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Yesterday — 19 December 2025Main stream

TikTok Signs Agreements With Investors in Step Toward Avoiding a U.S. Ban

19 December 2025 at 09:24
The Chinese-owned video app formalized commitments from the software giant Oracle and two investment firms as part of a deal to keep operating in the United States.

© Hollie Adams/Reuters

Investment agreements bring TikTok, one of the country’s most popular social media apps, closer to resolving years of questions about its future.

The Woman in the Coldplay Concert Kiss Cam Video Is Ready to Talk

19 December 2025 at 03:57
Kristin Cabot was caught on camera with her boss at a concert. The video went viral. Soon she was drowning in the vitriol of strangers.

© Greta Rybus for The New York Times

“You can make mistakes, and you can really screw up. But you don’t have to be threatened to be killed for them.”
Before yesterdayMain stream

Warner Bros. Urges Shareholders to Reject Paramount Takeover Bid, Saying Ellisons ‘Misled’ Them

The claim was made as part of Warner Bros. Discovery’s dismissal of Paramount’s hostile takeover offer.

© Aleksey Kondratyev for The New York Times

Warner Bros., which has its headquarters in Burbank, Calif., agreed to sell itself to Netflix in a deal worth $83 billion.

Harvard Secretly Investigates Students Over Larry Summers Video on Epstein

The students face discipline for recording Mr. Summers, the former Harvard president, discussing his ties to Jeffrey Epstein in a Harvard class.

© Sophie Park for The New York Times

Harvard faced pressure over revelations that the ties between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein were deeper than previously known.

I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

2 December 2025 at 03:12
Jack Conte, the chief executive of Patreon, a platform for creators to monetize their art and content, outlines his vision for an internet that puts people, not ad revenues, first.
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