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Jan 27, 2025

Ticking through TikTok’s nine lives

There are reports this morning of yet another lifeline for TikTok — this time involving an artificial intelligence startup called Perplexity AI.

A Chinese company is dragging down U.S. stocks
by Nova Safo
Shares of Big Tech companies are down this morning in premarket trading, after news that a Chinese firm called DeepSeek has been able to create an artificial intelligence tool that rivals ChatGPT, Google’s Gemini and others.
Will TikTok stay or go?
by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Over the weekend, President Donald Trump said a deal was in the works with the startup Perplexity AI to purchase TikTok. A decision on TikTok’s fate could be made in the next 30 days.
The costs of clean water
by Jane Chambers
It’s estimated that 95% of all lakes and rivers in Guatemala are polluted, which is damaging local businesses and the tourism industry. Today, we’ll hear about the costs needed to clean up one polluted lake and the efforts to keep the waters of a top tourist attraction clean.