• TikTok's future in hands of Supreme Court as justices hear arguments against ban

    TikTok's future in hands of Supreme Court as justices hear arguments against ban

    Jan 10, 2025 11:35 PM EDT

    And I have sources inside of Google and inside of Apple who say, look, we have heard from our general counsels that we're not about to be out of compliance with a federal law on the books. So they are planning, the two big tech companies, to remove TikTok ...

  • Anita Bryant, popular singer who became vocal opponent of gay rights, dies at 84

    Anita Bryant, popular singer who became vocal opponent of gay rights, dies at 84

    Jan 10, 2025 10:58 PM EDT

    ... against products she endorsed, designed T-shirts mocking her and named a drink for her — a variation of the screwdriver that replaced orange juice with apple juice. During an appearance in Iowa, an activist jammed a pie in her face. Her career in entertainment declined, her marriage to her first ...

  • LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on whether TikTok can be banned in free speech case

    LISTEN: Supreme Court hears arguments on whether TikTok can be banned in free speech case

    Jan 09, 2025 09:53 PM EDT

    ... terms of the offer. If TikTok isn’t sold to an approved buyer, the federal law would prohibit app stores, such as those operated by Apple and Google, from offering the popular app. It would also bar internet hosting services from hosting TikTok. TikTok users who already have the app ...

  • How the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol still divides America four years later

    How the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol still divides America four years later

    Jan 05, 2025 10:30 PM EDT

    William Brangham: This few bad apples idea percolates a lot of the podcast that you guys did called "A Good Guy." Can you tell us about the man at the center of that? Tom Bowman: Well, his name is Josh Abate. He was a Marine and still is a Marine ...

  • Giuliani fighting to keep his Yankees World Series rings after $148 million defamation verdict

    Giuliani fighting to keep his Yankees World Series rings after $148 million defamation verdict

    Jan 02, 2025 07:21 PM EDT

    ... Questioned by Nathan, he spoke at length about the rings, his ties to Trump and the Yankees, and his dismay over his once-beloved Big Apple’s liberal politics — a factor he said drove him to relocate to Florida and register to vote there last May. “Frankly, I wanted my ...

  • Mark Rober's Brief But Spectacular take on being amazed at the world around us

    Mark Rober's Brief But Spectacular take on being amazed at the world around us

    Dec 31, 2024 11:20 PM EDT

    ... NASA, and I was there for nine years, seven of those working on the Curiosity rover. I went and worked for about five years at Apple in their special projects group, and I signed a very thick stack of NDAs which tells me I'm not allowed to talk about ...

  • How the stock market defied expectations in 2024, by the numbers

    How the stock market defied expectations in 2024, by the numbers

    Dec 26, 2024 07:57 PM EDT

    ... The year featured many familiar winners, such as Big Tech, which got even bigger as their stock prices kept growing. But it wasn't just Apple, Nvidia and the like. Bitcoin, gold and other investments also drove higher. Here's a look at some of the numbers that defined the ...

  • Must-see Hollywood hits in 2024 and a few lesser-known gems

    Must-see Hollywood hits in 2024 and a few lesser-known gems

    Dec 24, 2024 11:30 PM EDT

    ... different it is for girls to be in a program like that, at least for these girls, is explored. And you can find that on Apple TV. A lot of these documentaries, it's exactly the kind of film that years ago everybody would have said how good it was ...

  • How CEOs of major companies are trying to gain favor with Trump

    How CEOs of major companies are trying to gain favor with Trump

    Dec 16, 2024 11:30 PM EDT

    Whether it's Apple CEO Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Amazon's Jeff Bezos, what are these CEOs hoping to gain or perhaps trying to prevent? Brian Schwartz: Well, it's those few and many more have been reaching out and engaging with Donald Trump since his Election Day ...

  • 7 takeaways from Trump's 1st news conference since his reelection

    7 takeaways from Trump's 1st news conference since his reelection

    Dec 16, 2024 09:47 PM EDT

    ... opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. Since he became president-elect, Trump has met with Silicon Valley billionaires including Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai. He revealed he had also met with Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos ...