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    Re: TikTok ban appeal fails ¨, 5G MacBooks ¨, world's biggest shell scripts ¨¨
    By: TLDR to tldr@synchro.net on Mon Dec 09 2024 11:36 am

    A federal appeals court has ruled that TikTok can be banned in the US.

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  • From Mortar@VERT/EOTLBBS to Digital Man on Tue Dec 10 22:11:07 2024
    Re: TikTok ban appeal fails ¨, 5G MacBooks ¨, world's biggest shell scrip
    By: Digital Man to TLDR on Mon Dec 09 2024 11:23:36

    I assume that's a typo and should be "modem chip".

    Heh, saw that. I assumed the same thing.

    Oh, JOoC, still got the blimp? :)

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Mortar on Tue Dec 10 22:16:36 2024
    Re: TikTok ban appeal fails ­, 5G MacBooks ­, world's biggest shell scrip
    By: Mortar to Digital Man on Tue Dec 10 2024 10:11 pm

    Oh, JOoC, still got the blimp? :)

    The Synchronet blimp? I do!
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