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Microsoft released the public preview of a free hosting plan for WordPress on App Service on September 5, 2023. After months of previewing the service, Microsoft finally made it available to the general public.

Let’s talk about the features and what things you need to keep in mind while using the service.

Features & Limitations of the free hosting plan

Features

• PhpMyAdmin for database management
• Easy and Automated deployments from the Azure Portal
• Accelerated WP Admin utilizing local storage caching
• Inbuilt Redis cache

Things to keep in mind

• App Service F1 plan has limited…

Privacy firm Proton has announced it has acquired Standard Notes, an encrypted note-taking service.

The Swiss firm is known for its lineup of privacy tools, including a secure email service and a VPN. Now, it looks to be entering the world of productivity apps.

There are conversations online stirring that TikTok wants to expand its offerings to beyond its video content. It has been reported that TikTok is in the works of launching TikTok Notes, a new platform for photo sharing. This would then place them in direct competition with long time photo sharing leaders, Instagram.

This is not a new trend in the social media and tech spaces, though. Last year, Instagram extended its medium to compete with long time text social media platform, now known as X. Their Threads app also caused a big stir, and throughout last year had its ups and downs. What will be the case for TikTok’s app?
 

What Is TikTok Notes, And Why Are They Launching It?

 
TikTok Notes is TikTok’s latest innovation that will be a totally separate application that is…

The House of Representatives by a wide margin passed a bill that would make it illegal to distribute or host TikTok in the U.S. — effectively blocking it from some 170 million American users — unless Chinese owner ByteDance divests its interest in the popular app.

It’s the first time a congressional bill has passed that would outlaw an internet app. The fears among many American lawmakers, who see TikTok as a national security threat: that the Chinese regime could demand access to data on TikTok’s U.S. users or somehow compel it to promote China’s agenda. TikTok has repeatedly claimed the Chinese government has never made such demands (and that TikTok would not comply with them if they were made).

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The bill, dubbed the “Protecting Americans From Foreign…

The Chinese Communist Party shared an ominous warning the same day U.S. lawmakers advanced a bill that could ban Chinese-owned TikTok nationwide.

The House passed the bill Wednesday morning in a bipartisan vote 352 – 65. 

The House China Select Committee says Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials through ByteDance are using TikTok to spy on its U.S. users’ locations and dictate its algorithm to conduct influence campaigns, making it a national security threat.

ByteDance would have five months after the law is signed to divest from TikTok. If it does not, app stores and web hosting platforms would not be allowed to distribute it in the U.S. 

Ahead of the vote, a spokesman for the CCP railed against the key claims made by Republican and Democrat lawmakers in their push to get the…