After months of anticipation, President Biden finally signed the TikTok divestment bill this week. ByteDance will have to either sell TikTok to another company within a year or have the app banned from U.S. app stores. Is this a smart move to take control of the social app away from the Chinese government, or was it government overreach before TikTok did something bad? Engadget Senior Editor Carissa Bell also chirped joins Devindra to talk more about what's next for TikTok.
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TikTok ban bill signed in US, what's next? – 0:57
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Devindra and Charlin’s take on whether bad product reviews hurt tech companies – 20:42
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Meta-opening QuestOS to third-party hardware developers – 31:39
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Apple's “Let Loose” virtual event is scheduled for May 5th at 33:48
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Big AI companies promise to keep kids safe (even though the harm is already clear) – 41:48
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Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses add multimodal AI – 43:58
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X is said to be developing smart TV apps – 47:01
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Working – 48:02
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Pop Culture Recommendations – 56:29
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host: Charlyn Lowe and Devindra Hardawar
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