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Files from Jori Negin-Shecter TikTok becomes the world’s most downloaded app, Twitter has redesigned its user interface, and Facebook fights anti-vax information. It’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Thursday, August 12, and I’m your host, Samira Balsara. A global survey conducted by…

This illustration photo taken on June 29, 2020 shows a person using the video-sharing app TikTok on a smartphone in New Delhi.  Sajjad HUSSAIN / AFPTikTok was the world’s most downloaded app last year, overtaking Facebook and its messaging platforms, market tracker App Annie said Tuesday. The Chinese-owned video app surged…

A TikTok in which a white woman confronts her Black neighbor for her choice of decoration is going viral @tizzybizzy92 (TikTok) Another week, another entry into everybody’s favorite viral video genre: “Karens Gone Wild.” What’s the perceived injustice this time, you ask? Flying a flag featuring a certain “Winnie The…

Fox News host Dana Perino argued Monday that the lawsuit filed by fugitive Texas Democrats against Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is “the most ridiculous nuisance lawsuit ever.” WATCH: “This is the Texas TikTok Democrats, like the worst political stunt in the history of political stunts and has now turned…

Viral trends pop up on social media almost every day, but a new one has raised some red flags among health experts  — the #frozenhoney challenge. TikTokers have swarmed their feeds with videos of putting honey in an empty bottle, freezing it and then pushing the liquid-turned-jelly out of the bottle…

TikTok tops the list of social media providers in a global survey of downloads in 2020. A global survey of downloads in 2020 shows TikTok, a video-sharing app developed in China, on top of the list of social media providers for the first time since the study was first conducted…

Krasley appeared on a January 2020 episode of the TLC reality show Gina Krasley Gina Krasley, who appeared on the TLC reality show “My 600-Lb. Life,” has died. She was 30.  The TV personality “passed away at home surrounded by her loving family” on Sunday, according to her obituary. Her…

“Tonight we’re in the main dining hall. Let’s see what we got to eat,” Erik Shoji, a volleyball player on Team USA, tells the camera. He brings a piece of cucumber sushi up to view. “Good.” Tuna sushi? “Good.” Shumai? “HOT. But so good.” The Olympics might be about sports,…

Photo: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / Contributor (Getty Images) Figuring out how to watch the Olympics should have been a breeze. NBCUniversal—which holds the universal broadcast rights for the Summer and Winter Games through 2032—showed up locked and loaded with its brand new streaming platform, Peacock, which it had touted on its website…

Sen. Marco Rubio doesn't like American Airlines' new offer of free in-flight TikTok. The Florida Republican sent a letter to American CEO Doug Parker on Thursday calling on the company to suspend its newly announced promotion.  Sarah Tew/CNET "I write to express concerns over American Airlines new 'innovative partnership' with…