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TikTok is addictive for many girls, especially those with depression

A new study of social media platforms deepens our picture of the struggles faced by teen girls. https://wapo.st/42SfT05

Customizing some laptops can be needlessly tricky. Not this one.

If you buy a traditional laptop, there are limits to how you can upgrade it. A California startup is trying to change that. https://wapo.st/40I13YN

Biden stuck between China hawks, young voters as TikTok pressure mounts

The administration faces national security concerns over the app’s ownership — and a possible backlash over a ban. https://wapo.st/40EUKoR

Apple illegally fired five labor activists, union says

The workers, who were disciplined and fired for attendance-related issues, believe they were let go because of their union organizing. https://wapo.st/3ZgJygs

Google seeks dismissal of Justice Dept. lawsuit alleging an ad monopoly

The filing marks Google's first salvo against the DOJ lawsuit, which seeks to break up its advertising business. https://wapo.st/3JOvAN1

Your next job interview could be judged by AI. Here’s how to prepare.

AI is not just screening resumes anymore. It’s also conducting job interviews. Here's what to expect and how to do well in an interview with AI. https://wapo.st/3KcPO4o

Amazon grew relentlessly. Now it’s getting lean.

After years of growth and expansion, Amazon is starting to slow down. https://wapo.st/3nsd5GD

Twitter says parts of source code posted online, seeks leaker

Twitter’s subpoena asked GitHub to identify a user named in documents as “FreeSpeechEnthusiast,” who shared the code, and anyone who downloaded it. https://wapo.st/3TKDifE

Popular apps with Chinese ties can gather more data than TikTok

Everything VPNs hide, such as a user’s physical location, they can see themselves. There are no regulations governing what becomes of that information. https://wapo.st/3JNsYiq

AI can draw hands now. That’s bad news for deep-fakes.

AI image-makers have been notoriously bad at rendering hands. Now, they’re getting better and could make deep fakes harder to spot. https://wapo.st/3LNCRiV

Hollywood, music industry brace for a TikTok ban

Since the last time the U.S. government considered banning TikTok in 2020, the app has evolved from a social platform supporting content creators to an entertainment powerhouse. https://wapo.st/3nmHVAE

Christopher Judge is blazing a new trail

The celebrated actor talks fatherhood, God of War and being outspoken as a Black leading man https://wapo.st/3LQ2Fe8

Activist short seller accuses Cash App of facilitating fraud

Activist short seller accuses Cash App of facilitating fraud. The app’s owner, the fintech company Block, is the latest target of Hindenburg Research. https://wapo.st/3z4UnHI

TikTok is D.C.’s new boogeyman. Can Silicon Valley’s tactics save it?

TikTok is leaning on the aggressive playbook of its American peers in an attempt to ingratiate itself with Capitol Hill, amid bipartisan support to ban the app. https://wapo.st/40aIXhJ

Buying coffee with your phone is easy. Paying for the subway is a pain.

A schoolteacher in New York should be able to pay for his subway commute with his phone. Here is why Charles Stewart — and maybe you, too — cannot. https://wapo.st/3lsoupB

Say what, Bard? Join our conversation with Google’s new AI chatbot.

Our tech columnist has access to Bard, Google’s new answer to ChatGPT. What would you like to ask it? https://wapo.st/3JTNak8

Tech group launches litigation hub as regulation battle moves to courts

NetChoice's center is designed to respond to the newest regulatory threat: judges. https://wapo.st/3JVbDFL

Amazon cuts another 9,000 jobs as tech layoffs mount

Amazon had already announced it would cut 18,000 jobs. https://wapo.st/3FFrshj

AI isn’t yet going to take your job — but you may have to work with it

Artificial intelligence is increasingly making its way across industries, changing jobs from retail to medicine to marketing. https://wapo.st/3ZRQeCR

How Elon Musk knocked Tesla’s ‘Full Self-Driving’ off course

Elon Musk had a pet project before Twitter: He wanted to make Tesla cars drive themselves. https://wapo.st/3llm5No

ChatGPT can ace logic tests now. But don’t ask it to be creative.

Our tech columnist tests LSAT puzzles and a writing challenge on GPT-4. Here’s what the artificial intelligence upgrade can — and can’t — do. https://wapo.st/3JsLg8L

What you should do about TikTok’s potential sale or ban

Maybe for real this time, the U.S. might force a sale (or potentially a ban) of TikTok in America. Here's what this means for you. https://wapo.st/40i1ng8

Don’t get hacked on Facebook. Do these 6 things now.

If you think you're safe from hackers and scammers on Facebook, you're wrong. Here's how to protect yourself. https://wapo.st/3Lv3b0Y

Workout content is taking over social media. Here’s how to banish it.

Fitness inspiration is everywhere. Here's how to see less of it if it's negatively impacting your body image, eating habits or social media use. https://wapo.st/3n1g1d2

Google is adding AI to its work apps. Here’s what that means.

Google Workspace, including Google Docs, Sheets and Gmail, will soon include generative AI tools that aim to aid with work. https://wapo.st/405gwkK

Tempted by a new gadget? Keep the golden rule in mind before buying.

Companies churn out new smartphones, laptops, wearable gadgets and more each year, then advertise them like crazy. Here's how you should think about upgrading. https://wapo.st/3JhJPKc

Lifesaver or job killer? Why AI tools like ChatGPT are so polarizing.

For every success story in tech’s latest AI boom, there’s a nightmare scenario. https://wapo.st/42alpuP

Meta considers a new social network, as decentralized model gains steam

The parent of Facebook adds to growing momentum for platforms that let users control moderation policies. https://wapo.st/3ZVfZ4E

A former TikTok employee tells Congress the app is lying about Chinese spying

His claims of data-security flaws, which the company disputes, underscore how seriously Congress has begun taking the wildly popular short-video app. https://wapo.st/3Tn3BIZ

Catholic group spent millions on app data that tracked gay priests

The group used the data to find clerics who used Grindr and other dating and hookup apps and shared their work with bishops, a Post investigation has found. https://wapo.st/3l36kdD

War in space: U.S. officials debating rules for a conflict in orbit

The U.S. government, prompted by Ukraine's use of commercial satellites, is developing policies on how the military would respond should a hostile country attack a private satellite in space. https://wapo.st/3L9kggM

Are you mindlessly scrolling? Here’s how to tame your bad tech habit.

Even a good digital habit can cross the line into an unhealthy compulsion. How to tell good digital habits from bad ones and break the hold of compulsions. https://wapo.st/3JoG0nS

FBI, Pentagon helped research facial recognition for street cameras, drones

Hundreds of pages of records chronicle the FBI’s years-long attempt to upgrade its facial recognition capabilities to match those deployed in China and Britain. https://wapo.st/3yk9yMO

At Elon Musk’s ‘brittle’ Twitter, tweaks trigger massive outages

“Every mistake in code and operations is now deadly” a former engineer said last year. That dire prediction appears to be coming true. https://wapo.st/3L56HPt

Retouch and go: These tools help erase distractions in your photos

Birds, power lines, photobombers — lots of things can muck up a nice picture. Thankfully, tools that rely on machine learning may help, no expertise needed. https://wapo.st/41R4qNK

‘The Last of Us’: A harsh world forces Ellie to grow up

In "The Last of Us" episode 8, Ellie meets David and his flock of cannibals, in an adaptation of the famous winter section from the video game. https://wapo.st/3mnDdlz

They thought loved ones were calling for help. It was an AI scam.

Scammers are using artificial intelligence to sound more like family members in distress. Loved ones are falling for it and losing thousands of dollars. https://wapo.st/3KYFgXB

Sam Bankman-Fried is under house arrest at Stanford. Students are obsessed.

The university has a new landmark that's famous for all the wrong reasons: One of America’s most notorious alleged white-collar criminals is detained there. https://wapo.st/3y9h7pL

Why are China’s tech leaders still disappearing if the crackdown is over?

Chinese tech banker Bao Fan is “assisting the government.” Alibaba founder Jack Ma hops from country to country. Is China's tech crackdown really over? https://wapo.st/41IpeqJ

‘Noah’ and ‘Daren’ report good news about Venezuela. They’re deepfakes.

Researchers say the videos are part of Venezuelan leaders' attempts to spin the narrative on social media, one of the country's last bastions of free speech. https://wapo.st/3kPIuBU

TikTok adds 60-minute limit for teens but leaves easy workarounds

TikTok said teens can bypass the 60-minute limit by entering a passcode. https://wapo.st/3KSvMwX

Canada is latest country to ban TikTok on government phones

Canada's government said it had reviewed the Chinese-owned video-sharing app and “determined that it presents an unacceptable level of risk to privacy and security.” https://wapo.st/3mhlc8l