TikTok wasn't banned. It was all very confusing, I know. I gave up on following it a few weeks ago, and just read yesterday that Trump issued an executive order to keep TikTok online for another 75 days https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-signs-executive-...
The author focuses on the pace of technological change as a big insight. I had the same experience in 1970 when I read Alvin Toffler's book, Future Shock. The theme of the book was the impact upon humanity of the ever increasing pace of change through millennia.
Reading Future Shock shaped my world view like no other single event in my life; and it sparked a life long fascination with, and love of, technology. It's how I spend almost every waking hour of my day at the age of 72.
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[ 4.1 ms ] story [ 24.5 ms ] threadByteDance is the owner of TikTok app.
From the article: UI-TARS https://venturebeat.com/ai/bytedances-ui-tars-can-take-over-...
And also from today, Deepseek R1: https://venturebeat.com/ai/why-everyone-in-ai-is-freaking-ou...
See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Future_Shock
Reading Future Shock shaped my world view like no other single event in my life; and it sparked a life long fascination with, and love of, technology. It's how I spend almost every waking hour of my day at the age of 72.