third-party fact-checking, it was a shocking, but not surprising, pivot. It's just the latest example of billionaire flip-flops affecting our social lives on the internet. Zuckerberg is not the only social media CEO working across the street: Elon Musk, since buying Twitter in...
OpenAI has created an AI model for longevity science
Although genetic engineers have ways to direct molecular evolution in the laboratory, they can usually only test many possibilities. And even a typical long protein can be changed in an almost infinite way (because it is built from hundreds of amino acids, and each acid comes in 20 possible varieties). However, OpenAI models often suggest that a third of...
