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least for Gen Z NurPhoto via Getty Images Gen X and millennials might have made “google” a verb, but Instagram and TikTok are now the preferred search engines for Gen Z when seeking local results. According to a new study of 1,002 U.S. consumers, Google is now in third place for 18 to 24-year-0lds. “Google is in for an intense fight to retain its relevance in search with younger users,” says Damian Rollison, director of market insights at SOCI, a marketing technology vendor that… Source link

Aurich Lawson | Getty Images For months, some of the biggest tech companies have been wrapped up in discussions with the European Commission (EC), seeking feedback and tweaking their plans to ensure their core platform services comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA) ahead of that law taking force in the European Union tomorrow. Under the DMA, companies designated as gatekeepers—Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple,… Source link

Viral TikTok posts are telling Americans to stop paying taxes by illegally exempting themselves from tax withholdings. The videos suggest that it’s possible to avoid paying federal taxes by selecting “exempt” on IRS Form W-4, or Employee’s Withholding Certificates. The videos urge viewers to reach out to their employers and request zero-dollar tax withholding, assuring that companies have to comply. The videos further imply that not having taxes withheld means not paying taxes — a false… Source link

Rikki Schlott Opinion By Rikki Schlott Published Jan. 26, 2024, 7:00 a.m. ET Almost two-thirds of Gen Zers are using TikTok as a search engine. InsideCreativeHouse – stock.adobe.com You might think kids just use TikTok to waste time watching cat videos and doing silly dances. But they’re actually using it to learn about the world and form opinions — because TikTok is the new Google… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]QuitTok: Why workers quitting on TikTok may expose toxic employers  Yahoo Finance UK Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Cerebral admits to sharing patient data with Meta, TikTok, and Google  The Verge Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]ChatGPT on track to surpass 100 million users faster than TikTok or Instagram: UBS  Yahoo Finance Source link

WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (Reuters) – TikTok, owned by China’s ByteDance, should be removed from app stores run by Apple Inc (AAPL.O) and Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google because the short video social media app poses a risk to national security, Senator Michael Bennet, a Democrat on the intelligence committee, said in a letter dated Thursday. The app, which Congress has already banned from federal government devices, has come under increasing criticism because of concern that China’s government could use… Source link

Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images The move signals growing bipartisan concern about the world’s most popular app. Colorado Senator Michael Bennet (D) has called on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores, citing concerns that the app could share private American user data with China or be manipulated by the Chinese government to subtly influence U.S. public discourse. In a letter sent to the companies on… Source link

Cavan Images/Getty Images It’s not easy being Google. There you were, lauding it over everyone, bathing in unimaginably large advertising revenues, and actually telling people you do no evil. But then came internal discontent, governmental lawsuits, ChatGPT, and a general perception that the company has turned a little sad. Please don’t worry, Google, I’m going to make it a little worse for you.  more Technically Incorrect Or, rather, TikTok is. The somewhat controversial dance entertainment… Source link