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HONG KONG, CHINA – JANUARY 18: In this photo, the TikTok logo and the United States flag are seen on screens on January 18, 2025 in Hong Kong, China. As TikTok’s impending ban looms, users are increasingly migrating to alternative platforms like Xiaohongshu due to concerns about data privacy and the potential shutdown of their beloved app. This shift reflects a broader trend where users are looking for platforms that offer similar engagement without the uncertainty surrounding TikTok’s future in the US, especially as legal battles and political pressure mount ahead of the Jan. 19 compliance-or-ban deadline. (Photo by Anthony…

WhatsApp attack warningAFP via Getty ImagesAn interesting start to the week for WhatsApp. A few hours after Telegram’s Pavel Durov warned that the Meta messenger has “multiple attack vectors”, comes a report that Google has discovered a serious vulnerability in WhatsApp that “opens (an) attack surface”.Any warning from Google’s Project Zero threat hunters is taken seriously. This is the team behind many of the spyware discoveries plaguing Android and iPhone. This threat affects WhatsApp on Android and is related to zero-click media downloads. ForbesGoogle Changes Gmail After 20 Years—Don’t Lose Your Account NowWith Zach DorfmanThe attack works when a victim…

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A photo of 37-year-old Alex Pretti can be seen at a makeshift memorial in the area where he was killed by federal immigration agents earlier in the day in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 24, 2026. The death came less than three weeks after U.S. citizen Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE officer. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesThe fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse who was shot multiple times by masked ICE agents in Minneapolis, has intensified scrutiny of the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement strategy. Video reviewed by The Wall…

Businesses are testing conversational AI to capture context and hesitations long before CRMs reflect the change.gettyCustomer relationship management (CRM) tools have long served as a source of business truth. If the data is clean and the fields are up-to-date, they can tell an executive what’s in the pipeline, what’s likely to close, and what the revenue will be next quarter. And more often than not, entire projections, compensation plans, and boardroom discussions are based on the assumption that what’s inside the system reflects reality.But anyone who has been involved in a recent review of the agreement knows how fragile this…

WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 09: The entrance to the Federal Trade Commission is seen on July 9, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Ian Madrigal)Leigh Vogel/Getty Images for Ian MadrigalFor his reinforcement appeal after a previously dismissed lawsuit against Meta, the FTC is looking far back into a deeply unrecognizable commercial past. The problem for the FTC is that it’s not just the present that completely discredits the FTC’s case and appeal. For example, it was in 2012 and 2014 that Facebook bought Instagram and WhatsApp for $1 billion and $19 billion respectively. In its complaint, the FTC…

At some point in the deep past, humans may have come terrifyingly close to extinction altogether. Here’s what we know, according to research.gettyAccording to genetic data published in 2023 study from Scienceour ancestors faced an extreme population bottleneck about 900,000 years ago. This means that just over a thousand breeding individuals remained for over 100,000 years. If true, this would be one of the most severe population crashes ever inferred for a large mammal. In fact, such a severe crash could potentially have erased the human lineage before it really began.The idea has captured the public imagination because it reframes…

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For federal income tax purposes, your marital status is determined under state law as of the last day of the calendar year. This matters when choosing your deposit mode.gettyYour filing status is one of the first decisions you make on your federal income tax return, and it affects your tax bill more than most people realize. It determines your tax brackets, standard deduction, and what credits and deductions you can claim. In some cases, it also determines whether you are required to file a statement.It’s easy to treat the deposit status as a quick check box and move on. But…

Thia photo shows a sign displayed by the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the eve of the WEF’s annual meeting in Davos on January 18, 2026. (Photo by Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)AFP via Getty ImagesTHE World Economic Forum Davos meetings always reward fluency. Executives arrive with a vocabulary of risk, resilience and stakeholder responsibility that can sound consistent year after year. In 2026, the conversation feels less like fluency and more like a test. The intelligent age forces a sharper question on corporate leaders: when public institutions are strained and communities push, will companies treat human rights…