Services such as Afterpay, Affirm, and Klarna are soaring in popularity and valuation. But consumer advocates say they make it easy to get overextended.
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The US Senate voted to pass a bill that could see TikTok banned within a year, pitching creators and businesses dependent on the platform into an uncertain future.
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Senate Vote Leaves TikTok's Creator Economy Staring Into the Abyss

European chip machine-maker ASML is at the center of US-China trade tensions. Its new chief executive now faces a daunting political juggling act.
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Semiconductor Giant ASML Has a New Boss, and a Big Problem

The world's most-visited deepfake website and another large competing site are stopping people in the UK from accessing them, days after the UK government announced a crackdown.
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The Biggest Deepfake Porn Website Is Now Blocked in the UK

The open source Llama 3 AI model released by Meta is just the start, according to the company’s chief AI scientist, Yann LeCun. He said a new, much larger version is in the works.
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Meta Is Already Training a More Powerful Successor to Llama 3

The car company popularized EVs. Now, facing intense competition from China, it has to figure out what to do next.
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The Hidden Dangers of 'Buy Now, Pay Later' Apps

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