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A majority of US TikTok creators don’t believe the platform will be banned within a year, and most haven’t seen brands they work for shift their marketing budgets away from the app, according to a new survey of people who earn money from posting content on TikTok shared exclusively with WIRED. The findings suggest that TikTok’s influencer economy largely isn’t experiencing existential dread after Congress...

Renters under pressure will be given a helping hand, as Australia’s housing woes played a key focus in the federal budget. The government has committed $1.9 billion to increase the maximum rates of Commonwealth Rent Assistance by 10 per cent. Under the supplement, welfare recipients who rent receive up to $250 a fortnight. Know the news with the 7NEWS app: Download today The increase builds on the 15...

United Auto Workers (UAW) members and supporters on a picket line outside the ZF Chassis Systems plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 20, 2023. Andi Rice | Bloomberg | Getty Images DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union is challenging the results of last week’s organizing vote of Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama, in which workers voted against union representation, and is asking federal officials to order...

Big Tech’s appetite for energy is just about visible from the east coast of Scotland. Some 12 miles out to sea sits a wind farm, where each of the 60 giant turbines has blades roughly the length of an American football field. The utility companies behind the Moray West project had promised the site would be capable of generating enough electricity to power 1.3 million homes...

Indian shares fell sharply on Tuesday as early vote-counting trends showed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance was likely to win a majority, but the extent of the victory was unclear as its lead was narrower than predicted. Following these trends, several stocks crashed by up to 25%. Here’s the list: IANS GAIL shares tumbled 25% to a day’s low of Rs 173 on...